Ok, ok, i'll play golf

Alright after some pity invites to a few people's homes for Thanksgiving I'm going to play golf with my parents for Thanksgiving at their shore house. I would go to SF to see my sister but I have to work on Friday so logistically it doesn't make sense. My cousin invited me to his house in Norwood too so maybe I'll stop by and bring some cookies or something. I like going there because his house is huge and messy :) Gotta go back to work so ...

OMG im sick...

Due to some exposure to contagious people I have become ill. I admit when I was younger I was a sickly kid. I missed a lot of school, got sympathy from my teachers, the whole lot. However as of late I really never get sick. I think my body somehow built all the neccesary antibodies. But I've been sneezing all day and of course I had a couple beers tonight that knocked me on my ass. As I usually do when I feel a bit under the weather I don't sleep. So tonight I'll watch a couple movies and watch the sun come up. Ever since I started my new job I've been working Saturday's and Sunday's so all the day's sort of blur into each other. I kind of like it as it turns the bizzare of my life up another notch :)

I have about 1/2 my recipes for Thanksgiving picked out so I'll have to pick my main course tomorrow and another dessert before Sunday where I'll try 'em out.

I guess I'm cooking Thanksgiving

Maybe I was feeling a little tired or something but I offered to cook Thanksgiving. I've been busy gathering recipes out of magazines, the web, and tv. My mother hits me with a bomb yesterday. "How about your father and I play golf on Thursday?" I'm like okay...

Honestly I'm used to it by know because Thanksgiving often meant they were on a cruise, in California, Myrtle Beach, etc. ever since I graduated from High School. But it was cool before because I could chill with sis. Maybe I'll just buy a couple plane tickets to San Fransisco.

Best Motoring USA

Why can't we have a Best Motoring USA? I could be one of the drivers because I make weird noises and voices while I drive on track as well as having a very quirky sense of humor, uh, bascially all the time...



The LP640 is sick, but like most Volkswagen products, breaks at the end. He could have probably finished, but they probably would have charged him with the repair :)

New Evo X looks like a Volvo

Uhm, I think someone, somewhere went terribly wrong. I heard they wanted to get away from the boy racer looks of the current Evo by replacing them by the sketches of a blind, japanese orphan. I have to go throw up now.

The Coupe goes into hibernation

I know, it's sad when you have to put it away. It's sort of like losing touch with a good friend while he's in the peace corp, or I dunno, in jail or something like that.

For the 3rd year she gets to down to the beautiful Jersey shore to share a garage with my mom's 1990 Jaguar XJ6 and Yamaha golf cart. I'll do something different this year and visit at least once before April to do a little suspension work.

I think I'm going to start crying just thinking about it...

Tobay Beach

I went through all my footage and it sucks :) But this was the only clean run I had to share. By the way I'm on street tires and due to the lack of wide angle, you can't see the expression of panic every time I hit the gas. Well that was actually fun, but the car is very transitionally unstable on street tires which you can see at the end of the run. I had the shocks set pretty soft, but the car is just too stiffly sprung for street tires on a 50 degree day. I watched this post again and the end is painful, and admittedly, a little embarassing :D

Pocono Footage

This is some footage from Pocono East that I forgot to edit. My editing sucks but I don't have 10 hours to make it either funny, interesting, or artistic. This is a couple laps before I started getting really stupid :P



My line kinda sucks but I've only been here twice. Mike G. was nice enough to teach me a couple tricks that I'll use next time.

Seasons over for me :)

Well after a sort of a lackluster performance Sunday the season is over for me. I do have to admit the beach in the fall is quite a site. C'mon, when can you get 20 miles of Jones Beach all to yourself? Great chance to take a walk and clear the mind of, you know, everything!

Time to do research for next year and figure out my winter projects. I'm really getting into some of the geometry tid bits and feel this year I learned a lot. Also, although slow at times, I improved my driving. It's going to be tough next year to find time to race due to some new personal and professional commitments.

But I realized a long time ago you have to just be prepared and feel your way through. I think turning points are good because they usually offer a lot of opportunies no?

I should be sleeping

Had to post this promo video from BMW motorsport for the new touring car. I should sleep as the beach is an hour away tomorrow :)

Almost forgot about the beach...

Tomorrow is my annual last autocross of the year. Porsche club at Tobay beach. The site is great but unfortunately due to the popularity of Jones beach 10 months out of the year we only get to run in the Fall. It's actually a great venue because you can race and then take a walk on the beach. Maybe I'll take some pictures and a little video and post them.

New M3 is ehh...

I dunno, I'm not really sold on it yet. In my opinion the M5 wagen is the car for me, unfortunately I live in the US :) I do like the fact the new M3's motor is lighter, smaller and more powerful than the S54 it replaces. I don't like the styling, its sorta numb, and the interior is the same as the regular E90, oh and the factory wheels are awful.




BMW should sell a CSL and keep the price under $80K and sell in the US. I would buy one over a cheezy Z06 Vette anyday.

I love my car but it's scary

I decided to put gas in the Coupe today and I realized it is scary. I know, I know, you aren't supposed to say stuff like that if you're me, but its 50 degrees outside, sorta drizzle, and I can get wheel spin in 3rd gear. Lets say this situation can create interesting moments if not careful.

Sounds dumb but I'm going to clean my suade steering wheel today, clean the house (i'm obsessive), and bake some cookies for my friends. Hopefully in a couple weeks I can post some photo's of my new place before I decorate it. It's odd but being a single, working guy I'm probably supposed to be doing other things but drinking and hanging is starting to put age on me :) I can't afford that anymore.

Scuderia F430

I've been obsessing over he new F430 Scuderia. Just when you thought the stock F430 had enough to make even the most passionate car lover go into convultions, Ferrari reacted to the popularity of the Gallardo Superleggara and created the Scuderia.





I think if I could grant life to an inanimate object it would have to be the Coupe. I guess even cars like the Scuderia can't change your favorites !