I’m going to shoot for two autocross events in September. The next SE Florida event isn’t until the 25th, so I’ll try a Central region event at the Indian River Community College on the 10th / 11th (they do a practice day before every event). It’s about a 90 minute drive versus 60 for Homestead…
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Archive for August, 2005
Autocross Supplies
29Aug05Scorned
28Aug05Katrina seems pretty pissed off now. I make light of Category 1-3 storms, but a Category 5 hurricane is deadly serious. Max sustained winds are at 175MPH. Wherever she lands is thoroughly fucked, she could even top Andrew.
My dad just called to let me know that his car broke down in Mississippi. Why he was […]
Eye of the Storm
25Aug05Katrina has landed and I am just barely north-west of her center. I’ve always had a thing for girls whose names start with Kat…
She’s a pretty weak storm, no worries here. Free vacation day tomorrow
8:10PM Power’s out. The little UPS that the LCD TV is attached to lasted about 5 minutes. Time to […]
Autocross #3
21Aug05Had such an awesome time at today’s autocross practice event. For my first eight laps I ran the car as it was and posted a best time of under 51 seconds. I was ecstatic. I owned the slalom, which had been my least favorite “feature” of the autocross tracks. Still understeering too much on fast […]
Rice’d Out
18Aug05UPS delivered my exhaust kit right on time this afternoon. I ducked out of work a little early and headed to the nearest Midas. One hour and $85 later the cat-back portion was installed. OMFG is it loud! Up to about 4,000RPM it just plain sounds mean. Above that it sounds like the factory muffler […]
Autocross #2
15Aug05Ran my second autocross @ Homestead yesterday. This time we had four cars in D-Stock and I placed third. My best raw time was about 1.5 seconds behind a WRX sedan, but I did kill a cone on that run. Pictures are up, my brother resisted the urge to zoom in tight on moving cars […]
CarPC Control
04Aug05I picked up a Contour Design ShuttleXpress for possible use in my CarPC project. Touchscreens are great and all, but buttons and knobs let you keep your eyes on the road. The Xpress comes with PC & Mac software offering full customization on a per-application basis, with the shuttle ring providing seven levels of adjustment […]
Signs of the Apocalypse
03Aug05Can there be any doubt that the end of days are near? Apple suddenly has scrolling trackpads, Intel chips, and multi-button mice with scroll wheels. What’s next, a merger with HP?
I got the last Apple Mighty Mouse (Here he comes to save the day!) left in the Boca Raton store. Quick impressions: I dig the […]
