Car Stuff
Quickie v1.232: Bike Meet
This past Thursday I decided to check out a bike meet in downtown Toronto. I went with a couple of friends and they'd hyped up the event claiming hundreds of bikers would be showing up. I didn't really believe them to be honest but I figured I'd go anyway and be social. I was a bit surprised at just how many people did show up, not quite hundreds in the plural but definitely a lot!more »
GoPro HD
A month and a half after purchasing my big new toy, a Suzuki SV650S, I decided I should get some kind of camera to go with it. Originally wondering if this was a good excuse to purchase a new dSLR w/ video I was instructed that mounting a dSLR to a moving object is better suited to someone with more money than I have, in case the inevitable happens, it falling off at speed and shattering into a million zillion pieces. So I opted to go cheaper and smaller with a GoPro HD.more »
A New Hobby; A Birthday Present to Myself
A couple of weeks ago I inched another year towards death; I had a birthday. To help hasten the slow inevitability of death I decided to get a dangerous new hobby. I purchased a motorcycle. Admittedly not a very fast motorcycle by some standards but comparatively quick to mine automobile. With a weight-to-power ratio of 3.5 kg per kW (with me perched atop no less) it's nearly twice as fast as my Saabaru.more »
Photography: Mosport
Remember when I used to feature car stuff here? No? Me neither, but the navigation bar tells me I otherwise. However unlike the past this post should be slightly more interesting.more »
2010 Toronto Auto Show
This Sunday a couple of friends and I decided to head to the Toronto Auto Show to check out the latest and greatest cars available over the course of the... more »
Recent Acquisitions and Car Problems
Today's post is actually a series of posts, and while each could probably deserve their own post in one way or another, I don't want to write that many posts... more »
24 Hours of LeMans
With the race starting shortly I thought I'd talk a little about some of the cars I'll be watching most during the race. I'm not sure how much of the... more »
Lucky Star Ita-oil
Here's something that will never go in my car, except in maybe the passenger seat or window. But certainly not for what appears to be it's intended use, lubricating my... more »
