Grid Kids Are Awesome

This morning the FIA announced Grid Kids, a replacement for grid girls that will promote local child racers. You can read all about it at The Drive. Here's my opinion of it. AWESOME. While I'm sure some of the grid girls were legit F1 fans, every single kid on that grid will be meeting their heroes, whichContinue reading "Grid Kids Are Awesome"

Incoming Dash Cam Review

Sunvalley Brands has been kind enough to send me a VAVA dash cam to review, and so I can get some Russian dash cam style video. I had a dash cam before, but it always refused to record over old files, making it useless after one day of commuting. I'm hopeful that this one willContinue reading "Incoming Dash Cam Review"

NEIAS Was Meh…

Call me spoiled by New York, but even at a press preview, I found the New England International Auto Show in Boston to be somewhat lacking. I mean, it's great to check out and compare a whole bunch of cars you may or may not ever own (like this Honda Civic Type R). And toContinue reading "NEIAS Was Meh…"

Highway Closures Cause 76 Hour Detour

  https://www.facebook.com/PilbaraNews/photos/a.191369850926402.49390.191365300926857/1707054899357882 Ah, Australia. Every route between Perth and Karratha is closed due to multiple simultaneous truck crashes closing the roads. Pilbara News says the alternate route is a 76 hour, 7,113 kilometer drive. I don't buy that, so I put my former courier skills to use and looked for a better route. I found this.Continue reading "Highway Closures Cause 76 Hour Detour"

Good cheap LED fog lights for my Subaru WRX

I just installed these JDM ASTAR fog light bulbs on my WRX. For $20 I was skeptical, but I can also afford the loss if they turn out to be crap. So far, very much NOT crap. They're significantly brighter than the stock halogen bulbs, yet not one oncoming car has flashed me to complainContinue reading "Good cheap LED fog lights for my Subaru WRX"