Perry: From daily driver to Nugget track car

After purchasing new wheels for the sole purpose of running them at Nugget Nationals, it was time to make the (unintentionally) aggressive Works fit on the car. With the +42 P1’s sitting quite flush, the +25 CR Kai didn’t quite fit within the confines of the guards. It was time to subsribe to Tom’s school […]

Perry: A lowly task

After countless hours spent scouring Yahoo Japan, the suspension hunt had thus far been a fruitless endeavor. I’m not sure why, but for some reason I had assumed that finding good suspension for a mass produced car would be easy! The majority of the suspension in my price range was not suitable for my needs […]

Queenstown: Joe’s Garage and Milford Sound

DAY THREE & FOUR: The other day, we had stopped by Joe’s garage to pick up some coffee and upon seeing the cool decor, decided to come back again for breakfast. There were lots of nice small touches, like the menu’s all having different cars on the back of them. My favourite items were the […]

A weekend without the Winkle.

As there has been no update on the Perry Winkle suspension hunt, it was time to make an attempt at having a social life and remember that there are other cars in the world apart from Nuggets. Friday night saw the opening of JVN garage on the auspicious date of the 8th of the 8th! […]

Japan: Shibuya, Akihabara and History Garage

It’s been 5 years since I first visited Japan and it’s good to see that their love of Coffee Boss is still strong. Tommy Lee appears to have teamed up with some J-Pop group called SMAP. The ads are all over the cities and on TV. Shibuya crossing, looking a bit scarier than usual. Stopped […]

EXE Crew: Photo dump

Here’s a photo dump of the off track activity that we’ve been up to over the last few months. (Please excuse the poorer than usual photo quality.) June 2012: Honda party The Legen-waitforit-dary charger has been busy building his new track car. Of course, I am in charge of bringing appropriate snacks for my Honda […]

What’s the diff?

THURSDAY 23RD OF AUGUST: Garage Cafe. As I’ve been driving Tart to work, I head home to swap cars and pick up M&M for the MX5 Garage Cafe meet. It’s no secret that there are two things I want/have always wanted. 1. A white NA 2. Star sharks. Behold Jace’s car. I like this a […]

M&M gets some new legs.

With all the excitement of Terry, I’ve forgotten to post about the new suspension that went into M&M a few weekends ago. Gratuitous wheel shot. Needs moar low. Success! It’s then customary to wind the new Teins all the way down to take some sweet photos. I don’t know how the cool kids do it, […]

Garage hunting.

I’ve been spending the last few Saturdays going to open for inspections trying to find a suitable garage with a house attatched to it. This awesome 4 car garage we were looking after last year set the bar too high. Photo credit goes to Dan who ninja’d this photo of me in garage eutopia.

December car life pt. 2

December monthly EXE garage cafe meet up. While I’m waiting for the others to arrive at dinner, I notice the Nardi deep corn also doubles as an excellent phone holder. Excuse the pig ugly Toyota steering wheel horn, the real horn broke and fell out. 😦 Nicely modded Regnum. Mugsee has now been rocking offensively […]