Archive for the ‘Cars’ Category

The Insanity of the Economy

Browsing BoingBoing today I saw this article. I clicked through and looked through the photos posted on the auction website. It’s worth a look. Here’s the story: wikipedia Chrysler’s Newark Assembly plant in Newark, Delaware built tanks between 1951 and 1957, and cars between 1957 and 2009, including LeBarons, Town and Countrys, and most recently [...]

Posted on January 14, 2010 at 8:10 pm by Henry · Permalink · 4 Comments
In: Cars, Life and Times

The fragile fabric

Driving back to Albany from Santa Rosa on Sunday I witnessed a pretty gnarly car crash.
Basically- I noticed this aggressive driver in a black Passat with frat letters on the back when they passed me on the right. Drifting around in the lane, uneven acceleration. Decided to give them wide berth. As I followed directly [...]

Posted on December 21, 2009 at 11:57 pm by Henry · Permalink · Leave a comment
In: Cars, Life and Times

Rabbit Diesel

Something strikes me as pretty funny about the car in this picture. Probably because I expect the driving experience in a diesel rabbit has got to be pretty wretched. Hey- I’ve got nothing but respect for terrible econoboxes boldly proclaiming their worst attributes!
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Posted on November 15, 2009 at 1:00 am by Henry · Permalink · One Comment
In: Cars, Life and Times

DIY Autocross Magnetic Car Numbers

What do you need if you are going to an autocross event with a racecar that has one number on the side, but you are going to be running two drivers? Well, you need another detachable number! What about if that racecar has beautiful but easily-lifted purple and yellow house paint on it? Well, you [...]

Posted on October 28, 2009 at 3:12 pm by Henry · Permalink · Leave a comment
In: Little Fixes, Racing

The Rise of Banzai Lemon

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Posted on September 30, 2009 at 12:00 pm by Henry · Permalink · 2 Comments
In: Art and Design, Racing

Arse Freeze 2009 We’re IN! And, SPACE PIRAES

Last Saturday my LeMons team and I finished filing our application, complete with a brand new theme, a video and coordinated potraits. Monday we were accepted. Awesome. Proving that putting work into the application is worth it. Check out the video here.
The new theme is space pirates. We are space pirates. The car is a [...]

Posted on September 17, 2009 at 2:45 pm by Henry · Permalink · Leave a comment
In: Racing

Photo Journo: Wayland Invitational 2009

Some of the photos have clicky links to relevant pages. Mouseover to see if you get the little clicky linky hand.
Bunches more photos lie BELOW- click “Continue Reading”!
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Posted on August 27, 2009 at 3:58 pm by Henry · Permalink · One Comment
In: EV Miata, Photo Journo, Racing

2,300 Miles Later

I have just yesterday arrived back from my great Northwest road-trip adventure- I spent two weeks in Oregon and Washington camping, staying with acquaintences, friends and relatives, meeting people, discussing electric car stuff, reading and thinking about the problems and projects in my life.

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Posted on August 4, 2009 at 3:32 am by Henry · Permalink · One Comment
In: Life and Times, Racing

Racing is Expensive

I read Jalopnik regularly, so I became aware this morning of the link they posted to Speed:Sport:Life about the expense of racing. I’m still not totally sure what the purpose of the article is, I guess it’s just to educate people who weren’t aware- and I guess that’s reasonable enough. I have always assumed that [...]

Posted on March 30, 2009 at 9:55 pm by Henry · Permalink · Leave a comment
In: LeMons, Life and Times, Racing

Impression: 2009 Mercury Grand Marquis

In Colorado over the weekend my Dad and I rented a car- since the rental car lot was out of subcompacts, they gave us an automatic “upgrade” to a “premium” level vehicle- a nearly brand new Grand Marquis. While providing useful transportation all weekend, the Marquis (pronunciation informally decided to be “mar-kees”) was also much [...]

Posted on March 25, 2009 at 9:20 pm by Henry · Permalink · One Comment
In: Cars, Reviews