Photos from a “just for us” BBQ at JDMyard.
Didn’t take Beau long to be popping 360’s on this thing out on the road!
Andy Lah!
Stevey, late with the nem nuong because he ran out of fuel on his scooter on the way to the BBQ.
The Pakulas.
Mark’s new board (love the big old skool T-Bone like wheels on it).
Howie brought the Porker along. Still the most responsive car I’ve ever driven (yes, memories are now fresh again!).
Dave was manning the BBQ.
Mia was due for the last of her baby shots today and she took it like a champ! We’re so impressed :)
She’s now 1kg heavier!
Ears back but no fighting and not a sound when she was given the shot.
We also bought a couple of new fishies. A damsel which is going into the Mantis tank (cruelty to animals?!) and a little Coral Goby for the main tank, pics to come.
I’ve been working with the go2space guys (they place advertising on VWGolf.net.au and JDMST) for a while now on a new online project. Auto Obsession (AO). AO is an online shop and my job is to give the shop a front and the brand a face, energy and also to generate a community around it. I’ve skinned the site using the same tweaks I’ve done to this WordPress blog (which is the same as JDMST’s blog) and again I’m calling on the amazing talent of Matthew Mead to make my work come alive (I’m a huge Mead fan!).
It’s not live yet but I thought I’d share the development site in any case!
Ibanez RG Prestige RG2550ZL.
I’ve decided to sell my Ibanez RG Prestige too and it’s now on eBay. I just don’t play it at all. Heavy Metal isn’t my thing any more I suppose. I’m really wishing I bought an American Fender Strat instead now, big time!
SS.
My single speed is now up on eBay! So sad, but exciting at the same time. I’ve been offered $350 but declined it. I’m hoping it’ll go for $500+
Visit: http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180564948977
My 1st attempt at a simple aquascape.
Mr. Mantis lives in the cave on the right. I really need a white light, or blue even and a black background might work nicely, or white even.
Yesterday I caught up with Chris who’s been working in Vanuatu. I hadn’t seen him in ages (a year or more maybe) and I’ve only just caught him as he’s about to leave for Vanuatu again this Friday.
I got a bit of a shock when I went outside and saw his new car. He just picked this up yesterday!
He had the exact same plates on his S2000 so that confused me as the plates were the first detail I saw. I then realised it wasn’t an M3, nor a 335i but a 135i! I then got even more confused: Chris aren’t you living and working in Vanuatu?!
Strange little car. Strange lines on the outside and inside. Car feels very firm and solid though, even at 3000rpm you can feel that it’s a very powerful and fast car. Chris drove it in Auto. The car felt a lot like an automatic, not a clutchless manual. I got Chris to shift down a few gears with his paddle shifters and it didn’t sound like it rev matched (so it might just be a full automatic gearbox?).
Cars aside, the real big news is that Chris and his wife are expecting! He’s excited which in turn made me excited for him!
I’ve not bothered with the aquascaping just yet. The Ikea lamp is just temporary too. No substrate yet either (still not 100% sure I want to put sand in) but the Mantis is now living in the tank and he’s busy smashing and eating snails. I’ve got a huge hang on back Aquaclear 110 filter loaded with carbon and denitrate too. It’s almost as wide as the tank!
Over filtration = a good thing. I’ve literally got no more room to play with back there too, tight fit, just perfect!
In other good news my main display tank is almost 100% clear. Phew! Now to call Uncle Tekky and see where he’s at with the stand & hood!
Private track day at Wakefield yesterday. Almost destroyed me as I was feeling pretty fat and tired from the Melbourne trip! (we only got back the night before!).
The drive was painful but hey, cruise control (can’t complain!). This time around I had my seats in (still no harnesses though) and my new Brembo front brakes too.
I’m now 1 second faster. Man I hate this track so much it pisses me off to no end. I’m either going in too hot or not carrying enough speed because I’m braking too hard. Grrrr!
Yonas and Zi were there. I tried to keep up with Yonas, impossible!
This FD was on the track. Surprised me as I thought it was all show but damn it’s fast, sounds insane and respect for tracking with those massive SSR’s too!
Zi’s new company car. Mods should make their way onto the car soon.
George from Slippery Little Suckers came along for the day. I’m not sure he had too much fun in his Statesman though. Lack of headroom meant that he had to bend over as his helmet was hitting his roof all day!
A lot more pics here.
