Didn’t want this to get buried. Got to weigh the car while I was at Spring Nats over the weekend. Came in at 2413 with about 3 gallons of gas in the car. I imagine it’ll be about 2400 bone dry, and probably around 2475 with a full tank of gas. Good to know!
East Course – 5/26/2014 Day 2 of the tour started like Day 1 did – with a downpour of rain overnight. It again looked like dry runs were going to be hard to come by. The East Course drains water much much slower than the West Course due to it being a drain for pretty…
West Course – 5/25/2014 Sunday was the first day of the National Tour portion of Spring Nats. We woke up in the morning to a completely soaked course and drizzling all morning. Rain has been the story all weekend, and Sunday was no different. However, the course completely, completely dried by 2nd heat while I…
First nationals level outing for me ever in Lincoln, Nebraska! Enjoyed a nice 8-9hr drive coming from St. Louis on Thursday morning. I have to say – this is a not a novice/noobie friendly event. Not just as far as driving obviously, but also just in terms of finding the site, figuring out what to…
After struggling the last few events, this was not a bad way to end the first third of the season! I can’t believe that was my tenth even so far, including schools and test n tunes. As usual with St. Louis events, I work registration, and then I take a solid 3-4 course walks before…
First of a double header this weekend. Not too much to say about it, other than it was an interesting course featuring a figure 8 style loop & a very straight line start. The car handled great but as usual I still need some work. I don’t think I’m driving the car as fast as…
Given that I was so late/lost to the first Chicago event, I decided to crash at a ratty motel in Joliet so I could get plenty of sleep before the event, as well as get out early to walk the course. I didn’t want to have any excuses this time, and wanted a good gauge to…
Thought I’d post some pics of washing/detailing the car – first time in 6 months actually handwashing, claybaring, etc. – very long overdue. It survived a harsh winter and lots and lots of pollen coating, but the standard touchless wash just wasn’t cutting it anymore. What I used was this Meguiar’s kit sold on Amazon,…
9/12/13 Just a quick before after snap of the crystal vision ultra: not at the exact same spot but definitely a marginal improvement, which is exactly what I was expecting. A lot of the “bad” reviews about this bulb were from people expecting this to basically be an HID light – but that’s not its…
Part of my ongoing efforts to get better light output from the Corolla – trying to do everything I can before determining whether it would be worth the cost of properly retrofitting HIDs in. First step in doing this is making sure the headlights are clear and unfogged – which mine were not. I used: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001TI5IIQ/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1…
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