Hi, I'm Ian. I'm preoccupied with cars and driving them to the limit.
With daydreams of one day becoming a professional race car driver, I joined a team of guys with similar delusions to race at the 24 Hours of LeMons, an endurance race for $500 beaters. Hilarity ensues. Track our progress on the Kudzu Kommandos blog.
In addition to the lemons site, I keep a blog of cool car photos which catch my eye: motomania.tumblr.com
And a blog of iconic watches: timekeeper.tumblr.com
Petit Le Mans 2009
Petit Le Mans 2009
Petit Le Mans 2009
I should know better than to wait until late afternoon to work on the cars in the driveway. By early evening the gnats and mosquitoes are swarming and then there is always the inevitable pressure to get everything finished and cleaned up before the daylight fades.
I changed the brakes on all four corners of the 530i in under two hours Saturday afternoon - an improvement for me, and pretty good considering I had no power tools, a compact jack and only two jack stands.
This evening I spent a good half hour on my back trying to put synthetic transmission fluid in the M3. Cursing the fire ants which kept biting me, I slid under the car on my back for the tenth time and snagged my forehead on an exposed bolt. Who doesn’t need a bleeding head wound, right?
Now that the tools are put away, I mentioned my wife that maybe I should start budgeting for a hydraulic lift and nice set of air tools. “Dream On,” she says.
Damn my back hurts. And the bandage on my forehead looks ridiculous.
12th Annual Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta. Just made this for my mobile phone background.
My clan will be there. As usual, we’ll be set up on the turn five hill overlooking the esses.
