Hi, I'm Ian. I'm preoccupied with cars and driving them to the limit.
I keep a photo blog of my favorite car images at motomania.tumblr.com »
Listen to some of my favorite driving music at stopthedisco.tumblr.com »
My wife keeps a fun food blog at bentobloggy.blogspot.com »
See the fun cars I've hooned »
In My Garage:
1999 Mazda MX-5 turbo (NB)
1999 BMW M3 (E36)
1985 BMW 535i (E28) ChumpCar project
2001 BMW 530i (E39)
Past Project Cars:
1994 Mazda MX-5 (NA)
1988 BMW 325is (E30)
1987 BMW 325is (E30)
1987 BMW 325is (E30)
Shopping List:
Honda S2000 (AP1)
Mazda RX-7 (FD)
Porsche 911 (993)
Viva Grassroots Motorsports! »
$500 race cars? We're not kidding »
Richard: [voiceover] We had to start bleeding the brakes - which, it turns out, is a minefield of double entendre.
Jeremy: The nipple is off. The tube is in the hole. Oh, we’ll be needing some pump.
James: You should feel it go stiff now.
Jeremy: Pump, man, pump! Braking happening?
Richard: Oh, yeah, that’s much better. That’s hard.
lmao
The Porsche Boxster. Not just for trophy wives.
KW coilovers, GT3 control arms, GT3sway bar, Tarret endlinks, lightweight flywheel, Wevo engine and tranny mounts, 15x7 wheels with 23x9x15 cantilever slicks, Hawk racing pads, X51 oil pan, custom race exhaust,CF and fiberglass deck lids, Recaro seat, etc. 2200 lbs with the top off. Like a Boss.
January 19, 2012, 1:41pm Permalink
January 01, 2012, 7:39pm Permalink Reblogged from Real Racers.“Dad taught me everything I know. Unfortunately, he didn’t teach me everything he knows.”
- Al Unser Jr.
When I was growing up, all the girls at school wanted to be the next Spice Girl. I wanted to be the next Lella Lombardi.
Heck yeah!
December 22, 2011, 10:24am Permalink Reblogged from Akkrenskarin.
December 19, 2011, 4:02pm Permalink Reblogged from Real Racers.“I once thought I’d rather die than have no legs, but now I see I was wrong.”
- Alessandro “Alex” Zanardi
that911 asked: The DBS was very impressive, but not very fast. I drove an e46 M3 that was built to my specs (my friends car) and was about 2 seconds quick in that. The power and stability of the AM was amazing though. It was very confidence inspiring and felt like it had grip for days. You could definitely feel the weight. The brakes were very good, you don't really need them for that track however. All in all a good time!
I had a similar experience with the V8 Vantage. It’s a very pretty car, it’s reasonably quick and it sounds nice, but the driving experience didn’t quite measure up to my E36 M3. In terms of speed and driving dynamics, it couldn’t touch a late-model M3 or 911. Despite the class and pedigree, it seems that Aston’s are more show than go.
bzr:
James Glickenhaus, in the Ford GT40 Mark IV that Mark Donohue and Bruce McLaren drove to victory in the 1967 Le Mans, across the Tappan Zee Bridge.
Or as Glickenhaus calls it, “Tuesdays.”
Ladies and Gentlemen, this is the American Dream.
December 08, 2011, 9:32am Permalink Reblogged from The Passionate Pursuit of Awesome - Blake Z. Rong.“What is called the World Drivers Championship is in fact the Car Manufacturers Championship. Drivers are becoming irrelevant these days.”
“I drive a Ferrari — not to be cute, but because I dig it. I’d rather drive a ten–year–old Ferrari than any of them new things.”
— Miles Davis (via kissmeimlazy)
