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personal

Jasmine

A 2 year old Shar-pei/labrador mix that we adopted from the Oakland Animal Shelter. More pics here.… Read the rest

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motorsport

F1 Heritage

Lotus F1 Championships

I just got this great decal of the years in which Team Lotus won the F1 constructors championship. It may have been well before my time but there was a period in the 60s and 70s that Lotus was by far and away the best team in Formula 1. The genius of Colin Chapman combined with the talent of drivers like Jim Clark, Graham Hill, Emerson Fittipaldi and Mario Andretti resulted in Lotus not only having the fastest cars but also the best drivers – makes you feel sorry for their opposition 🙂

For more info on the racing history of Lotus check out their wikipedia page.… Read the rest

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24 Hours of Lemons cars

It’s alive

On Monday we finally got our Lemons car started for the first time – still need to put the cooling system on buts its a relief to finally get it running. I promise I’ll have a series of posts about the actual prep work.

It’s Alive from rnair and Vimeo.

P.S.: The smoke is just oil smoke and the unbolted exhaust – the video got cut off because my phone died on me 🙁… Read the rest

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cars photos

Irony*

Lambo doors

* The yellow car is a Lamborghini Gallardo (which is the only lambo with regular doors) while the silver car is a Honda with what are known as Lambo doors

Photo found floating around the interweb.

[tags]irony, photo, lambo, doors, lamborghini, honda, ricer, funny[/tags]… Read the rest