It’s kinda like when I was in high school and playing water polo. You’d be looking over at the football players sweating away and wonder, why?
When I see the golfers in this shot, I wonder if they’d like to come for a ride. For me, it’s just more fun.
It almost felt like spring. We had some 80 degree days and we’re back to rain and high 40’s this afternoon.
I'm prepping the greenhouse for the season. We did well with overwintering a few hot peppers. Green onions and leeks are being harvested; tarragon, oregano, thyme are all putting out new growth. Fall saffron is dormant. Potatoes have just broken the ground.
On my 2013 911.1, I have had a couple of opportunities to wonder why the HVAC wasn't blowing any air. After reading this thread on Rennlist, I found an answer.
Both times this happened, the car had sat for a week or more. It turns out the fan can stick. An easy fix is to open the frunk, and remove the air filter box. When the box is open, you can see the fan. Give it a turn, put things back and start up the car. Should be working.
In August 2020 just prior to the CZU fire, we purchased a Jeep. It turned out to be our bug out vehicle. Note the smoky air from this picture taken 081920 at 0752.
Lynda had been driving a 2013 Ford Focus ST as her commute car but our needs were changing to need more space for transporting nieces and nephews, the dog and associated gear.
Over the years, we outfitted Big Red with rubber floor mats (a must), Gobi rack, iKamper roof top tent, ARB awning, Dometic PB40 battery and CFX 55 12v fridge, tail gate table and associated gear.
Back in June 2023, at LPR's Autocross #5 at Salinas Airport an interesting thing happened.
As I went into full brake at the finish of my first run, the drivers side headlight shot out of the car. I'm sure it gave the timing station quite a start as it bounced across the tarmac.
For a short period of time in 2021, I had two Porsche 911's. But, you can only drive one at a time and the 2013 is a lot faster...
So, the black 2001 996 went up for sale. I included some track wheels and tires in the sale. Due to the pandemic, it actually sold for slightly more than I bought it for. I held it for six years and put over 60k miles on it. Here's some shots.
Well, its the end of the season for me. My last days to participate were the 10/28-29/23 dates at the Salinas Airport. Car felt good and both days I felt like I was improving my line and dropping my times throughout both days.
The location is smallish but it works. Below are a collection of photos taken by Gorilla Tornado, Craig Boyle and myself.
During a group buy from Apex, I bought a set of 19" forged wheels for the track. In early 2023, I finally got a set of Falken Azenis RT660's installed. I've put a few days of AutoX on them, but haven't got to the track yet.
I was tracking down some rattles I was hearing in spring 2023. I'd been reading threads in Rennlist about door panel warping (mine isn't severe), loose rear window fitting, etc. Then the switch broke 'cause its old (old guy reference).
I participated in the Santa Barbara region track day at Laguna Seca. I was assigned to the blue group and had a great day. Got a new personal best by following a faster guy in a Cayman.
