I was in Chicago last week.
When I got back to SFO on Thursday, I got in the E30, and drove down to bottom of the parking structure. Since I had lost my ticket (clownish move) I had to park in the 15 minute spot, and talk to “the guy.” The guy was efficient. [...]

It wasn’t always this way. At one point I had a Subaru GL hatchback, and I didn’t know an alternator from alternative medicine. And then everything changed.
I bought a little red BMW. I had no idea it would lead to this. That BMW, a 1991 318is, should never have left my [...]

Worked on the car with Dad, Kevict, Jonathan, Ramon and Pat-the-torquer.
Just a quick update for posterity:
Brakes:

Replaced front and rear rotors with Zimmerman (non-drilled) items
Rebuilt front and rear calipers, and removed all traces of once-red paint
Replaced PBR Deluxe pads with PBR Ultimates
Bled brakes and replaced fluid with ATE Typ 200
Replaced rotor and caliper bolts
Replaced [...]

After longing for an M Coupe for nearly ten years, one finally followed me home. I am so excited I can hardly contain my enthusiasm. Even mundane activities, like filling up with gas, or checking the tire pressures, seem exciting with this car. I really am that big a dork.
So far, the [...]

In preparation for this track day at Thunderhill, I replaced the radiator, water pump, thermostat, and various other cooling components, and added M3 end links for my front sway bar.
The car ran cool, and cornered WAY flatter than the last time I was at Thill. That fact is doubly amazing considering that this time [...]

I took the car out for it’s first autocross with the new setup, and I was very happy with the results.
I beleive I had the fastest time in my class (AAA) with a 58.050, and of course, as soon as I lent the car to a friend, he promptly showed me what it could REALLY [...]

I am extremely pleased. I just received my chasecam clamp mount for use with my Canon Powershot SD300 digital camera.
The camera is a super tiny still camera, but it has a movie mode, and I thought it might work for in-car or on-bike footage. I just completed an around the block [...]

Just some random pictures related to the “Transformation” I wrote about earlier.
Note the custom seat brackets. I made them myself with my new welder. Thanks, Mom and Dad! Those are wire-feed welds, and I have to say, for my first project, they look pretty damned okay. I can’t wait to get [...]

Bought me some race wheels and tires for auctocross and the occassional track day.
Light light light, and apparently these are four of the last twelve new Kosei K1 wheels in America. Old school. The pirctures are the same style wheels, but shod with 255/40/17 Toyo Proxes RA-1s. These pics were taken before [...]

Well, the end of the 60s at least. The 1600 soldiered on with me long enough, surviving numerous autocrosses, countless mountain road blasts, and enough rain to rust through stainless steel. It was time to let it go.
So I passed it along to a friend. It has been a fun [...]