Thanks Santa!
I'm not sure how it got into my kids' heads, but they both put a projector on their xmas list. I'd like to take credit for some sort of mental engineering to accomplish that, but as far as I know I had nothing to do with it. And lucky for us, Santa delivered with a Sanyo 1280x800 projector.
The family plan was all about the home theater, and lemme tell you, it rocks for that. We have the perfect wall for it in our finished basement, and it's stunning. We're watching about a 100" picture.
Of course, I wasn't far behind with my cockpit and PC. Finally got it hooked up this morning and did some laps. Ergonomics aren't quite rig [... more]
Happy Holidays from the Kolar family to yours!
So I was wondering during the Sunday night NASRL race, what does your average race driver do when he has to... er... adjust his unmentionables? Fortunately Road America has a nice long straight where I was finally able to let go of the wheel completely to get things worked out, but I probably wouldn't have done that in real life under full throttle. I bet a pair of fireproof gloves and a nomex suit makes it even more difficult.
I guess I should make an addition to my pre-race checklist...
Been a while since I took a good look at my stats page. Pablo's "100 Races" post prompted me to go have a look, and I realized last night's NASRL race at Mid Ohio was my 101st event here at R2P.
Out of those 101 events, 73 were top 10 finishes, which I'm quite proud of. 7 top 3s, and a number of top 5s though those aren't tracked. Sadly, almost 2 years later, I'm still waiting on my first win :(
I was surprised at my DNF count- 12 of them, over 10%! Some of them were fuel related, one or two were lost connections. I can't remember the last time I actually crashed out, I considered myself a reliable finisher until I had a look at that number.
It's been a real pleasure and always a challenge racing here with R2P, running a successful (I think) chapter, and representing the CT Racing Team. Here's to the next 101 events!
Welcome to my midlife crisis!
I recently decided it was time to get rid of the Sentra because I had fears of impending engine disaster. That's crisis #1. And that would be a repeat engine disaster- I've already replaced it once. Well no more!
Yesterday I brought home an '02 BMW 330Ci. I had narrowed it down to either a Subaru WRX, or this car. The Subaru probably made more sense for me as a family car... but this i [... more]
Some renders I did in 3840x1024 resolution for my desktop at work. Maybe some other TH2Go users might appreciate them, it's tough to find backgrounds that big.
So we picked up our new Clubman on Friday.
This is my wife's new ride, she sacrificed her minivan for it. Experience at the dealer was very good, as you would hope, based on the dollars per pound we spent on this car. The car was one of the last few 2008's on the lot, and was optioned higher than we would have chosen to custom order one, but the deal made up for it. Not that they were bending over backwards to get rid of them- apparently demand is higher than ever because of their high gas mileage. And it is pretty high- so far we're averaging 32mpg after 120 miles. I think that's pretty good for something with this kind of style and handling.
Two of the bonus features that we love but probably would have skimped on [... more]
... it would have kept me off the streets, and kept me from trading in the wife's minivan on this:
Looks just like this one, real pics to follow when we pick it up on Friday.
Yup, back for more after only two weeks... my wife was thrilled! :)
I had a good excuse, though: finally getting my good friend Phil out for his first time among the cones. Phil brought along his recently acquired '03 M3, seen here in it's fresh masking tape livery:
Not much sun all day- just like last time I feared up until the last minute that it might be a washout, but a bit of positive thinking held off the raindrops.
Note the serious 3-wheeling going on :) I was back in DSP, itching to avenge my loss at the last event. I took first in class this time out, but it wasn't a fair fight- I think my only competitor probably belonged in a novice class.
After an all too lengthy summer hiatus, I made it back out to hunt some cones today with the Fairfield County Sports Car Club in Stratford, CT.
Much to my surprise, the first thing I laid eyes on when I drove on the lot was a near mirror image of my car. Todd A breezed in from Jersey with his identical Spec V.
The ol' girls looked good side by side, road warriors alike.
After two straight wins in rookie classes, it was time to get my feet wet in straight DSP. Only one other car in my class today, a nicely set up Saturn SC2. The two of us traded fast times throughout the day, [... more]
