SPEED HERO Blog — Automotive Life

The Soft Switch

There are a few people who care about much about their shampoo. You go to the store, pick something you like the smell of at a decent price. It's a general product that serves a purpose that we don't want to waste time considering. This is the case for most, but not all people. For this majority when their common brand of hair soap stops being available, they make a soft switch to another brand and don't really give a shit. It works the same, no matter who makes it or what it's made of. Their lives continue the same...


Local Speed Heroes: Justin Robert

Capital drift has been around for 6 years now. Since 2008 drifting has been organized in Victoria. Many people, and I mean many people have come and gone. Passed through the speedway during our events, in some cases, very selfishly. There is one person who has never left us, he's been here since Capital Drift began. Most of these people who have passed through, and many of them who have stuck around may have never noticed him, a sign of a true cameraman! Justin Robert has been the least selfish person I know, the most dedicated to Capital Drift.


We're already there.

You're alive now, right here, this moment can be defined as the present. We love books about the future, whether fictional stories or scientific guesses, speculating about the progress of tomorrow is fascinating. We still live with the 1950's atomic vision of the future, flying cars being an accidental classic. Its these visions of change to greatness that fuel some people, motivate them to embrace the new. The reality of the situation is profitability is the true measure of personal success. Deep down, internally a majority of us, those we define as sane, wish to always climb one rung higher...


Feminism, Bosozoku style!

So this being an automotive blog, might associate Bosozoku with the silhouette style cars with the crazy long front lips and the 6 foot high exhaust pipes.  But it does have a history of its own. [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="640"] Not like this.[/caption] [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="640"] More like this.[/caption] Bosozoku lifestyle was originally a motorcycle thing, with its own over the top style and personality.  For some it was a way to reject society's expectations and norms.  Japan is a nation built on tradition...


Speed Hero Manga

Home from work with excessive depression, I was just being angry in photoshop when this poured out of me. Full gallery here:  https://www.flickr.com/photos/48368366@N02/sets/72157642875429035/