SPEED HERO Blog

I went out to lunch with some friends the other day.  I had to stop to take pictures of this.   http://i.imgur.com/9vgbljm.jpg http://i.imgur.com/xbbjNwt.jpg http://i.imgur.com/QfMeVqV.jpg

I live in the cold of Canada. For those of you far south of here, you may not be as heavily affected by daylight savings time. From my limited and ignorant perspective, the further you are from the equator, the less daylight you have during the winter months. The daylight hours are far longer during the summer than in the winter. I live on one of the southern most points of Canada, and even then, it's a difference of many hours during the summer versus the winter. For the most part Canada uses mainly American department of transportation standards...

It dawned on me the other day, mid lesson. I was with a student who spurred some interest about the car beyond it's operation. He was talking about his parents hybrid Camry, and a small moment of realization wandered past the back of my mind like passing a poster near a sidewalk. In my head I stopped to read it. Hybrids will be a short lived phenomenon! I don't think in 10 years anyone will be wasting time on such complication and extravagance, instead a technological stepping stone on a transition with obvious momentum. As a teaching point I'll often...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCaNOvF3WAo Epic DUI Film from Devan Francis Films

Dugan contacted me. "Hey Quinn, I'm getting another car, do you want my LS400?" Yes. Simply Yes. [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Thanks to www.trevorball.com for some of the snaps in this post![/caption]   Faith and I hopped in her truck and headed up island to Courtney. A few hours later we arrived to find a Dug and a lovely lexus. After a few instructions we were back on the road coming back to Vic. The grinding was the brakes. No pad left on the front right! After the drive Faith commented "I don't...