I finally have a little free time today to upload some pictures from my recent trip up to visit my ricer mobile that lives in California. These aren't anything great, as the car is unpainted and the pictures are from my phone, but here you go:

I actually wash the car now. :eek:
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Here is a picture from Friday, when I arrived in San Francisco:
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On Saturday, I headed South to attend a couple of driving events at Willow.
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I have some video from one of the drifting events that I attended, I'll upload that sometime this weekend.

I dropped one wheel off the pavement on Horse Thief Mile and I happened to slide through some mud. :stickoutt

Mud on the calipers:
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Not too apparent in this picture, but there's mud IN the exhaust:
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Mud everywhere!
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Like I said, I'll update this with some on track photos and video later, when I can get the data from a friend. It's nothing spectacular, but at least it's something to see. :)

I just found some of the pictures from the Silver State Classic Challenge trip, from a month ago. I'll post some up in a bit.

I picked up the car at 530 AM from LAX, and 2.5 hours later I made it to Las Vegas. :devillook

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Much of the course for the SSCC looked like this, it's extremely boring unless your car can go 250 mph.

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The car in the front is my partner in crime on these various expeditions. His car is a built engine, turbo S2000. He had all sorts of mechanical problems in Vegas. :(

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I killed so many bugs that the front bumper actually felt coarse.

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Gratuitous intercooler shot:

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Parking lot of the main hall around which the event is centered. This gives you an indication of the advanced technology found in the town of Ely, Nevada. :rolleyes

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The S2000 needed gas in the middle of nowhere, and he was forced to fill up at this assbackwards gas station. The premium fuel was nothing but the finest, 89 octane.

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I was blown away by the fact that the gas station was in the middle of nowhere, so I took lots of pics to try to show that.

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D'oh! This visit disqualified us from the event. :(

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Random pictures:

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This place is my home away from home, the Microtel in Lodi, CA.

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This is where the car lives:

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Thanks for the pictures Reid. Looks like your having fun.

great pics, wish the car was here.... looking "interesting" with the front bumper.. LOL

take care, and thanks again for everything

Thanks for sharing your experiences and I guess Turtle Bay paid for the CF front air dam.:)

Thanks for sharing your experiences and I guess Turtle Bay paid for the CF front air dam.:)

As a matter of fact, they still haven't paid. For some reason, providing them with a copy of the title, registration and insurance card is not enough to prove that we are the legal owners of the vehicle, so the insurance company will not cut us a check yet. :mad

As a matter of fact, they still haven't paid. For some reason, providing them with a copy of the title, registration and insurance card is not enough to prove that we are the legal owners of the vehicle, so the insurance company will not cut us a check yet. :mad

I would call the GM of the hotel or the Director of Security to move this case along with their insurance as it was their fault. They are pulling a stall technique hoping you will just give up.

As a matter of fact, they still haven't paid. For some reason, providing them with a copy of the title, registration and insurance card is not enough to prove that we are the legal owners of the vehicle, so the insurance company will not cut us a check yet. :mad

would you like to inquire about the services of a hitman? :stickoutt

Just write a letter to the editor of the Honolulu Weekly along the lines of:

"I enjoyed my afternoon at Turdle Bay resort...etc, etc...The food at Ola's was great, but it was absolutely not true that I got diarrhea from eating there, it was not true that I felt really sick shortly after leaving, it was not true that a few others in our group coincidentally also got diarrhea...and it is absolutely not true that the staff of Turdle Bay are slow to respond to me, etc..."

It casts doubt without actually saying anyone got ill there. :D

BTW, I hear they're opening a branch near Diamond Head. The name will be Turtle Head Resort.

Call Actionline. :evil2