Bitter Sweet x2

Funny. Today was another bitter sweet day.. I'm not sure what the high was for today, but it was somewhere around +1C or +3C. A much needed break from the three and a half weeks of snow every Friday and -30C weather. As much as I love the nice weather, I hate it because there are a shitload of rocks and gravel on the roads from the snowy days and it makes me worry for my paint.
Not only that, but it's hella slushy and dirty out now. I washed my car last night to get the salt and grime out from under the wheel wells and stuff, and it's back to the way it was before I washed it. Bummer.

I also went to the camera store today to see if I could try out the 135 f2.0L and possibly buy it because of the Canon rebates going on now. Unfortunately, they are sold out and back-ordered on most of the faster L glass. News is, it might not be until after the Olympics that I can get the lens because everybody wants one for it. Double bummer.

Snow Fun

With the lack of any nice weather and cars to take pictures of, I figured I might as well make the best of what we've got. So Diana and I went out for a bit this afternoon and took some pics.
Here's just a few, you can visit my photostream with the link to the right if you'd like to see the rest. There's only a few..

Oh summer, please come back so I can shoot more cars.

Official PWNge

Well, the forecast was not kidding when there was a winter storm warning headed for Calgary today. It started at about 10AM and is still going now, at 9:00PM - 11 hours later. The roads are horrible, I've only see 3 city trucks plowing all day. I think the city just decided that I could do it since I've been doing all afternoon.
Unlike my AWD buddies like Aldrich, I absolutely hate this weather. I had to shovel my car out from my girlfriend's house... on my way home, I got stuck on the ramp down to Country Hills cause I hit a snow bank outta know where and burned rubber like no tomorrow... and I finally got home, and what do I find? More snow to shovel before I can even get into my garage. I swear to god it was up to my knees on our side of the street because of the winds blowing one way the whole day.
And THIS is supposed to last until Saturday night. God save us all.

Here are pics of my car after I finally got it in safely. Brutal.

I'm Still Alive

Sorry guys, it's not that I've left the blog alone.. it's just that with winter here there's really nothing to shoot. Everyone has parked there cars and those that haven't parked and are still driving, have taken off all their mods and are riding on winters. So there isn't much to shoot.
However, I guarantee that next year everybody is going to be coming out harder than this year. New mods = new things to shoot. So far the weather is treating us good, and while we wait for this long 6 month hibernation, I guess I gotta find something else to shoot in the meantime. Check back once in a while, I'll try my best to squeeze in whatever I can.

But after I played DJ Hero at Tyson's house, I was addicted so I decided to pick it up myself.. wooooo!

The Time has Come...

A few days ago, I was hesitant on putting my winter tires on since the forecast was saying it was gonna be sunny one hour and snowy the other. You never know in Calgary...

Today had to be the coldest day so far, and I fear it only goes downhill from there.. Snow has accumulated on my car and it's beginning to start on the roads. It's only a matter of weeks before it's here to stay permanently. 

Good bye blue skies, good bye warm sunshine, good bye grip... =(

My Worst Nightmare

Yeah, winter is coming.. Unfortunately.
I wanted to be able to hold off on changing to winter tires until after the year end Honda meet, but at this rate, I don't wanna chance it. Every year I'm caught waking up one morning and its like the damn north pole outside and I have no time to quickly change over to winters and I have to drive to school in my summers - not cool when you have no traction when driving in slurpee.
So, this year I decided I'm not gonna take my chances. Even if we happen to get a whole October full of nice weather and no snow, I'll be ready. Calgary weather sucks balls.
With my day off today (the first time in a long time) I decided to change my wheels over... Saddest day of my life.


The last picture you'll ever see with the TE's on and snow outside. =(

Getting ready to take the bad boys off..

Done. NOOOOOOOOO

Clean TE's are happy TE's.. They are officially my track wheel for next year. Wonder what's next? ;)

Getting Ready for Winter

Unfortunately, it's that time of year again and being in Calgary isn't the best place to be at this time. The temperature is going down, lately the temperature has been hovering around the 0 mark in the mornings and only reaches a high of 12C or 13C if we're lucky and we've got a forecast that includes snow this weekend. Shitty.
So on tuesday I took out my coilovers and tossed em out and put in my sportlines so that I'm not shovelling the road for people this year. This means new coilovers next year, which I think is a good things since three of the four are blown. The only sad part now is my ride height..
As shown here :(




Actually.. even sadder is that I have to take my wheels off soon and replace 'em with shitty, high profile, skinny ass winter tires. Lamesauce. I hope I make it to the annual Honda meet without having to change over.