Capturing Speed
I had some ideas how to capture onboard footage and create some dynamic effects combining multiple frames of a video. Here’s a first result, not too bad for now:
Mixxer Summer Setup
Time for the summer setup of the MX-5: OZ Ultraleggera wheels with the Bridgestone RE002 tyres (still good for one summer) , washed, polished & waxed, plastics treated, coilovers cleaned & proofed… and dirtied up again 🙂
Definition of a Roadster
What is a Roadster (in terms of automobiles) ? Here’s my personal definition!
Season Opening 2018 @Pängel Anton
Visited the traditional season opening @Pängel Anton in Ennigerloh with the Caterham. A nicely organized meeting mainly targeting on Lotus and other British cars taking place around an ex railway station now serving as a roadhouse, hence the slightly obscure name Pängel Anton meaning something like choo choo train in Low-German.
Family Business
I took the Seven for a spin with my dad for the first time. A slightly sentimental moment for me since he influenced the petrol-head in me for a large amount…
Little tour
Took Catie home from “the other garage” and cruised a bit.
Springtime!
The Mixxer enjoyed a thorough washing after weeks with salt and dirt on the roads.
Finally spring arrived to enjoy some nice roads top-down 🙂
Catie test-driving
Test drove Catie with new wheels, tyres and new mirrors. I also reset the ECU learn-values via OBD and re-learned the idle.
Some more Caterham tinkering
Added some black stickers to the sides to remind of the Seven’s origin, the Black-Jack:
Mirrors mounted
I replaced the three-legged Talbot retro-style mirrors with the standard black Caterham mirrors on the “SVA”-mounts – suit the car much better in my humble opinion:
