November 13th, 2016 — The Store
November 3rd, 2016 — Mazda3, Repaint
A parking lot crash led to a full respray of Blue Car, my 2008 Mazda3 hatch. Two weeks of work condensed into one blog post.
October 29th, 2016 — Interior, Wheels
October 18th, 2016 — Sharka pix
September 26th, 2016 — Events, Spotlight
Over 30 photos of the Millionth Miata tour, Miata no. 15 and Miata no. 1,000,000. And a video of me being a huge Miata nerd.
September 26th, 2016 — Events, Spotlight
I was sent to Houston for a Miata event. And also to star in a video about the event. Is this even real life?
September 16th, 2016 — Spotlight
This is something I’ve been putting off for a while. I didn’t want to drive an ND. See, I know myself. I’ve been me for a while now and am pretty good at it. I knew I would want one after driving it. I was right. I want one. The ND is fantastic. But let’s […]
September 13th, 2016 — DIY, Interior
This is one part of the bikini top that I’ve never taken pix of. And in… what, 5 years? I’ve never fixed it. I am ashamed. When you cut off the end off the soft top, you’re left with this jagged metal edge. There’s nothing to cover it. No caps or anything. Actually… I think […]
August 29th, 2016 — Bucky (01 MX-5), Interior
Here’s something I’ve not had in decades and never in a Miata – bass. Some of my past cars had stereo systems. But since buying Sharka in 2000 I’ve been in tiny speaker land. Tiny speaker land really isn’t so bad. One day I was kicking back, browsing forums, and I came across an ad […]
August 22nd, 2016 — Exterior, Sharka pix
I just searched my own blog and discovered that I’ve not mentioned Sharka’s bikini top in roughly the past five years. July of 2011 was the last appearance. That’s almost criminal. It gets worse. I’ve not installed it since before I got the Blackbird Fabworx rollbar. I believe I last had the bikini top on […]