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Finally got a chance to take the new whip out for a short roadtrip. Met up with some friends along the way.

We met up and had lunch at Kanpai Sushi before heading out through Ortega Highway. Mark had to work so unfortunately didn't make the drive with us. Maybe next time. Here's a few shots of Mark's AMG SLK, David's A3s, and of course, my M3. The boy enjoyed watching the hard top convertible going up.

Unfortunately it started raining once we got to the interesting twisties so I didn't bother stopping for photos along the way since I preferred to keep my camera dry and mud outside the vehicle.

                 
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And here are a couple of shots at the lake. You can't tell, but the boy is hiding in the front passenger seat since he thought it was too cold and as usual, didn't want his picture taken. The drive was fun and it probably was a good thing we were behind a few cars through a good portion of the drive. Once they pulled off to the side it was really hard to not just gun it, but I really don't want to get any speeding tickets in this due to my tints and lack of front plate. Don't want to have to pay more than necessary if I can avoid it. Plus, there are a few areas of double fine zones on the drive. Better safe than sorry...plus, it was beginning to get wet too. I'm sure David was itching for me to floor it, but he patiently kept a reasonable distance behind, hehe. I'm sure both cars could have handled far more than what we allowed.

     
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Posted November 28, 2009
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Massive blister on my thumb from rubbing gunk off my trunk left by the M3 badge.

I wasn't real happy with the double-sided tape that came on the monochrome M3 badge I bought...it was yellow and visible even after I filled in the edges with black sharpie so it made it look cheap to me. I got tired of looking at it and noticing it every time so I finally took it off today.

The cheap part (which wasn't cheap, actually) left me a little present on my thumb. The adhesive might have been ugly, but it sure was strong. I'm just glad it didn't damage my paint. It's nice and smooth now :D

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Posted November 21, 2009
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Yamaha Creates Acoustic Design for Engine of the Lexus LFA Super Sports Car (via @chriscasper)

Check out the story by Yamaha and have a listen. It sounds amazing! Also, here's some more pics of the LFA to accompany the acoustics story (thanks for the heads-up @chriscaper).

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Posted November 21, 2009
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If I can get myself and the boy healthy enough, here's where we want to drive this weekend.

Ortega Highway heading North East toward Lake Elsinore:

And heading South West back home:

I love Google Earth.

If we can't get healthy enough to do it this weekend, we have to go next weekend. I'm dying to get out of the house. Feels like this has been the most unproductive week of my life.

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Posted November 21, 2009
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Parking away from everyone else...except @tquach12 since I know he will be careful with his 335.

This is one of the downsides to having a nicer car. You end up worrying about where to park it. These two do make a handsome pair though, don't they?

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Posted November 14, 2009
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Black GT-R parked in front of @oakley HQ

Took this pic earlier this week but haven't had a chance to upload it yet. Sure is nice being able to see so many cool cars at work on a regular basis.

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Posted November 14, 2009
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Example of Mobile Photoshop vs The Best Camera App.

     

Here’s a little test of a shot I took of the boy at Cars & Coffee last Saturday:

  • First shot is edited with Mobile Photoshop
  • Second shot is edited with The Best Camera App
  • Third shot is the original

I prefer the fine control of Mobile Photoshop but wish it had the ability to do a shadow vignette in addition to the soft vignette. You can clearly see the highlight detail better in the Mobile PS version. My biggest complaint with The Best Camera App has always been the highlights get blown out but I do love the simplicity of it.

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Posted October 25, 2009
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A few mediocre iPhone pics of my recently tinted windows and smoked taillights.

             

I think it’s going to take me awhile before I get around to taking good photos, so I went ahead and shot some with the iPhone camera. It’s a little hard to tell exactly what they look like from these but here are a few quick shots.

All side windows: Formula 1 Pinnacle Ceramic Tints 35
Rear windshield: Formula 1 Pinnacle Ceramic Tints 15
Front windshield: Untinted

None of the shots are edited in any way but the contrast does look higher in these photos than it does in real life. The tints looks black in some shots, but that’s not how it is in reality. The 15 on the back really does helps darken the 35 sides though. The closeup in photo 4 is fairly representative of the real thing. You can also see how much more transparent the tints are when the front windshield is showing light from behind in some of the shots, but all in all I’m happy with how much darker this looks than the same F1 Pinnacle 35 I had on my G35 (all around).

Rear tail lights are smoked with a medium film. I wanted to leave the bottom clear strip uncovered but there is a small area of red underneath so the installers at Tint Plus did not recommend it since they weren't sure how well it would hold up over time.

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Posted October 24, 2009
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Met up with @chriscasper at Cars & Coffee. Ironically he parked right in front of me.

Chris showed up after we did but I find it amusing that he was able to get a parking spot right in front of us. Lot was pretty full when we got here.

{ Sent from my iPhone }

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Posted October 24, 2009
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Matte black 350z at Cars & Coffee

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Posted October 24, 2009
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