Archive for January 25th, 2013
25 Jan
It was bad news to hear about the Kazama D1 car getting stolen just prior to this event, but good to see that the team doesn’t give up so easily. Regardless of the bad luck, they still brought out their D1SL spec 2JZ swapped IS250 to Nikko to continue competition in the SL series.
When tuned to it’s full potential, the 2JZ is capable of easily making over 600ps; compliments of the Trust TD07S-25G turbo.
More than enough power to slide through the course, yet still street legal to drive home. The Kazama Auto wide-body ensures that it looks good on it’s way as well.
Mr. Nishio Kinya chatting about the recent events with my friend. As you can imagine, he was quite upset about his car being stolen just the day before. It came as a shock to most everyone, as things…
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25 Jan
I’m sorry to disappoint those of you who thought this post might be written about Formula One driver Kimi Raikkonen. Instead, this weeks title was inspired by the frigid temperatures encountered by those of us present at Cars&Coffee/Irvine, the morning of January 12, 2013. Since I began attending this event back in 2008, the morning of the 12th was by far the coldest one I’ve ever experienced. But even with the record-breaking cold temperatures being experienced throughout Southern California, the Cars&Coffee faithful still showed up in droves, albeit decked out in heavy jackets, scarves, hats, gloves and uggs.
Unfortunately the one piece of gear that I had forgotten to pack the night before were my gloves, and by 7 AM, my right hand (camera holder) was suffering from exposure. My friend Gene, who came fully prepared wearing cold weather gear, magically produced from the back of his car, an extra…
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