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Month: July 2020

#revchallenge

Tuesday, July 14, 2020

My pictures for a photo challenge announced on Instagram by my favorite Miata custom product guy Adam at revlimiter.net. It started on Monday June 8th and ran for the next 30 days, ending on July 7th. All the pictures, except about 4 of them were taken on the actual numbered day. I only missed one day, #15: Pride – I had a perfect idea for this one, but whenever we went there to take a picture there was a car in the spot we needed…

Day 00 - Rev Challenge List
A photo challenge announced on Instagram by my favorite Miata customer product guy Adam at revlimiter.net.
Day 01 - Reflection #1
From 18 years ago, our '95 next to freshly repainted flag mural in Aiken, SC. (6/8/20)
Day 01 - Reflection #2
From 18 years ago, our '95 next to freshly repainted flag mural in Aiken, SC. (6/8/20)
Day 02 - Interior #1
I was going to use the second photo from April 2005 of my '03 until I was corrected as to the spirit of the #revchallenge yesterday. (6/9/20)
Day 02 - Interior #2
I was going to use the second photo from April 2005 of my '03 until I was corrected as to the spirit of the #revchallenge yesterday. (6/9/20)
Day 03 - Sunset
Sunset in the age of #covid19 & #alonetogether. (6/10/20)
Day 04 - Wheels #1
Oil Change Day. While it drains, I rotate the tires that are mounted on my WHEELS. While they were off I succumbed to luxury car anal retentiveness and lined up the center cap logos with the valve stem [Caution: photo two contains a blatant suck up in case the challenge originator decides to award prizes...] (6/11/20)
Day 04 - Wheels #2
Oil Change Day. While it drains, I rotate the tires that are mounted on my WHEELS. While they were off I succumbed to luxury car anal retentiveness and lined up the center cap logos with the valve stem [Caution: photo two contains a blatant suck up in case the challenge originator decides to award prizes...] (6/11/20)
Day 05 - Passenger
99 and 44/100% of the time I am in the driver's seat, today I am playing PASSENGER and taking a selfie with two hands, so I won't drop the phone from a speeding car. (6/12/20)
Day 06 - After Dark
It is well onto day seven for everyone on the east coast, but the sun goes down way late here on the west coast above the 47th parallel. (6/13/20)
Day 07 - Curves
Not too many curves real close by. (6/14/20)
Day 08 - Track Day
Instead of our usual daily walk in the neighborhood, we drove up to Oregon Tech and walked around the running track. (6/15/20)
Day 09 - Hot Wheels
Which one is Mia and which one is Tia? (6/16/20)
Day 10 - Road Trip
Took a very short road trip to different section of the OC&E Woods Trail to do some geocaching. Found 9 of the 10 we looked for. (6/17/20)
Day 11 - Carwash
First sunny day and the whole club shows up to get their cars washed. (6/18/20)
Day 12 - Radio
The only radio here is a usb stick stuck in a grom adapter that is full of 8gig of tunes ripped from radioparadise.com (6/19/20)
Day 13 - Pornography
I had no picture in mind that wouldn't violate the Instagram decency policy except this. 🙂 (6/20/20)
Day 14 - Heart #1
The only sticker we "heart" enough to put on the outside of the car is the dragon from Deals Gap. The rest go inside the trunk lid. (6/21/20)
Day 14 - Heart #2
The only sticker we "heart" enough to put on the outside of the car is the dragon from Deals Gap. The rest go inside the trunk lid. (6/21/20)
Day 16 - Car Hole
This hole used to hold a decorative "fog" light, but now it just holds a decorative mesh grill. (6/23/20)
Day 17 - Detail
On my 2 NAs this blanking plate was swapped out for extra lighting, in my 2 NBs it holds a micro switch that operates the garage door opener. (6/24/20)
Day 18 - Shift #1
Shift: This brushed Voodo shift knob has been my constant companion since the early 90s and has been the first "mod" in my subsequent 3 Miatas. (6/25/20)
Day 18 - Shift #2
Shift: This brushed Voodo shift knob has been my constant companion since the early 90s and has been the first "mod" in my subsequent 3 Miatas. (6/25/20)
Day 19 - Envey
It started as regret a couple months ago for not buying this T from blipshift, but now has morphed into envy of any one who did. (6/26/20)
Day 20 - Slam/Tuck
My lawnmower is slammed so it can be tucked under the home A/C ducting. (6/27/20)
Day 21 - Magazine
The July 1989 Motor Trend. How I learned of the Miata. For the whole story click here. (6/28/20)
Day 22 - Guages
I have a lightly customized set of Adam's 10AE (grey instead of blue highlights) and having lived with them for couple years I have started missing the light colored faces. I might just roll back to stock while I wait on the Sharksgiving Sale to nab some Version Redline gauges. (6/29/20)
Day 23 - Memories
We have participated in the #mossmotoringchallenge since 2014 and the road trips taken in pursuit of points have generated great memories. This pic from 2015 is from one the best, it involves a Washington County, the kindness of others and emus. For the story click here. (6/30/20)
Day 24 - Detour
ODOT's website tells me I would have to drive 70 miles one way to I-5 to find a Detour Sign, so I've opted for a blast from back in 2018. (7/1/20)
Day 25 - Lights
Taillights by the light of a tiny moon. (7/2/20)
Day 26 - Rearview Mirror #1
Photo 1: My favorite mod on the '95 Laguna - NB mirrors on an NA. Photo 2: I misremembered the category as just Rearview... so we went out tonite and recreated my favorite Instagram #cargirl pose. (7/3/20)
Day 26 - Rearview Mirror #2
Photo 1: My favorite mod on the '95 Laguna - NB mirrors on an NA. Photo 2: I misremembered the category as just Rearview... so we went out tonite and recreated my favorite Instagram #cargirl pose. (7/3/20)
Day 27 - Take Out Drive
Nothing says 4th of July like BBQ. (7/4/20)
Day 28 - Solo
99.99% of the time the Miata is filled with both a pilot and a navigator. I am solo in it about once a month when I am sent a mile downtown to pick up and return with our pizza. This was me last time killing time in the parking lot waiting... (7/5/20)
Day 29 - Free Space
Sundown in the Klamath Basin. I was going to take a picture in an empty parking lot like I took today's challenge literally, but the navigator nixed it. (7/6/20)
Day 30 - Family
This is our family. She has a brother 500 miles away, I have a brother 3, 000 and the other siblings plus progeny are scattered all over. (7/7/20)
Tagged: Miata Photos, Mini Photos, Misc Photos

Track, Daily, Crush

Monday, July 13, 2020

A Special Covid Red Edition. As of Monday, July 13, 2020 at 9:00 PM pacific time:

Track Daily Crush
1964 Chevrolet Corvette 2008 BMW M3 1964 Peel P50
A race car with a Hollywood pedigree. I usually prefer the looks of the previous gen, but this one’s almost as nice. One of three 3-wheelers for auction this week.
(#2 & #3)
Tagged: Cars, Track-Daily-Crush

Track 09 – Five Colors

Saturday, July 11, 2020

This song by Sam Phillips is probably the only one on this list that is a one-hit wonder for me. I have heard a few other songs of hers and unlike the other artists here, none of them made me go out and buy any of her music.

Tagged: Quintessential Burn II

I Don’t Have A Cat

Wednesday, July 8, 2020

While wandering the interwebs this evening looking to find something to entertain me when I came across this photo as the header image for a Lifehacker article and for whatever reason it spoke to me.

It is sort of like the Mona Lisa as it mirrors the painting’s novel qualities, including the subject’s expression, which is frequently described as enigmatic, the monumentality of the composition, the subtle modelling of forms, and the atmospheric illusionism.

Enjoy!

Tagged: Whatever

Track, Daily, Crush

Monday, July 6, 2020

As of Monday, July 6, 2020 at 9:00 PM pacific time:

Track Daily Crush
1967 Fiat 850 Spider
Race Car
2015 Dodge Viper SRT 1993 Nissan Homy GT Cruise EXC 4×4
The brakes currently don’t work, but who needs them, its a racecar. A perfect grocery-getter with 645 HP and 600 lb-ft of torque At first glance I thought it said Nissan Horny…
Tagged: Cars, Track-Daily-Crush

Red Sox Win The World Series Again!

Sunday, July 5, 2020

This morning we watched Game #5 of the 2018 World Series on MLBTV and the Red Sox beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 5 to 1 to win the 2018 World Series! Again!

The 2020 baseball season is supposed to start in less than 3 weeks, but not everybody is so sure, Mike Trout for one and me for another. But either way, I’m thinking that my access to MLBTV will be shut off pretty soon so I’m glad I got to watch the 2018 series again. And, unlike last time, I watched every single inning of every game.

You know, if you look back at my 2018 post about them winning, I talked about my buying a 2018 WS Champions hat. It included pictures of my previous hats from 2004, 2007 and 2013 from the MLB shop and the one from there of the 2018 that the players got on the field in 2018. I didn’t really like the MLB shop one, it was gray instead of blue, so I hunted up something that looked more along the lines of the previous three and I finally found it, I think on the Dick’s Sporting Goods store page. Less than 2 years later, that 2018 hat is long gone enough that I don’t even remember what happened to it…

That MLB Shop gray 2018 World Series Hat that I didn’t like is still available. Maybe I should buy now?

Tagged: FRS, MLBTV

Track 08 – In These Shoes

Saturday, July 4, 2020

This is one of two kind of “novelty” songs on this list. Although this track by Kirsty MacColl is not nearly as novel as Track #15 coming up in a couple months. And, typing out her name here, I learned that I had been saying her name wrong all these years, because I was mentally swapping places of the I and R in her first name and calling her Kristy…

Tagged: Quintessential Burn II
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