Jon

Meet the new daily driver

A short entry today.  I recently traded in my old 99 a4 daily workhorse for this current model year a4.  This particular one is a fully loaded S-line audi with the premiu...
Posted by Jon on Thu, 14 Feb 2008 05:38:00 PST

new wheels for the Porsche

I recently purchased and installed a set of new 19" Iforged wheels for my 911 turbo.  I'm running Michelin Pilot Sport PS2 tires now (235 in the front, 315 in the rear). I also had Sharkwerk...
Posted by Jon on Sat, 02 Feb 2008 04:56:00 PST

San Jose Auto show

So Ryan, Andy and I went to the SJ Auto show on Sunday.  In terms of cars we cared to look at, it was pretty much the same group as last year plus only a handful of new, interesting ones. Th...
Posted by Jon on Tue, 15 Jan 2008 07:10:00 PST

Huge Bay Area Porsche meet last Saturday

Sharkwerks and Carlsen Porsche (both big contributors to the California Porsche enthusiast scene) put together a huge SF Bay Area Porsche meet and cruise last Saturday.  We had over 230 Porsches ...
Posted by Jon on Mon, 24 Sep 2007 09:42:00 PST

The new toy

So I picked up the Porsche this week.  She's a 2001 911 twin turbo 6 speed.  415 horsepower, 415 torque, all wheel drive in factory form.  Extended warranty as a bonus. An absolute blas...
Posted by Jon on Wed, 27 Jun 2007 01:40:00 PST

Euro cars?

Looks like option 3 of my last blog is taking form.  Pretty soon I'll own two Euros and one Japanese car.  Quite a change from the hundreds (okay not hundreds) of all Japanese cars...
Posted by Jon on Wed, 28 Feb 2007 02:28:00 PST

What's next?

Attempting to remain a car enthusiast in California is becoming increasingly difficult.  It probably isn't news to anyone that California is, by far, the w...
Posted by Jon on Thu, 25 Jan 2007 04:26:00 PST

Happy New Year!

Well 2007 is here and 2006 is finally behind us all.  2006 was a particularly bad year in many ways for me, but I won't go into the details here. I spent this holiday break doing a lot of driving...
Posted by Jon on Tue, 02 Jan 2007 01:25:00 PST

Finally got muh playstation 3!

Bout damn time!  I only had to pay someone to stand in line for me @ 8am for 3 hours.  Ended up only paying $800 ($150 above retail) for the top of the line unit!  lol ...
Posted by Jon on Mon, 11 Dec 2006 01:21:00 PST

Mini golf for the workplace...

Damn this addicting game... My best score is 2 above par for the full 18.  I rock the front 9, but it gets damn shady after that.  Watch out for them damn crabs too!! http://www3.telus.net/p...
Posted by Jon on Fri, 17 Nov 2006 05:25:00 PST