blowdog MUSINGS
It all goes downhill from here…
As I extend my delusions of grandeur to a new plane of existence, I decide that getting a proper race license is somehow a good idea.
Argh, Porsche, you break my heart.
I’ve been running around like a headless chicken, jumping from car to car, all in good faith, mind. However, I end up a loner as Porsche do a dirty on me.
Allow me to elaborate on the state of this nation (put the kettle on)
I express an epic monologue of a rant to reverberate across the walls of parliament and council.
Midnight Run returns?
3000bhp prowls the streets of London, taking pictures and posing for some too, courtesy of Metropolitan Police.
Ceiling collapses – world ends.
This month I’ll be mostly fighting insurance assessors.
GT3 for Sale (yeah yeah, the herald angels sing) EDIT – SOLD, 180709
After two and a half years of awesome love / love relationships, I have put the car up for sale. Time has flown with this car, but imminent arrival of the new car means this must go. Good price too.
The most important thing to happen to the human race since consciousness.
I know it’s not car related but this really needs a mention. I am quivvering with excitement and am having difficulties containing myself. Tron Legacy (or as it used to be called, TR2N) is coming.
Photo with Mr. GT3
Andreas Preuninger posing in awesome summer wear in front of the new GT3
Thieves strike again
Society punishes the obedient and rewards the reckless (bike stolen again). They stole my bike. My bike was stolen. Again. Taken from me. Without consent.
Nissan making the world LOL
Conflicts within Nissan are creating flare ups in the community. The public are revolting and these race animals want to know how to use their cars without exploding them into a billion pieces of titanium and carbon.
What the christ does a trackday cost?
I remember selling my Skyline GTR to buy the Porsche because it was cheaper to run, more economical and cost less to own! Ah bitter sweet irony.
New bike for a pro like me (read: all the gear no idea)
Stolen bike replaced by one that exceeds my skills a million percent.
I’m a fair guy but this heat is making me crazy
Hey – It’s bargain time. Let’s go shopping. You may not have any money, we may be paupers, the economy may be forcing us to go uphill racing on the marmite motorway, but what’s a little fantasy shopping between friends?
Er, anybody at home? Wake up economy
Apparently there’s no money left in the world. Let’s cheer for capitalism. Or was it socialism? Although I did hear we were close to communism. I could be the walrus…
Lord, won’t you buy me a 67 Camaro SS
I consider 40 year old cars.
Rain at the ring? No goddamn way!
Eat enough jam and you’ll vomit all over your alcantara steering wheel.
Ordering the new Nissan GTR
I try to order a new GTR, am met with inadequately equipped sales staff or indeed senior management.
1000 miles and my honeymoon period is over
My first article published in Total 911 magazine
Blow Dog queues for Booker prize, is told the McDonalds queue is nextdoor.
One of my ambitions was to become published of sorts. I now write a monthly long term for Total 911 Magazine.
Arrgghh Vista
Haha – yes of course, I refer to the king of operating systems. It’s a wonderful game of chess, you see?
North Circular – in high resolution.
I take a reality check as I find it hard distinguishing pixels from real life.
Frank Miller does me proud
As if Sin City wasn’t enough for us comic book fans
Blowdog.com for 2007
New cars. New sites.
Essen Motorshow 2006
Essen Motorshow, in Germany, is predominantly about the after market tuning scene, so you can imagine it attracts a specific crowd. Add to this the lack of a no-smoking rule (which I believe has changed now) and you’ve got quite an uncomfortable environment. There were some great exhibits there that you would not find in [...]
blowdog PHOTO GALLERY
Photo gallery
THE BLOWDOZ RETURNZETH SOON0rz
It’s been a long time – but this site will return very soon with new look etc. Lot’s to write.
Socking the Gatsos
Zap…… within 14 days, a nice brown envelope drops on your door mat. It’s a horrible feeling, and it’s not the £60 fixed penalty that bothers you, it’s another 3 points on the way to 12 that will see you banned from driving your pride and joy that gets your goat.
Slim Shady
Wow – shock, etc. Cem’s updated Blowdog.com. Why? Is it because he’s bored with the other 3 million websites he maintains? No, I’ve missed my little private corner. Here, I can type what I like without having everyone reply to it.
Blow Dog falls victim to corporate betrayal
As you may know, I spent a few days entertaining Falken press hounds at the Nurburgring, Germany, in order to promote their new performance tyre. For more background, you can read one or two threads which explain the trip in more detail. Now that I am no longer bound by gentlemanly agreements, a mutual declaration [...]
Life without the Matrix
Sat here, 1am Saturday morning reading some incredible thesis’ on both Matrix Reloaded and Revolutions and I can’t help but feel humbled at the intelligence of some major discussions on the internet regarding the films. A vast majority of them are based on theory and guesswork. But there are some nuggets of information out there [...]
Life’s turned full circle
Some of you may be aware that on 19th August 2003, our daughter Ela was born – healthy and beautiful. It’s been a manic year, both with the pregnancy and a highly stressful house renovation project that went from 3 weeks to 4 months (there’s a whole hall of shame website waiting to be filled [...]
The best things come to those who zzzzzzzzz……
I hate the way this site has deteriorated – you’d at least expect an update of sorts every so often, wouldn’t you? New house, new car, [...]
One careful owner pt 2
She has been sold!!! Best of luck to Wroestar!
Music influential?
Never one to believe in media hype and speculation concerning the influence of music over certain actions, I was totally suprised to find myself driving with such emotion this evening, I felt suddenly at one point like waking from a trance.
Down, but not out
GTR.co.uk gets some tender loving
Oh lord, give me 25 hours to the day
Trax and work and GTR Register and and and…
Dear John…
So many A. Nonymous’ these days, you lose count.
SIDC National Day at Donington
I take the GTR to a SIDC trackday at Donington
New horizons
No updates? Why!
Buggering thievery
Ah, the society I love so much deemed it suitable to give me a gift today. Yes, you will keep trying. And you will keep failing. To the hopeless failures in life that insist on continuously attempting to thwart what little pleasures I get from my car, you have been foiled again. Thanks for the [...]
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Can it be? I am speechless!
GTR – The Future
Was privileged to go out to dinner with Hiroshi Tamura, Manager of Product Strategy and Planning for Nissan Motor Co. Ltd.
Nurburgring
One of the most frightening places on earth (some claim the ring takes, on average, one life per week) is host to the last ever GT class race series with the Skyline R34’s.
Midnight Run – The Recce
The best trip ever? Certainly one I won’t be forgetting in a long time. The Midnight Run – Recce was successful enough for me to bleet about it for weeks on end. First of pictures are up.
From one pub to another
A return to the Grasshopper pub with the GTR register. An impressive turn out which then went on to the Boxhil Japanese car club meet.
Life mimics the motorist
Incredible how London city pedestrian life mimics that of the typical arterial road motorist during rush hour.
Blinding Bavarians
BMW’s with dipped beams and fog lights. Discuss.
Sensory Overload
Spent an hour driving down the M1 in torrential, horizontal rain tonight and what an experience.
Evo March
Got the March edition of Evo mag, featuring my R34.
Escort Afterburners
Saw the most incredible thing on the M25 a few days ago.
Autosport 2002
Cars, tuners, cars, women, cars and women. What a fab world we live in.
Good habits
The Skyline is fast becoming a toy of addiction.
Buggering damagery
To the son of a bitch that decided to steal my GT-R badge first, then wasn’t content with leaving me with a nice, deep, 10 inch gorge but then decided to try to break into the car through the window, if I catch you, I’ll probably go down. Go figure. I’m watching you with renewed [...]
V-Spec pec pec ahhh
Picked my car today. It’s a Nissan Skyline R34 GT-R V-Spec. In Bayside Blue. Looks simply divine and drives like a dream. I have lots to say about it, but I’ve been driving all day in it and I’m totally whacked. Pics and more tommorow.
(Sing to the tune of Yello) ‘Dum Dum, oooh yeah’
Ok, I’m over the sadness period. I have bought my car and boy is it sexy. I have been seriously excited about this little venture, but things have happened so fast, I am in the position I expected to be in about 2 months from now. I will tell you what when the keys are in my hand, but rest assured, its simply awesome!
Gringo, how much for your daughter – Makinen gets analized by Golf Diesel
Had an interesting conversation with a guy who pulled up beside me.
ECTS
European Computer Trade Show (read, geek fest)
The lingering thought
I still want an Evo 7. But I am pretty convinced that if I was to buy one, it would be replaced in an instant with a new model…
Wake up
Been a while. Have spent the last couple of weeks securing some sort of sane insurance cover for the car. At last found somebody, still at the thick end of 2k but a hell of a lot better than 16k!
Enough alread – insurance woes
I’m sure everyone gets this feeling time to time, but I have just about had enough. Things going on at the moment. My insurers have shut shop (Independant) which means I have to look elsewhere. Over the course of 10 calls to varying brokers and underwriters, I have collated quotes between £5,500 and £16,000 (!!!!) [...]
Suicides here please
I am going to turn this site into Endorse-R-Us. Watched Stef’s video from the ‘Ring today. I will be honest, I was a little sceptical before watching, but I shall eat a little humble pie.
God is watching
We avoid a fatality – just
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