Fêted.
All the scamps.
Schrödinger’s present.
@piepiemydarling cake makes festivities festive.
One last post from my post-thanksgiving road trip.
Some stats:
1638: miles driven
37.2: gallons of diesel
5: states driven in
7: Corropolese tomato …
Sometimes sitting in stop and go traffic in the TDI feels like what I imagine double kick drumming would feel like in super slow mo. The Poconos are a …
Took off a bit early to try to avoid the snow in Chicago. The fancy daily/hauler drove did everything it was supposed to.
I had forgotten how well …
Ran by harbor freight for some supplies for a longer drive/parts run in the fancy daily. Couldn’t pass up a little matching tool box for the …
Took a minute to get updated registration stickers on a few of the cars. The plates make me irrationally happy.
The Fire & Ice plates finally …
Was lucky enough to be up at the dome for the first snow of the season.
So peaceful.
So quiet.
So needed.
Swung by the garage to drop off another set of recaros for yet another project, and decided to get snows on.
I apparently have a type when it comes to …
Just a few detail shots of some departures from OEM on the Rallye. My current rule for straying from stock is simple: it has to matter, and it has to …
It’s been a bit more than a week since @theeurodistrict, and I’m almost back to normal.⠀
As always, it was an incredible time — catching up with …
Brought the rallye down to @theeurodistrict - had a great caravan with @longballrally and @plzsgnl… I would have said chill, but a few cars …
Got the rallye back from getting a couple things cleaned up at the body shop.
Finally fitted the grille badge from @oemcarstickers that I’ve …
Got the rallye all buttoned up and moving again earlier this week. Had to literally knock the cobwebs off. What an absolute pleasure to drive. …
Chip War: The Fight for the World’s Most Critical Technology by Chris Miller
The “I’d like the Rallye to run a little cooler” starter kit…
A whole bunch of @autobahnautoworx goodies (VR corrado alu …
Finally getting around to posting some of my pics from @vwdays_official.
I mostly took pics of mk2s, and honestly, it was overwhelming. So many …
Some more of my pics from @vwdays_official.
The end of my mk2 pics. So good to see so many wildly high quality cars. Some really nice touches here …
Some more of my pics from @vwdays_official.
Even more mk2s. 2 of the cleaner, well executed VR swaps I’ve seen in a minute (also, I’m a …
Some more of my pics from @vwdays_official.
More mk2s, more Rallyes (with custom Rallye A8s ?!) and an inkling of all the cool stuff scattered …
Some more of my pics from @vwdays_official.
Even more mk2s, including a few stunning paint jobs, engine bays, wheels and sliding rags. An oettinger …
Some more of my pics from @vwdays_official.
More mk2s, a few more Rallyes , more diesel, and some very fun rare parts (headlight washers! All the …
Some more of my pics from @vwdays_official.
More mk2s, a few more of the many Rallyes, some creative mods, some diesel to make me happy, and clean …
Some more of my pics from @vwdays_official.
Most mk2s, including a very cool full kit voomerman GTI, and more Rallyes than I’ve ever seen in the …
Finally getting around to posting some of my pics from @vwdays_official.
I mostly took pics of mk2s, and honestly, it was overwhelming. So many …
Made a bit of progress on the Rallye tonight. Old radiator is out, and a dry fit of the new @autobahnautoworx radiator and other assorted parts.
I …
Stopped by Cars at Lincoln Common with @longballrally, mostly just to see @ev_garage and their beautiful mk3 giveaway car. It’s really amazingly …
Scenes from Paris that made me think of my cars.
Still super jettlagged from my trip.
Wasn’t really planning on starting on this, but… Looks like I am.
Whoops.
Gotta get some cleanup …
Lucked into seeing one of these in the wild.
I love my ID4, but I really would love to have a fun small electric car available stateside.
A little bit of @eurotrashapparel / @theeurodistrict and @pvw_mag at a very hot but very cool @vwdays_official with @xjamiexoe and @car_men_mk1.
Once …
Before, during, and after getting some of the dust off.
Also, fixed the wipers in the driveway. They’ve been wonky since I took everything apart …
Welp.
Didn’t have this on my bingo card for this year.
Everything is dirty.
Gonna be a whole lotta washing in my near future…
One of my favorite things to add to cars is a matching bag and tool roll from @scrape_empire.
When he posted up the harlequin set he just did, I …
One of my favorite things to add to cars is a matching bag and tool roll from @scrape_empire.
When he posted up the harlequin set he just did, I …
Shuffled cars around so got to drive a bunch of em.
Mk4 wagon (now with summers again) harlequin (now in the sometimes drive spot) green car …
Swapped the summers back on to the mk4.
Also, accidentally lowered the harbor freight furniture dolly engine stand. Hashtag tilty wheels. Hashtag …
The snow’s all gone, but the forest isn’t really green again yet.
Lovely spring day, regardless.
Good parts day!
Some parts arrived to build up the TDI swap on the Helios including the biggest box I’ve received in a hot minute. (AFN …
It’s false spring, so I took advantage to drive the harlequin around a bit and go knock the dust off of it. Turns out, it looks decidedly better …
Got to drive the harlequin again after I broke it a while back. After half-assed futzing with it here and there for far too long, I finally took it to …
Little unboxing of a thing I’ve been looking for for a while; that I was able to snag from @mbmotorwagen on eBay…
An @ottomobile.officiel …
Chicago bound!
I always find it fun to see the SFO runways from 101.
Thanks for the nice weather for a few days. Excited to head back to an …
It’s been a hot minute since I’ve been in the bay area.
Got an extra flyby of the south bay since there was already a plane on our runway. …
