Monthly Archives: September 2010

Auto Obsession

Posted on 23 September, 2010 by Justin Fox

I’ve been working with the go2space guys (they place advertising on VWGolf.net.au and JDMST) for a while now on a new online project. Auto Obsession (AO). AO is an online shop and my job is to give the shop a front and the brand a face, energy and also to generate a community around it. I’ve skinned the site using the same tweaks I’ve done to this WordPress blog (which is the same as JDMST’s blog) and again I’m calling on the amazing talent of Matthew Mead to make my work come alive (I’m a huge Mead fan!).

It’s not live yet but I thought I’d share the development site in any case!

Visit: http://dev.autoobsession.com.au

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Ibanez RG Prestige RG2550ZL now on eBay

Posted on 22 September, 2010 by Justin Fox

Ibanez RG Prestige RG2550ZL.

I’ve decided to sell my Ibanez RG Prestige too and it’s now on eBay. I just don’t play it at all. Heavy Metal isn’t my thing any more I suppose. I’m really wishing I bought an American Fender Strat instead now, big time!

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SS now up on eBay

Posted on 22 September, 2010 by Justin Fox

SS.

My single speed is now up on eBay! So sad, but exciting at the same time. I’ve been offered $350 but declined it. I’m hoping it’ll go for $500+

Visit: http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180564948977

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ADA update

Posted on 22 September, 2010 by Justin Fox

My 1st attempt at a simple aquascape.

Mr. Mantis lives in the cave on the right. I really need a white light, or blue even and a black background might work nicely, or white even.

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Chris’ new 135i

Posted on 22 September, 2010 by Justin Fox

Yesterday I caught up with Chris who’s been working in Vanuatu. I hadn’t seen him in ages (a year or more maybe) and I’ve only just caught him as he’s about to leave for Vanuatu again this Friday.

I got a bit of a shock when I went outside and saw his new car. He just picked this up yesterday!

He had the exact same plates on his S2000 so that confused me as the plates were the first detail I saw. I then realised it wasn’t an M3, nor a 335i but a 135i! I then got even more confused: Chris aren’t you living and working in Vanuatu?!

Strange little car. Strange lines on the outside and inside. Car feels very firm and solid though, even at 3000rpm you can feel that it’s a very powerful and fast car. Chris drove it in Auto. The car felt a lot like an automatic, not a clutchless manual. I got Chris to shift down a few gears with his paddle shifters and it didn’t sound like it rev matched (so it might just be a full automatic gearbox?).

Cars aside, the real big news is that Chris and his wife are expecting! He’s excited which in turn made me excited for him!

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More track day pics by MJ

Posted on 22 September, 2010 by Justin Fox

MJ takes a rad photo. Here are a few pics he took of the golf yesterday:

More here

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ADA Mantis Tank update

Posted on 21 September, 2010 by Justin Fox

I’ve not bothered with the aquascaping just yet. The Ikea lamp is just temporary too. No substrate yet either (still not 100% sure I want to put sand in) but the Mantis is now living in the tank and he’s busy smashing and eating snails. I’ve got a huge hang on back Aquaclear 110 filter loaded with carbon and denitrate too. It’s almost as wide as the tank!

Over filtration = a good thing. I’ve literally got no more room to play with back there too, tight fit, just perfect!

In other good news my main display tank is almost 100% clear. Phew! Now to call Uncle Tekky and see where he’s at with the stand & hood!

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Private Track Day

Posted on 21 September, 2010 by Justin Fox

Private track day at Wakefield yesterday. Almost destroyed me as I was feeling pretty fat and tired from the Melbourne trip! (we only got back the night before!).

The drive was painful but hey, cruise control (can’t complain!). This time around I had my seats in (still no harnesses though) and my new Brembo front brakes too.

I’m now 1 second faster. Man I hate this track so much it pisses me off to no end. I’m either going in too hot or not carrying enough speed because I’m braking too hard. Grrrr!

Yonas and Zi were there. I tried to keep up with Yonas, impossible!

This FD was on the track. Surprised me as I thought it was all show but damn it’s fast, sounds insane and respect for tracking with those massive SSR’s too!

Zi’s new company car. Mods should make their way onto the car soon.

George from Slippery Little Suckers came along for the day. I’m not sure he had too much fun in his Statesman though. Lack of headroom meant that he had to bend over as his helmet was hitting his roof all day!

A lot more pics here.

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Melbourne Day 4

Posted on 21 September, 2010 by Justin Fox

Degraves (again!). Potato & onion omelette.

For lunch we dropped into the Hutong Dumpling Bar to try the best dumplings in the world (according to Tanja and Ben!). We got there before they opened and waited 20 minutes but glad we did as people came from absolutely nowhere once the doors opened.

Duck dumplings were great.

I’m a huge Din Tai Fung fan and I have to say that Hutong’s Xiao Long Bao had slightly thicker dumpling skin but it wasn’t better or worse than Din Tai Fungs.