Cars, Security and a Peek into my Life
From camera angles and lighting, to making sure the audio is clear, otherwise the video is unwatchable.
Lastly, if you really want to add in some dramatics, point the vents at your face, turn them on full blast and hello personal wind machine. Right?!
That’s a MonsterPod, I’ve used one since 2007. Sadly, they’ve been discontinued.
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Defend against 2 types of attacks when parking your car in an urban environment.
(Last line reads: because unless the car is stolen out of your driveway, the thief now knows where you live and where you’re not.
Securing your car isn’t so much about making it theft-proof (that’s impossible); it’s more about making it invisible and undesirable.
Above – where this week’s column came from.
24 Hours readers – you’ve met me through cars, but as a hobby around here, I blog about security, mostly online.
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I’m flying out early Monday morning to San Diego, to test Hyundai’s all-new 7-seater Santa Fe.
Remember I had a Santa Fe a couple weeks ago? It was to give myself a benchmark.
That’s their 2 rows-of-seats SUV, which AJAC awarded the best of the year (one of the higest honours in Canada).
No screen, nice.
They’ve extended the length, and added in another row of seats to make it a 7-passenger people mover, and with Hyundai’s only V6 SUV engine.
I’ll be staying beneath that red roof, and will hopefully get to drive across that awesome bridge.
I land mid-afternoon, and then will be 3 hours behind you.
Hope your week gets off to a strong start, TTYS!
xo Keri
UPDATE: Got to drive over the bridge.
The car world is often about one-up-manship, so in those situations I say this:
Human: what’s the most expensive thing you’ve driven, Keri?
Me: You go first
Human: Bentley Continental GT, $276,000
Me: Warship, $millions
I say it with a smirk, because it’s a stretch for sure, but, technically I win.
Video still proof:
See the uneasy in my eyes? The thing is so tippy.
In 2009 I sailed for 2 nights with the ship, from Toronto to Sarnia.
FF to 2:40 to watch the driving part.
At the end that’s me in uniform, firing that huge cannon. See me flinch? Exactly; natural gunner.
Here’s the blog post with more about the trip, and here’s the post about how I got myself home from Sarnia (hitchhiked on a plane).
There’s a big backstory to this episode you don’t know (because I never told you), but one day I will; it’s pretty good.
