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A 1956 Porsche Whatever

Jan 6 2015

Starting in 1948 this was Porsche’s first production automobile, and 1956 was the last year it was made.

It was replaced by the 911.

Of the 76,000 originally produced, about one half survived, making this one 1 / 38,000 in the world. Even less if you do the math based on model year (1 / 9,000-ish.)

Being so into cars, it’s assumed I’d be really into this, but I’m not, because…

I don’t like old cars.

I take a lot of heat for saying that, but it’s true.

Anything before circa 1995-ish doesn’t much interest me.

Why?

– because they break,
– are unreliable,
– and uncomfortable.

I barely fit into the backseat, and I fit into everywhere.

I’d be skeptical of any stories of 4 adults taking a road trip in one of these.

Even on this day, the car broke. Doesn’t matter if it’s meticulously maintained, which this one is, that’s just the nature of an old car: to break and be unreliable.

And since I will choose function over fashion every time, I don’t like them.

1965 Porsche 356

A 2.0 L outputting 95 hp and… okay I’m done, can’t care enough, here’s the link to the Wiki.

The Internet becomes Physical

Jan 6 2015

Cables belonging to a top tier telecom, in a major Canadian city, look like this.

My 1st Toyota – 2015 Camry XSE V6

Jan 5 2015

First ever, really! Bit spoiled though, since this is the top of the line, as-good-as-it-gets Camry – the all-new XSE V6 sport trim.

2015 Toyota Camry
Starting at $23,850
This one $33,650

3.5 L 6-cyl atuomatic transmission engine
268 hp and 248 lb.ft. of torque

To be honest, I never much paid attention to the Camry because it was rather bland. Now it’s opposite.

If I show you only the bumpers, bet you’d be surprised it’s a Camry. Pretty sporty eh, with some Lexus front-end influence:

My 2 favourite things about this car

2nd favourite is the steering – it was weighted so well, precise, effortless and well-balanced, making it very enjoyable to drive.

1st favourite thing was the centre stack…

… with its hard buttons and large knobs.

Why? So ergonomic, and early into the test week I could operate the entire thing without looking, which is as it should be. Which is rarer than you may realize, especially with all touch-controls being so en vogue, eye roll.

Good finishings and materials, sporty contrast stitching, the arrow is pointing to a semi-hidden compartment #security

I’d like to test the base model of this, see if the steering is as awesome.

But I get it now, why the Camry is one of North America’s best-selling vehicles, for years.

Try my Trick to Better Handle Bad Traffic

Jan 5 2015

Here’s some horror stories about worse traffic jams that one you may be stuck in.

The 100 km long traffic jam.

Read it online at Autonet.

If that fails, try my trick – last paragraph.

Favourite line:

The reason for many traffic jams is an accident. So imagine how the injured person you’re inching toward, would give anything to trade places with you and instead be the one… stuck in traffic.

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Back to ‘Keri on Driving’ – Index

How I Spent my Christmas Vacation

Jan 5 2015

Quietly. In jogging pants, securing the couch.

Laughed a lot. First Christmas in my new house! And it was nice to have a break from blogging, thanks for being understanding.

Hung out with my neighbours. Who was aghast I’d never seen the movie, ‘A Christmas Story’ and made me watch it.

Surprised by how much I laughed, “it’s a serious award.”

The arrow is pointing at the oddest movie moment I’ve seen in a while – Mickey Mouse is attacked and pushed out of the parade. The movie was made in 1983, can’t see that happening today.

May not remember taking some of these.

1 – New Years Eve
2 – playing YouTube DJ. My neighbours make fun of my “spirit fingers” when I dance. They’re right.
3 – backyard shooting competition after the movie, because Red Rifle.

I’ve not seen that Frozen movie, but when I Googled it this character is the happy guy on the street, so that’s a nice compliment.

I get myself a gift each year:

2008 – Jawbone
2009 – Books
2010 – IronKey
2011 – I forgot
2012 – a dust-buster & jogging pants
2013 – humidifier and black baseball hat
2014 – a house