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All Racing Comes Down to These 5 Little Things

Oct 6 2014

All the tech, man hours, engine, and training go out the window if 1 of these 5 little bolts falls off during the race.

There’s a life-metaphor in here somewhere…

Audi’s Emergency Key

Sep 29 2014

If you lose your car key, Audi has a backup system.

Keep this tiny key on you always, store in your wallet.

It will open the driver’s door.

Climb inside, open the glovebox.

1 – grab that
2 – insert the tiny key into it
3 – now you have a fob that fits into the ignition. Peel away.

I Re-wrote Instructions for ‘What to do After an Accident’

Sep 29 2014

After a collision your mind is a mess, when it needs to be laser-focused.

The objective is to gather as much information as possible. Past advice suggests sketching and jotting notes, but instead, I say use your phone to document. The following is a set of instructions.

Print this list & stuff into glovebox:

– turn on “Location Services” so GPS coordinates will be attached to all photos
– photo EVERYthing, take like 100+ photos
– along with a 360º of the damage, photograph drivers’ licence and plates, tires, external conditions
– video witnesses, video interactions with the other driver
– use the voice record app while you walk around, narrating what you see

I hope you never have to use this list.

Read it online at Autonet.

Favourite line:

The second last paragraph, the list of external conditions to take note of.

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This is ‘Dance Cleaning’

Sep 24 2014

Similar to ‘Dance Packing‘ and ‘Dance Working‘ (aka ‘Chair Dancing’).

If you dance through a chore,
it doesn’t feel like one.

Top right – not so flexible, but still pretty symmetrical huh. Bottom right – where has my back arch gone?

Blog tag = Dancing

Targa Rally Day 9 – Complete!

Sep 19 2014

Done! I finished!

Sounds kinda weak I know, but it’s not. Plus I didn’t crash the car, imagine relaying that news to Nissan.

Like a veteran competitor said to me, “no one will understand what you’ve done and their eyes will glaze over when you try to explain”, and I’ve already experienced that… so I’ll sum it up as: how often have I ever said something’s hard? Exactly. And I’d do it again (in the Targa category though, that’s enough math.)

This is being typed from the celebration dinner, here come some photos, including my finishers medal! I drove 85% of the 2,200 km race and we finished with a perfect score: a 0 on Brigus.

Flying home tomorrow, bet I sleep till Monday, and I’ll back-date and beef up the past few posts soon.