Targa Rally Day 1 – Arrived and Installed in NWFLD

Hi hi from St. John’s, Newfoundland.

Here’s my home for the next 10 days.

We all arrived late afternoon, got ourselves installed into our hotel rooms.

It’s so true what they say about the people here, eh.

Then we went to pick up our cars.

That’s the hashtag – #TeamNissanTarga

L-R: Danny Bailey, Michael Vaughn, me, Michel Crépault.

Finally I can introduce you to my partner, Michel!

He’s a fellow auto journalist out of Quebec, and it’s a good pairing, him and I. A well-balanced duo.

Day 1 of Racing School starts tomorrow at 8am.

There is a lot to learn, because I know nothing about rallies. But like okay… I can drive, I’ll learn some navigational-math, a new language (rally speak! Ex: you never say “right”, instead say “check”), and tada.

TTYT

All Targa posts are filed under this blog tag: #NissanMicraTarga

Oh!

I’m ranking #1 in Google for ‘Nissan Targa Rally’ ha.

Now the trick is to maintain that.

 

 

A Burnt-out Car Looks like This

Wasn’t me.

Spotted in Newfoundland.

Michael Clarke fixed it.

He makes car videos too!

Way more detailed than mine, like, you actually learn stuff from his. Check out his YouTube channel: The Road Trip, and tune into his like-named radio show on 680 CJOB, every Saturday from 6 PM to 8 PM Central. 

I made a new header.

 

 

I’m in Newfoundland this Week

Good plane seat eh, A.

Never been here, and now this is the furthest East I’ve ever been in Canada. Been looking forward to this, it seems like the best versions of Canadians are here, with their giant hearts.

Landed, and on the bus to the hotel I uploaded the news – This car runs on air. Really! Then 20 minutes later I was here, at dinner.

It’s a museum, “The Doors”.

Where I took the exhibits very seriously.

Nope that’s a lie.

I do like history though, because it helps me to predict the future. But not this seriously.

Downtown view. About 110,000 people here, the largest city in the province. I’m 1.5 hours behind EST.

And now I’m going to do something I never do: go downstairs, find the group, and have a drink.

TTYT

It’s Subaru’s all-new 2015 Outback.