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Going to a Race Track? Do This

It’s car season in Canada now, nice.

If you’re going to the track, here’s a few tips to keep in mind. Ladies – pay most attention to the last one.

Favourite line:

The race name I gave myself:

Keri Amateur Hour of the Put-put Division

“Keri Queen-of-the-Late-Brakers Potipcoe” is another possibility.

Here’s the blog post about the day on the track I mention, and here’s the video.

Ahh that iconic checkered flag.

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How to Speak Car Lingo

Carguys speak their own language. Brush up with this guide.

Read it online here.

Favourite lines:

It’s never a “whip” (a ’90s hip hop music term that has long passed its expiration date).

And:

Take the term I use when describing my ‘99 Jetta, “hi, I drive a lunch box.”

See my lunch box here.

The tuner crowd’s language is even more refined.

To wit:

I drive a Honda
MB4 D16Y8 SOHC GT28RS Enkei RPF1 15×7.5 with a +35 offset

That’s in order: chassis code >engine > single overhead cam >turbo specs > brand of wheel > that’s 15-inch diameter by 7.5 inches wide > and the hub sits at 35.

That is this car.

(Thanks to my brother for help with the tuner language. That’s his line, and car)

And this week was my best ever cover mention.

Because look: they included my name, making this the most it’s ever been printed, nice.

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Getting a Bit Bolder at Work

A little, now that I have some months under my belt.
This is one of our newsletters, the arrow is pointing to my headline.

That’s Nissan’s all-new Friend-ME, designed specifically for young men in China; here’s my Autonet article.

It’s not easy being a young guy in China, a Bālínghòu -A Chinese male born in the 80s.

They must follow a lot of rules imposed by their society, and most of them have no siblings, so time with friends is considered precious.

It’s a huge demographic, and that’s why Nissan is going after all 240 milion of them.  This demographic thinks about cars in an all-new way, and will influence the way they’re built in the future.

Cool eh, especially the level of built-in internet connectivity.

I just don’t think the name translates from Mandarin so great:

Friend-ME = Mandarin Bālínghòu 八零后(simplified) or 八零後(traditional) translates directly into 80 After…. or After the 80’s.

Bā = 8
líng = 0
hòu = after/later

Still, I’m not totally comfortable talking as I do here on KeriBlog though, otherwise I’d have called it…

… the “Nissan ForeverAlone” ahaha comeON

The Forever Alone meme