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Cars, Security & a Peek into my Life

It Just Keeps Going

It’s been exactly one year sitting 3 levels underground, it was never started once.

Replaced the battery, oil change, I turned the key and amazing.

If you see Mario at the Willowdale Canadian Tire say hi for me, nicest guy.

I picked up the keys, climbed inside and from the parking lot called CAA… “so I’m covered when we hang up?” Yes. Turn key.

We’re back in business.

I’d forgotten what is was like to drive something I’m so familiar with, knowing the nuances.

Below is the sum total of everything that glows inside my car.

So little compared to cars today, eh.  The stereo has been broken for years, no music at all.

172,280 miles* = 277,257 km

Now that we’re flying around again, I’m all conflicted about crushing it.  I think I can eek out a little more from it, use it as a drop car till the spring, and crush it then.  I am having serious attachment issues with this thing, so dumb, it’s worth nothing.

* the Canadian Explorer drove an American car

 

It's Time to Crush my Car

I spent a large chunk of last week, dealing with my car. It’s been in a friend’s extra parking space underground, in North York.

It hasn’t moved since December 30, 2011.

The electrical has been going for a long time. Half the windows don’t go down, I saw it arc once, blogged the problems before: The Studio Lives and Been Car-less for 2 Weeks Now.

Called CAA, who towed me to Canadian Tire.

It’s no longer a car, it’s now a money pit.

Came to terms with it Wednesday night.

Here’s an email I sent a friend, sums it up well.

(click to enlarge)

This is the 10th car I’ve said goodbye to; it’s not that.

I sat inside, got chocked up.

Because look, so beautiful.

I’m not attached to much material stuff (remember when I gave away all my belongs last year), but this is making me sad.

I invented my show in here, “The Canadian Explorer”:
driving around celebrating Canada, my studio is my caaar

Here’s the theme song I wrote, sums it all up in 0:18.

3 years, 80 episodes, 1,000 good stories, and the best internet training ever – that’s where the attachment is coming from.

Oh well, back to the bottom line in my above email.

Stay tuned for a good crushing video.

 

 

The Thing About Nice Rims is This

(Infiniti G37 Rims)

See how low they sit?  It makes nicking them SO easy.

And a few dings on each, and the car starts to look straggly. That means you have to pay close, constant attention.  Curbs and corners have to be taken slower.

Being careful not to dent the $1,000s in rims

every time I park, that gets old fast.

Of course I love high performance tires and cars. But, I think rims work the best when you own 2 cars: one with rims, and an everyday car.

 I like nice cars, but I like driving more.

 (original post)

Been Working on KeriOnCars.com

I’m gathering posts and links, going back in time on my blogs (something I never do), and it’s been really fun.

Presenting car-themed posts from Canadian Explorer 2007-10

Giant magnet.

‘The Canadian Explorer’ theme song (written by me)

 

I’ve logged a lot of hours in auto body shops.

This was a fun afternoon #ChevyNova

The last line, I LOLd at my own joke all over again.

I think it’s a good method.

Canadian Explorer, woah, that show. I still have more to tell you about it. Director’s Cuts Videos for each episode.

That was THE best training, creating / producing / editing / executing it all.

That blog though, so rich in content, but you’d never know because it’s packaged so poorly.

One day. I have a plan, leave it with me. I need an assistant first.

I’ll use parts of this post for the ‘About’ page for KeriOnCars.  Have you ever written one, an “About Me” or bio? It’s tough, eh.

Next KeriOnCars.com Videos:

  • Exploring the LA Autoshow
  • Let’s Talk About the New Ford Escape
  • Using Your Car’s Rear-facing Camera

Kay I could sit here and blog myself into oblivion.  I have to pack my camera bag, tomorrow I’m off to a Honda event – a professional driver and I are going to talk about driving standard.

Night, TTYT