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Autocross Video

Before last weekend’s autocross I got a stronger aluminum bar for my camcorder mount to prevent the bobblehead effect as seen in my MOT Video. It made a huge improvement and now the camera movement is only due to the seats flexing. So I took it for the ultimate test: the autocross course.
For those of [...]

A Visit to MINI of Peabody

I had the day off of work today to attend MacWorld Expo Boston this morning. (The highlight of which was sitting in the new 3-series in HK’s display for its new iDrive for iPod)
With some hours free in the afternoon, I decided to head up to MINI of Peabody. I needed to pick up new [...]

JCW Intake

I finally had time today to explore the JCW Intake. I always like to know how things work, and it helps to know how to change the filter for the future anyway. I’ve made a new how-to page on the JCW intake with instructions, findings, and photos.
I also updated my Car Care page with some [...]

MOT 05 Video

When ascending the Mt. Washington Auto Road for MINIsOnTop I used a simple mount that I made and videotaped the trip up and down. This week I captured and edited that video. You can view it here. (25 MB .mp4)
Unfortunately due to cheap mount and bracket the camera shook very much and on the way [...]