Still no progress on the Civic, but at least I got to drive the Ferrari 360...

I'm still sitting out the track season... it's still weird! At least Choo should be starting work on the Civic soon. He was mostly working on his own car for a race weekend at Calabogie, and it worked out really well for him (a second place and a class win). I sold my spare motor, but there are more items to sell to finance the K-swap. I have all the major parts we need for the swap, I'm just waiting for the header I ordered about a month ago.

I haven't had a chance to go for a drive in the mountains with Mazen, but at least I got to drive the Ferrari 360 for a few minutes with Jules, then Oscar. I couldn't push the car at all, as we were in town, but I can confirm that the car is easy to drive and pleasant, even on the street. It's just quite hard to drive in reverse because of poor visibility. Two things I noticed: the side-to-side travel of the shifter through the gates is longer than I expected (I would hit the notch between gates on the 2-3 shift) and my regular shoes are just too wide to fit between the brake pedal and dead pedal when I clutch. I look forward to a more spirited drive. 

The M3 has been working just fine and I quite enjoy driving it whenever we head out of the city. The Saab is mostly gathering dust, but I did use it a couple of weeks ago to pick up some big and heavy parts. I'm still not sure if we will keep this car for another winter or get something newer.

Other than that, Jules has turned 9, the kids are back at school and people will soon be putting away their classic and sports cars. I hope the Civic is up and running before winter!

Super clean E28 M5 near the office

Tasteful work truck

James Bond's 7-series

I kind of like the look of a clean unmodified "narrow-body" 996

Rare 968 in Outremont

DB9 still looks good

The 992 turbo is just too big and wide for my taste

M3's, a couple of generations apart

Jules and the 360

Nice mk.2 GTI (see plate)

The front-engine "cheap" Ferrari is better looking than the previous generation was

Brabus G-Wagen

Tasteful WRX specification

I still love the RS6

... but this is still my favourite family car

I used to like the Rapide, but I don't so much anymore... too long

This Aventador SVJ was so loud...

Furioso indeed!

Cool specs for pretty "normal" cars

I was surprised to see this solar car driving down the street

Really impressive!

Spotted this super rare Brabus on the highway

It's called a Brabus 650, based on the C63 AMG

I had forgotten that the new Bronco is a convertible

The GR Supra looks even better than the already good-looking regular Supra.

Yes that's a complete DC2 Integra subframe with spindles in the back of the Saab!