Well guys, this is it, the very last hours of 2012. In fact, some of you will already be reading this in the new year. Very soon the site will return to our usual schedule of awesome feature cars and event coverage, but before we dive into 2013 I wanted to take one last look [...]
And so the quest continues. It’s been 13 years now that I’ve had the pleasure of enjoying what is without a doubt one of the most special cars to have ever come out of Japan, and like for most enthusiasts out there the need for more performance is always hard to resist. You will probably [...]
While the JCCA New Year Meeting draws some of Japan's finest vintage cars to Odaiba every year, the event is about much more than just the automobiles. The swap meet and "auto jumble" sections of the show always draw massive crowds looking to part with their hard-earned yen in exchange for an amazing selection of [...]
What did you do on New Year’s Eve? Party with friends? Family get together? A vacation maybe? How about a walk around the junkyard? That’s just what I found myself doing this past Saturday. The weather was nice here in Central California and there wasn’t much else to do, so my dad and I headed [...]
Good things obviously take time to materialize. It all started back in June last year when I got a call from Allen Lorenzo at Tomei Powered asking if I'd be interested in lending them my car for a couple of days. They needed an R34 GT-R so their exhaust specialist Hatanaka-san could begin the development of an [...]
This past Monday I was sitting at my desk going through some photos from the Eagle Field Drags when my phone rang. "Hey would you like to come out to Buttonwillow for a private track day with John Hotchkis and some of his friends tomorrow?", the voice at the other end said. "Sure." So Tuesday [...]
For my 86 Day features this year, I have something a little bit different to share with you guys. Something personal. That would be my own newly acquired AE86. So, how did I go from driving a burly Mustang GT to a 1980s Toyota Corolla? Let's find out. As I documented in my last Car [...]
Earlier this year, my wife and I decided we would leave the hustle and bustle of Los Angeles and relocate back to exotic Central California. The primary purpose for the move was to make the jump to home ownership and also to put me in better reach for Speedhunting the entirety of the Golden State. [...]
Living in Tokyo can take a toll on anyone; one of the most tightly packed urban areas of the world, Japan’s capital can be very unfriendly to car guys. Police and those sneaky parking attendants are everywhere, hiding, ready to catch unsuspecting motorists at the first smallest mistake they make. The roads are constantly congested [...]
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Almost nine months ago, I purchased a 1989 BMW 325i. And for the past few months, I’ve been tootling around Southern California with the car completely stock. Since my Miata, I’ve had the inkling to drive a fixed up car for a long, long time. But before I was going to throw on a bunch [...]
I really have only positive things to say about my 2004 Subaru Legacy Wagon. It has served as the perfect chariot to haul all my gear around and has taken me as far south as Hiroshima and as far north as Sendai and pretty much everywhere else in between. Back in 2006 when I picked [...]
Ok this will probably have most of you guys scratching your heads, but yes that's a GT-R driving out of the Spoon Sport's Type-One workshop in Tokyo. It's actually my R34, and the reason I brought it over to Ichishima-san was to have it fitted with something that has intrigued me ever since I heard [...]
One of the greatest things, as a kid growing up, was the opportunity when I was let loose out into the neighborhood. With a BMX bike in hand, I would, for hours, roam the neighborhood streets, marketplaces and schools. And in those few hours, I was an explorer and adventure seeker by trade. Just like [...]
Of all the automotive activities we've added to our Speedhunters Things To do Before You Die list, this one might just be the easiest to check off. Becoming a regular at your local car meets requires little to no monetary investment, and very little travel. It's something that anyone can do. Yet, it's also one [...]
Things have been extremely busy for me over the last few days as we make final preparations for the NFS SoCal event this weekend. We have an incredible selection of cars that will be out there and I think this will be one of the most unique automotive gatherings in a long time. In the [...]
