Off to London to visit the Queen

Another big (for us) shipment to the UK, they look great lined up this way.

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BMW Accessory Fest 3/28/10

Last Sunday, we went to BMW Accessory fest in Glendale, CA.  There were a lot of cool cars there, and I even won the raffle for the BMW Sauber F1 polo shirt!

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mini M3

now with the mirrors, it’s even more like the Tamiya version.

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under the hood

Finally replaced the old, grungy, and slightly leaky coolant expansion tank with a fresh one:

One day I’ll replace the windshield washer tank, but since it’s not that critical, it can wait a while.

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I love the 80’s (pioneer chicken)

Went to pioneer chicken yesterday. Couldn’t believe how much of a time capsule this place is. It’s the fried chicken time forgot.

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double secret carbon fiber

Finally installed the mirrors and washed the dust off the car.

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Akasaka

Last night, we went to akasaka for dinner to celebrate a possible new house, my new unlimited steam engineer license, and Jenny’s sister’s vacation. The albacore tataki is delicious, but the place does seem to attract an odd group of people. Like food paparazzi guy who kept taking flash photos of every dish with his gigantic DSLR. I would have taken pictures, but all I had was my phone.

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junkyard BBS

Found these wheels at the junkyard last week.  Am going to refinish the centers and polish the lips for a spring project. And for practice before starting work on the RS212’s.

Everything looks better with BBS!

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