Jan 16 2007

Stickin’ it to the man!

Last night proved to have one exceptionally amusing incident. When I was getting ready to leave, I remotely started my car to give it a chance to warm up. As I was sitting, I noticed an incredibly bright light coming in the window. When I got up to get a better look, I realized that there was a police officer sitting directly behind my car shining that bright beam into it.

My first thought was that he would write me a ticket for my expired plates. However, I remembered that expired license plates is considered a moving violation, and since the car wasn’t moving, it couldn’t be issued. The officer got out of his car and went up to mine. He started shining his flashlight into the driver’s side window, but to no avail. Because of the extreme tinting, he couldn’t see in at all. He then got the ingenious idea of looking in the front windshield instead. However, the tinting on the windshield nipped that idea right in the bud as well.

At that moment, I turned my car off and armed it. He turned his flashlight off, hung his head in defeat, and walked back to his vehicle. He simply drove off, leaving my car unscathed by his supposed authority. Karl Marx would be proud of the proletariat’s victory over the bourgeois, or in this case, a representative thereof.

|:| Zach |:|

Jan 11 2007

IMAX

Tonight, I went and saw my first movie on an IMAX screen. It was quite the experience! Not only is the screen large and the picture quality really impressive, but the sound is also larger than life. I saw the movie, Night at the Museum, with Ben Stiller. It was a mediocre movie, but definitely a good choice to see on an IMAX screen. Seeing the dinosaur skeleton come to life and hearing it tear through walls was unbelievable; I felt it reverberate through my entire body.

Even at a rather steep price of $11 USD per person, I envision many IMAX viewing in my future. 🙂

|:| Zach |:|

Jan 02 2007

Fuel economy

After having the new engine in my car for about a month or so, I finally got an accurate measurement of my fuel economy. After having driven 550 km, I put approximately 47 litres of petro in my tank. That means that I’m getting approximately:

11.7 km/l

which, for you “US standard of weights and measures” people, comes out to about 27 mpg. I don’t think that’s too shabby at all for a car with that type of power. The only thing I can think of to increase my fuel economy is to have a custom transmission shop add a 7th gear to my tranny. That would not only be expensive, but really inconvenient. However, it would allow me to drive a more appropriate speed on the freeways without revving between 3500 and 4200 RPM. And considering my VTEC point is at 4000 RPM, having a longer gear would cut back on the engine noise and vibration.

That is all for now.

|:| Zach |:|