Archive for April, 2005
Targa Day 4 - The Good, The Bad, The Really Bad and The Ugly
The Good…
Today I finally got to do what I’ve been wanting to do all week. It’s one thing to sit down and write about something you really enjoy, it’s another thing all together to get out there. So today I left the work at the office, got my backside trackside and smelt the fumes.
Unfortunately, due [...]
Targa Tasmania Day 3 - The Tasman Trundle
(Pictures have been removed due to rotten links - new domain issue) Day 3 saw competitors leave the northern hub and head, via the mountain passes in the east, down to Tasmania’s capital city, Hobart. It was another good day for Dan and Roger in the 99 Turbo. Hampered by a fuel problems and conditions [...]
Targa Day 2 - The Northern Loop
Today was Day 2 and the cars set off on the northern loop. Leaving Launceston, they all headed west towards Devonport, then south towards Mole Creek before going back east to Launceston, where it all started. The full course map is here. Today’s section is the yellow section.
You’ll notice Dan’s headlights are on. As well [...]
Car reviews Malaysian style
I’m not quite sure what to make of this, but I think it’s a good review of the Saab 9-3 Convertible. Maybe it’s just a good review of the function to publicise the 9-3 Convertible. Then again, maybe it’s a good review of the women, or the vodka.
It’s what happenes when you get a [...]
Targa Day 1 - Prologue
Targa Tasmania officially started this afternoon with the first leg, the Temco Prologue, being held over a winding street circuit in a not quite bustling metropolis named Georgetown, in Northern Tasmania. The first cars were scheduled to drop the clutch at 12.00, but for team TU2, the day started much earlier.
Around 8 a.m. there was [...]
GM vs Tom Waits
Who’d want to get Tom Waits angry?
He knows karate, voodoo too. He’s got hair on his chest. He looks good without a shirt on.
Well, it seems our benevolent mates at GM are willing to risk the ire of the blues in order to get just a little bit of cool. From Edmunds:
DETROIT — It’s [...]
Saab safest……(sigh)…again
Saab 9-5 and Saab 9-3 hatchback rated as ‘Safest Cars’ in Swedish road accident study
The Saab 9-5 and Saab 9-3 hatchback are rated as the safest cars in Sweden following the latest road accident study conducted by Folksam, the country’s leading insurance company.
The Folksam report, ‘How Safe is Your Car?’, is published every [...]
Targa Tasmania: Scrutineering
Another post in the Targa series. You might like to also peruse the write-up on the Saab 99 Turbo in this tarmac rally, and the background piece on the rally itself.
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Sunday morning - Time to put the Targa Tasmania vehicles through the pits and make sure that everyone’s decked out in proper fashion.
Scrutineering was held [...]
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