I, as you do, like cars. I love to watch races, I love to wrench on cars, I love to photograph them and above all, I love to drive them. Driving a car still feels special to me, even after the hundreds of thousands of kilometres I’ve driven so far. The sheer pleasure of controlling a big powerful machine that stimulates all your senses is still a great feeling. Hearing the engine work, feeling the car through your spine, smelling all the fumes, ‘speaking’ with the car with your hands through the steering wheel. But best of all, it comes in all forms and shapes. Some spirited driving or just cruising around with the windows, or better yet the top down on a beautiful evening? You can do both with just one car. Continue reading
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Events: DMPD, awesome on so many levels
DMPD, or DUMPd in last year’s spelling, is one of those events I really look forward to all year long. The first edition in 2012 was a huge success and when the date for 2013 edition was announced I immediately marked the day in my agenda as booked. Continue reading
Events: DMPD trackday – A track day like no other
Track days are all having the same routine. You arrive at the track, you prepare your car, you race and you go home. Most of the time with a bit of social interaction between sessions, but not too much because you need, want, to drive on the track. It’s fun, I admit it, and I really enjoy photographing them because of the huge smiles on the driver’s faces and the variety of cars on the track. Continue reading
Weekend Wallpaper: Roadtrippin’
Alex is putting together some coverage of his recent roadtrip to Italy. Stay tuned for his adventures! For now, your weekly wallpaper… Continue reading
Weekend Wallpaper: From Wehrseifen with love
After our weekend at the ‘Ring and the N24 going on as we speak we’ll keep sharing some more of our Nürburgringshots. Alex chose for a heavy black and white conversion. I believe this is a good choice as a weekly wallpaper! What do you think? Continue reading
Car life: Walking around the Green Hell
A few weeks back I visited a famous place. A place with many names. A place with a rich history. And it’s a race track. A track of which the names of the corners are known all around the world. A track in trouble, with a very uncertain future. A track I’ve never visited before. Continue reading
Car feature: The Toyota Yaris
The Toyota Yaris, a sensible and cheap car. A car mostly driven by elderly people. A women’s car, with lots of storage space in the dash and mirrors in both sun visors. I myself own one for more than four years now. I fell in love with it the moment I walked in the dealership’s showroom and I bought it as my first car. Continue reading
Weekend Wallpaper: Ready, set, GO!
Again a regular scene at a track. Well captured by Alex of course! Continue reading
Car life: The sorry state of Dutch drifting?
Drifting, the art of sliding a car around a track. Smoke, screaming tyres, a very focussed driver turning the wheel at insane speed and the ocassional crash. And you know what? I’m a fan! The last few years I visited the Scandinavian Drift Series and the British Drift Championship multiple times, I’m a long time visitor of sites like Driftworks or Drifted and naturally I watch the Formula Drift and I spend countless hours on Youtube watching Japanese drift movies. Continue reading
Events: A first look on JAF 2012
Every time I visit the Japanese Autosport Festival I’m struck by the enormous diversity of cars showing up. It ranges from a completely stock Toyota Aygo to serious track tools. People are modifying their cars in various ways, and although the result may not be your cup of tea it is the thing that defines our hobby. Continue reading