What happens when you listen to your wife while playing Forza 3?

Easy, you end up with a pink race car. Good thing for me that I always use the in full screen racing view so I never actually see the car other than when it’s shown on the menu screens and what not.

Why did I go with a G8 you may ask? Well, I own one (a GT, not the bad ass GXP) and thought it would be cool to use as a race car for some of the events and to build up for fun.

On a side note, the Forza team did a good job rendering the interior of the car. The dashboard looks just like the real thing!

2012 Ford Mustang Boss 302 Dyno Run

A few days ago a posted a pic of the 2012 Ford Mustang Boss 302 that I saw at this years Chicago auto show. Today I’m posting the video of this thing in action! They take through 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th gears all the way to 7500rpm (according to them). Doesn’t sound like 7500rpm to me, but still cool to see at the auto show none the less.

Enjoy!

2012 Ford Mustang Boss 302

440HP and 380TQ. I want!

Want to see a video of this bad ass car? Check out my follow up post.

The G8 all cleaned up


First relatively warm day this year in Chicago. After the blizzard that hit about a week and half ago and the frigid temps that followed this past week we had a nice mild winter day today.

Snow is starting to melt at an accelerated rate thanks to the mid 40s temps today. It was the perfect time to get the car all washed up. There was lots of salt and road grime building up on the car these last few weeks. Feels good to get it all cleaned up!

Remote Heated Seat Module Installed

Since I was off today from work, I got busy in the garage installing my home built Remote Heated Seat Module in my 2008 Pontiac G8. Very clean install. No wires or holes cut. Nothing showing. Module is sitting in my glove box. I was able to fish the necessary wires through some preexisting holes. Al the wiring was installed with t-connectors so that factory operation of the heated seats was not affected in any way.

Works like a charm! Here is a video of it in action.