I got Aliexpress VIP curtains and made little Kirkland Signature strap covers. They’re cheap, but for $10 a pair vs $140 for legit Junction Produce, I don’t feel too bad.

Photoshoot with the homies after a memorial cruise for a friend.

Upgraded to staggered 18” wheels off a 2nd Gen IS350 so I can fit IS300 calipers. The Royal Saloon and other Crowns with 15” wheels have smaller brakes. Swapping in IS300 calipers makes future pad changes easier to get in the US, plus pads/rotors/calipers are cheaper than new rotors from Japan.

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Did I finally go too far? 😂😂

Added an OEM-looking backup camera that uses part of the license plate light. It’s made for the 100 series Land Cruiser but I made it fit with a little trimming to the filler panel.

I mean, why not? 😂

I’m fully committed to this Costco fanboy bit. Made a drift charm to dangle from my tow hook, cuz that’s what the kids are doing nowadays 😂

Clear taillight twinning with the homie

Recreated the taillight lenses on the Carry and 3D printed on PETG translucent. The turn signal has LED bulbs but the brake light is a regular halogen bulb, have red and amber LEDs on the way.

I woke up and chose violence with my coffee, aka Mario Kart World Online. However, got my first knockout win 😀

Qualcomm has a little SD display at Costco now, but it’s away from the regular Intel / Mac / Windows laptop displays. There’s still an SDX Surface on the regular Windows laptop display, so this is complimentary and to educate buyers on SDX

Was ok. Waffle was decent, chicken was average, hot honey wasn’t hot

4th Annual PNW Kei Owner’s Meet-up was a success! We had 60+ Kei cars, trucks, and vans there, not counting the other JDM friends that showed up! www.facebook.com/share/16wvGP...

Car spotting while waiting in line for the Hello Kitty Cafe truck - Kia Borrego and Hyundai Equus

Mystichrome is one of the best factory Colours offered on a car, anyone that thinks otherwise is simply wrong.

I miss the 90-00’s era of racing games with the most random car selection, when cars were curated by non car enthusiasts.

What a beauty.

Picked up a baby Trinitron that can run on 12V, I’m ready for the summer car meet / show season www.instagram.com/reel/DKBP8L0...

I was quoted and stuff www.kuow.org/stories/why-...

We had two Paseos and two Tercels at Cars & Coffee today! Plus I spotted two of the two previous generation Tercels in someone’s driveway on the way home. Must be a sign from the Tercel gods or something 🤷‍♂️

Picked up some cheap, chrome, flaking, GS430 stock wheels to see if I like how chrome looks on the Crown. I dig it. Now to get a job so I can pickup a set of Heritage Wheels Bushido MonoC’s

Can I just get paid to go to car events and take pics? 🥺. Some shots from yesterday’s Avants trackday at The Ridge. Check my FB for the full album - www.facebook.com/share/1DzyGY...

Took proper pics of the Crown with the roofbox installed. I really want to do a Costco / Kirkland Signature livery on it…

Ok intarwebs, what if? 🤔

Put my Panasonic CQ-VX5500 in the Crown where its classiness compliments the car. Also added a BT receiver on the aux input so I can have Bluetooth, in addition to MD and CD.

Was feeling naked without my roofbox. Finally found a set of Thule Aeroblade Edge crossbars on marketplace that were practically new for $160, much cheaper than the $500+ they are new. Toyota OEM accessory bars were simply Thule square bars.

Here’s the quick Toyota Crown Estate vs Signia comparison you never thought about. There happened to be two Signias up front when I stopped by the dealer to buy an oil filter.

Front windows are tinted, all is well now.

Picked up a new daily, can ya’ll guess what it is?

Picked up a new daily, can ya’ll guess what it is?

I’m so over the rain here 😭. I need to move somewhere sunnier.

Here’s a few more pics of the Toyota WiLL Vi after my friend cleaned it up and brought it to Cars & Coffee.

I hate adulting, job searching is annoying. I want to spend my days taking pics of cars all day and telling people about random obscure car and tech information.

Tacoma Cars & Coffee is probably one of the few C&C’s where not just one Toyota Paseo turns up, but two! When was the last time you saw two Paseo’s in the same place or anywhere outside of a 90’s showroom?!?

Been driving my beater, a 2008 X3, for two days. It’s not terrible, but I have found a few annoyances - like the drive tunnel is too wide so the pedals are in an awkward position for me, and most importantly, the GM 6L transmission is absolute garbage and really holds back the N52.

Didn’t think I’d ever do it, I started the week contemplating selling the 540d, ended the week with someone buying it immediately. It was a bittersweet goodbye, but it’s going to a good home. So many good memories of family roadtrips in it over the last 3 years.

Love photography and nerdiness? Join @tacomaphotoclub on IG for our monthly meetups to discuss photography, nerd out, and be silly. Here’s a clip from yesterday’s meetup, shot on a PSP Go Camera and it’s glorious 0.3 megapickles

I’m so tired of rain and trees, ready to move out of here already 🤬

I stopped buying as many Hot Wheels singles, but they always get me with the Transport sets.

I rarely did anything with the CPU side of things at Intel, but these were the two times I did. These shirts were made for the Insider’s Community for Lunar Lake and Arrow Lake. I’m happy they came out nicely, even if I’m not there to distribute them anymore.

Am I the first person in the US to drive a Toyota Will? It’s not mine, I picked it up from the port for a friend. It’s pretty quirky, but entertaining.

I really loved my Dell XPS 13 with Skylake when I bought it in 2015, so I figured I'd upgrade to the Meteor Lake version when I left Intel. I absolutely hate this thing. The keyboard doesn't feel right and the invisible trackpad is the worse I've ever used in a modern laptop. WTH Dell!?!?!

Split Fiction has been awesome so far. We need more coop games like this. The level designs are wonderful.

Suikoden was one of my favorite PS1 games as a kid. I remember buying it for $10 at CompUSA on sale. I was not ready for how gorgeous the remaster looks on my OLED TV though 😍

Finally made a GPS Speedo in a GameBoy Color shell I had laying around.

After 7 years of ownership, it’s time to sell my kei truck, to make room for a kei van. See details on my IG www.instagram.com/p/DG3nFstyTC...

My friend bought a Kenmeri Skyline and it’s gorgeous. I need to find a better way to share photo galleries www.instagram.com/p/DGzMQMtvvo...

I take a lot of pictures of cars, and generally post to IG and FB as public albums. I'm pretty terrible at posting pics on Bsky due to the sheer amount of pics taken. Here's this sweet Honda Torneo that showed up to Tacoma Cars & Coffee last Saturday.

Got the power adapter for the Sound Sticks today, good sounding little setup.