On Wheels

The trap of having a project car.

Every car guy or girl, will at some point in their life, get themselves a project car. Now everyone will have a reason to get it. In my case, I have had several reasons. Initially they were flips to make some extra money on the side, to eventually buy the ‘final’ project car. So naive. But my ‘final’ project car is what I have – MY99 WRX in blue, gold wheels, sunroof, leather interior and […]

Targa Tasmania 2022 Expo at the Silverdome

Targa Tasmania 2022 is underway and one of the fans favourite go to event is seeing the cars lined up in the Silverdome Launceston for Targa Expo. Not everybody manages to get the time to go watch the cars out and about, so this is the next best thing. Car enthusiasts do love a good show and shine, coffee and cars, etc etc and if it’s full of race cars, then even more enjoyable. The […]

Why is everything so expensive?

I was there, 3000 years ago – basic unleaded was 49c/ltr and I was mad that I had to pay 50c/ltr. That was 1999 – how times have changed. Cars are up at least 40% in the used car market and anything that is popular or wanted is basically “name your price”! In Australia, we have dealerships selling used STI’s for nearly AUD$200,000 and this (see photo below)  fantastic delivery kilometres at a whopping AUD$230,000. […]

Subaru WRX MY99 GC8

My dream car finally in the garage….BUT it’s been there for a couple years now…. Simple film of the project car 1998 MY99 Subaru WRX GC8 shot on a Sony with a Fotasy manual lens for a bit of artsy fun. Nothing special just some film exercises and techniques. Camera: Sony A6400 Lens: Fotasy Manual Music: Epidemic Sound