a prairie web companion » autos http://bkim.net/blog in the city by the lake Fri, 19 Dec 2008 00:16:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 It is so choice http://bkim.net/blog/2007/08/13/it-is-so-choice http://bkim.net/blog/2007/08/13/it-is-so-choice#comments Tue, 14 Aug 2007 04:33:00 +0000 bkim http://bkim.net/blog/2007/08/13/it-is-so-choice/ This is a great article where the author relives a good chunk of Ferris Bueller’s Day Off by driving a Ferrari replica. He starts at Glenbrook North High School in Northbrook, drives to the parking garage at Madison and Wells in the Loop, and eventually ends up at Cameron’s house in Highland Park. I love the article because it was obviously written by a true fan.

]]> http://bkim.net/blog/2007/08/13/it-is-so-choice/feed 1 Car Talk Dumps Real http://bkim.net/blog/2004/02/01/car-talk-dumps-real http://bkim.net/blog/2004/02/01/car-talk-dumps-real#comments Sun, 01 Feb 2004 08:00:05 +0000 bkim http://bkim.net/?p=283 A few posts ago I was lamenting the fact that This American Life, as well as most of the programs on Chicago Public Radio, only make their streaming audio available in the RealMedia format. Well, I’m not the only one who is annoyed with RealNetworks. The guys over at Car Talk have dumped RealMedia in favor of Windows Media. I suppose it is the lesser of two evils. However, I wish they would have went with QuickTime or streaming MPEG 3 or 4. Although, I can understand if they wanted to be able to enforce some kind of DRM—which may be difficult to do with the current version of QuickTime, although I could be wrong about that. What I do know is that the OS X version of Windows Media Player sucks.

]]> http://bkim.net/blog/2004/02/01/car-talk-dumps-real/feed 5 The Fabled IS430 http://bkim.net/blog/2004/01/31/the-fabled-is430 http://bkim.net/blog/2004/01/31/the-fabled-is430#comments Sun, 01 Feb 2004 06:58:39 +0000 bkim http://bkim.net/?p=282 There have long been rumors of a Lexus IS430. However, until now, that’s all there have been, rumors. Well, the good news is that such a beast exists. The bad news is that Lexus won’t be selling you one anytime soon. That’s because the only “IS430” known to be in existence was created by Rod Millen. The IS430 is a heavily modified IS300 with a Lexus 4.3 liter V-8 GS430 engine in it.

Pretty boy actor turned racer, Jason Priestly, showcases Rod and his IS430 in an upcoming episode of his new show, Rides on TLC. Priestly really is serious about racing. He broke his back some time ago in a nasty racing accident.

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