Here’s a little known fact about me – I don’t only like gadgets, I also like cars…a lot. I’m not going to give the full list of every car, SUV or truck that I have ever owned – sufficed to say that it would be lengthy and on some levels it would explain my propensity for having a lead foot. In any case, I will say that one of my recent favorites was the 2002 Mini Cooper S – which we later traded for a Corvette Z06, but that is another story.
The Mini was like a little go cart – utterly tight and fun to drive; I would have loved to have taken it to a track and seen what it could do, but I never took the opportunity.
That’s why when my new friend G-A told me that he goes to the track once a week to test drive cars for his site Nihon Car, I had to take a look.
Side note: G -A also happens to a fellow Mobian and is the mastermind behind Akihabara News and GeekStuff4U.
G-A recently purchased a very pricey high definition digital movie camera for the harrowing rides that he takes when testing the latest Japanese cars, and the Mitsubishi Colt Ralliart Version-R is his latest subject. He doesn’t just drive the cars around the track – he romps on them while talking about it! Ooooh, I want his job!
G-A’s HDTV videos were good before, but now they are truly the next best thing to being there live. I am hooked on this site…catching up on test drives he has taken in the past.
Speaking of being there live…
One of the places that I have always wanted to visit is Akihabara, and until I am able to physically be there, G-A has put together parts one and two of a guide for uninitiated visitors – like me.
It should come as no surprise that G-A is “on “Akihabara’s Most Wanted” list in some banks as I incite a number of readers to spend more than they can afford…“!
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Julie just posted her first podcast on The Gadgeteer. She says the main topic is whether or not it would be possible to move from PDA to paper, so this should be very interesting! Her podcast is about 11 minutes long, so grab a cuppa and see what she has to say. 
