September 11, 2008

Wow! Over 3 years with no updates to the site... Where does the time go? To be honest, I'm suprised how much traffic I still get on this site, I guess there is still some value to it, which is why I've kept it running all these years.

Well, lots of things have changed. As you may have noticed, I have officially betrayed the Honda contingent and bought a 2008 Evo X. After having a second child, getting in and out of the back set of my RSX just became too much of a pain in the ass, plus my wife was so sick of how loud it was... I shopped around for about a year and finally settled on the Evo. Sorry, Honda fans, but I wanted 3 things: AWD, 4 doors, and speed. Honda just doesn't have anything like that right now. Maybe the 2009 Acura TL SH-AWS will, but that's probably going to close to $40k and a bit to old-man for me. So I got a Rally Red Evo X. It's very similar to to old Firepepper Red, but a bit less purple and a bit darker. It actually wasn't even my first choice, I really wanted Graphite Gray, but they had this one on the lot, so I got a good price on it. Let me tell you, this car is so amazing! The acceleration from 3k on up is downright nasty, and wow can this thing corner! The AYC is just crazy, just when you think you are about to understeer, the rear outside wheel just pushes you through the turn. It's unlike anything I've ever driven before. Plus there is such a huge aftermarket for Evos... There are already a couple flashes out there, couple piggy-back systems, and soon there will be an open-source ECU (EcuFlash) ready for the new Evo. Very cool, and most folks are getting 50 hp without even raising the peak boost level. Cool, cool, cool. I've got lots to learn since the NA and FI worlds are so different, but there are a couple good boards out there, so I'm learning quick.

Other stuff..
I finally switched over to a dedicated hosting service for iVTECdaily.com after running it off of my home ISP for it's entire existance. My upload bandwidth just sucks, especially now that we have 2 VOIP lines, so I switched over to using dotster.com (I've used them as a domain registrar for years). So far, so good, should be about 10x more bandwidth for the site.

Not quite sure how much more updating I will do, or if I will have to register iBoostdaily, MIVECdaily or something else appropriate for the new ride. We'll see.

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