Sword & Shield, in a UK-style region called Galar.

Because I don’t post him often enough. Mainly because he’s so fidgety he’s hard to photograph most of the time.

For the second consecutive year I went with a friend to the annual auto show in downtown Richmond. There weren’t as many cars this time: no exotic display, no Alfa presence, and no AMG GT from Mercedes. But there was still a lot of cool stuff. I drove this time, and since we were there on a cold Sunday morning the TL…

heard you all like LC500s. Here’s one I just saw at an auto show. There was another in the parking deck. Full dump to come tonight or tomorrow.

Saw this Delica at a brewery. I like seeing JDM things out in the wild.

Which means it’s also my birthday. Between having the same birthday as him and my age being Max Verstappen’s number, this is obviously a sign that Red Bull will win the WCC this year. (Ok, they probably won’t. But yeah, I guess post Hondas.)

I’m getting the TL’s brakes done today. They have this Apex Blue RDX A-Spec in the showroom. Last week they had a regular one in its place.

Especially not with this stupid new Kinja format.

Apparently there’s an MDX A-spec now.

Looked like this, same color and similar wheels. I couldn’t get a picture because i was driving and it was going the other way. But it might have just been a smaller F-150. Either way I like it.

I dropped the Prelude off for inspection on New Year’s Eve. I wasn’t in a rush to get it back since I don’t drive it much this time of year, just enough to keep things fresh. A week later the shop called and said they’d gotten around to it, and that there was a hole in my header and that the crank pulley had broken in…

Who knows what I’ll end up doing. Or drinking.

I quite like the camera on my new phone. And I quite like my car.

Coming home from a brewery an hour away I stopped for some groceries. I parked next to this pre-facelift 4th gen TL SH-AWD. I like the quad exhaust tips better, and the lighter wheels would be good for autocross, but overall I like mine better. I see 4th gens every now and then, but not often do I see AWDs. Although…

I think I’m starting it off the right way.

My year started off inauspiciously, with my stable being a TSX and two Preludes, only one of which ran and drove at all. I don’t drive the other one much either anymore because it makes my back cramp when I do. (I’m only 32. I’m too young for this.)