iMatt :: The Blog of Matt Clare

I just upgraded to WordPress version 1.5 – still no spell check 😉 Please let me know if you notice any problems.

The Changes: So far the themes interface has been updated, and a few other management things have been tweaked and now you can easily build an entire site beyond the main blog page. The only other change is that pages should load faster.

Fresh from this year’s autoshow, the new Mercedes SLK. Which is a better car than the previous all-looks version.

My drive back to St. Catharines on Sunday took a good three hours because of the snow storm, but it could have been worse. This car is pointed west in the east bound lane of the QEW Niagara. As we crept up on the accident I managed to snap this photo.

The autoshow was interesting, but not as good as other years. Only Honda brought a race car (an F1 mock-up), not even Subaru brought a rally car. The street-mod scene was the big thing, again. It was cool three years ago Mini had a DJ booth setup, but when GM did it the effect was lost.

My highlight was a poster of historic Ferrari race cars and the Subaru Rally similator. I asked the guy working on belting people into this system to co-drive for me and apparently did the second best drive of his shift.
If you’re wondering if you should go this year: only if you’re out for a new car, otherwise wait until the next one. This year was a great year for high end cars (The Ferrari F430, the 360’s replacement is sweet) but for the modest ones we all drive… engh.

Here’s my pictures from the 2005 Auto Show. My review is to come, but first, to the bar!

Here’s what the sizable opposition wanted to remain as our flag. One has to assume that it was because of monarchists and ex-brits that there was such concern over our current, and perfect, flag. I guess that’s the difference between and ex-brit and an expert.