for a change of pace, quizzes.

so, i checked out one of those "show me the most recent 20 images posted to lj" pages and figured i'd follow some of the quiz result links and take the quizzes.

god bless lili st cyr.
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mini cooper s update

i'd been thinking that i should find a big empty parking lot with snow on the ground to play around with the mini since i haven't really driven it thru winter. and this evening, while driving home, i passed by a big open parking lot on the tufts campus that (unlike most modern parking lots) was not afflicted by an excess of curbs, mid-lot lights, or other impediments to fast driving, attempted skids, and donuts.

it's really hard to get a good skid in this thing -- between the dynamic stability control and the antilock brakes, it's really quite manuverable. it occurred to me once i was home that the one thing i didn't try was a bootlegger-type turn with the hand brake, so i'll have to try that some time. but fast acceleration, fast stops, hard turns both with and without acceleration... i definitely have a better feel for driving it in snow. and my god, it's fun. at least when it's in a parking lot and not the open roads... :-)