sarahforst.com http://sarahforst.com sports.cars.beer Thu, 17 May 2012 01:51:07 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Barely Legal http://sarahforst.com/2012/05/16/barely-legal http://sarahforst.com/2012/05/16/barely-legal#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 01:51:07 +0000 sarah http://sarahforst.com/?p=3366

 

She’s running, and now she’s legal for the road!  My turbo paperweight was finally inspected and passed with flying colors thanks to my state allowing low mileage cars to be smog exempt.

Now I just need to figure out why it likes to stall (probably thanks to a low 500 rpm idle and some aggressive loping) and figure out if it’s good to drive more than 10 miles which was it’s average each year for the past 3 years.

]]> http://sarahforst.com/2012/05/16/barely-legal/feed 0 Rolling on 8′s http://sarahforst.com/2012/05/13/rolling-on-8s http://sarahforst.com/2012/05/13/rolling-on-8s#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 02:00:35 +0000 sarah http://sarahforst.com/?p=3362 8 wheels, that is.  I rollerbladed a half marathon today.  And whatsup with all the bikers who think they own the trails too?  ’Scuze me for not wearing skin tight spandex and thinking I’m privileged enough to ride two or three people wide- guess I’m just not that douchy.  BTW, why do you think you’re so much cooler- just because you can go faster?  Can you ride backwards?  Can you jump a trashcan?  Can you slalom on a hill?  Didn’t think so!  My moves got you beat any day!  And I also own a Trex, but rollerblading is a much more intense workout.  You should try it sometime instead of napping on your bike…

]]> http://sarahforst.com/2012/05/13/rolling-on-8s/feed 0 RIP Carroll Shelby http://sarahforst.com/2012/05/11/rip-carroll-shelby http://sarahforst.com/2012/05/11/rip-carroll-shelby#comments Sat, 12 May 2012 02:19:38 +0000 sarah http://sarahforst.com/?p=3351 89 great years of contributing to the performance car world…

Jalopnik has a buttload of Shelby stories, including their hypothesis of how he really died.

I only have one Shelby story from SEMA 2008.  He teamed up with Guy Fieri of Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives fame for an event at the Roush booth.  I was late so I missed one of the coveted front row spots for media, and ended up in a corner.  Luckily, that corner was the beginning of the autograph line (Fieri’s, not Shelby’s) but Shelby did walk about 2′ from me.  Enjoy the racetrack in the clouds.

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Identify WTF crapped all over my windshield.  I think it was an emu or something…

]]> http://sarahforst.com/2012/05/06/help-me/feed 0 Got crabs? http://sarahforst.com/2012/05/03/got-crabs http://sarahforst.com/2012/05/03/got-crabs#comments Fri, 04 May 2012 01:48:00 +0000 sarah http://sarahforst.com/?p=3342 Dinner tonight: soft shell crab over fresh salad greens, spring onions, tomatoes, and a hard boiled egg with another one of my kick-ass lemon tarragon chive vinaigrettes.

Paired with Green Flash Rayon Vert (fruity, musky Belgian Ale bottle conditioned with Brett).

]]> http://sarahforst.com/2012/05/03/got-crabs/feed 0 What’s for dinner? http://sarahforst.com/2012/05/01/whats-for-dinner http://sarahforst.com/2012/05/01/whats-for-dinner#comments Tue, 01 May 2012 23:54:30 +0000 sarah http://sarahforst.com/?p=3338 Country ribs with a homemade BBQ sauce and mesquite seasoning

Potato salad with a vinaigrette of tarragon and chives from the garden

Roasted brussel sprouts seasoned with s&p, olive oil, and lightly sweetened with agave

Mexican hot chocolate truffles for dessert?   Salivating much?  I am!

]]> http://sarahforst.com/2012/05/01/whats-for-dinner/feed 0 Stripped Bare http://sarahforst.com/2012/04/29/stripped-bare http://sarahforst.com/2012/04/29/stripped-bare#comments Mon, 30 Apr 2012 01:18:29 +0000 sarah http://sarahforst.com/?p=3310 That got your attention!  The rust bucket is now just a pile of rust in the driveway waiting for a tow to the graveyard.  And if inhaling that rust wasn’t a
sufficient enough supply of my cancer carcinogens for the year, I also got the turbo paperweight started for the first time in years and managed to inhale 34 months of carbon monoxide chunks as the exhaust smoked more than the Marlboro Man.

 

Once the POS is out of the way, I’ll get the turbo more than 3 feet from it’s crypt and try to get the thing inspected so I can boost all over the road.

BTW, check out the pics- now you know why I paint my nails!  And yes, that’s about a foot of dust on my turbo Sentra.

]]> http://sarahforst.com/2012/04/29/stripped-bare/feed 0 T.G. for tetanus boosters http://sarahforst.com/2012/04/28/t-g-for-tetanus-boosters http://sarahforst.com/2012/04/28/t-g-for-tetanus-boosters#comments Sun, 29 Apr 2012 01:24:58 +0000 sarah http://sarahforst.com/?p=3290 You have to think there’s something unusual about your hobbies when you walk an entire exhaust system through your front door and down the stairs into the basement to set down between the bar and projector screen.  While there, I did a quick inventory of the tires down there and realize there are 26 wheels and tires stacked in a corner; yes, enough to rewrap almost all 7 cars in new rubber.  I also

carried down two fenders, the rear tail lights, and a set of side skirts.  I could build a car down there if there was a way to get it out!

]]> http://sarahforst.com/2012/04/28/t-g-for-tetanus-boosters/feed 0 Thanks KC! http://sarahforst.com/2012/04/22/thanks-kc http://sarahforst.com/2012/04/22/thanks-kc#comments Sun, 22 Apr 2012 17:27:17 +0000 sarah http://sarahforst.com/?p=3281 It’s another San Diego start to the baseball season (4-12).  I think the SD chicken could play better. But thanks to Kansas City for Royally Dominating the bottom of all divisions.  I’m over this rebuilding decade Padres- Petco is a great park but nobody likes a loser.  Put your game faces on!

]]> http://sarahforst.com/2012/04/22/thanks-kc/feed 0 Pimp yo’ Ride! http://sarahforst.com/2012/04/15/pimp-yo-ride http://sarahforst.com/2012/04/15/pimp-yo-ride#comments Sun, 15 Apr 2012 14:28:24 +0000 sarah http://sarahforst.com/?p=3283 A few weeks late, but feel free to LYAO at my latest car’ticle.  We don’t all have to be ballers to drive fast cars- check out my bargain basement mods for your ride.

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