Driving Weekend

Busy weekend full of driving. Saturday attended the Party Race and 4 hour media race. That was superb fun. Kato-san as usual wrapped up the emblem prize and scored pole for the media run. Peter Lyons team managed 6th place which was fantastic. Well done to all.

Today, I had an appointment at RE-Amemiya to have my oil cooler fittings checked. I arrived at 10am and it was supposed to take 3 hours. They found a leak in the hose, so swapped that out with a new one. Then a test drive and unfortunately they found that the new hose was faulty too, so they swapped that one out for me too. I was a little pee'd off at waiting for nearly 7 hours but then again the guys did it all for free and I was happy to have it back in perfect condition with new RE-Amemiya engine oil after a very defailed look over.

The engine oil feels different to the Speedmaster oil that I'd been using. I remember thinking the Speedmaster oil was fantastic when I first drove my car with it. It's amazing the difference you feel over the standard Mazda oil. I haven't had that feeling in a while with my other oil changes. Now again, I immediately felt the difference with this oil change. I'll definitely try this oil again with my next change.

I also got RE-Amemiya to change my LSD oil. It hadn't been changed before as the dealer had never mentioned it to me. So that oil was 4 years old! Amemiya said the oil was in a very bad state when they took it out and that I should ideally change it every 2 oil changes. They also recommended changing gear oil every oil change. Wow... I hadn't thought about the LSD oil in that way although I've occasionally been changing the gear oil.

Finished up there at 5pm and drove to D-Technique as they were having a sale. I finally bought myself a driving suit. Alpinestar GP PRO LM (2006 model) for 50% off which is a pretty good deal I think as its a great suit. Its red/white and black. I'll stick up a photo soon. One less thing to buy and it sure beats driving in jeans...

Just waiting for the F1 to start now. It's on from 11:50. I'm just glad tomorrow is a holiday and I can take it easy all day :-)