JDM Chicago Meet – May 7, 2011

JDM Chicago has been emerging as one of the biggest car groups around Chicago. This spring opener meet was meant to start things off right for 2011. The weather was less than idea, but the turnout was great. It’s not often that you see a modified Hon…

Pictures from Supercar Saturdays – May 7, 2011

Supercar Saturdays is a meeting of car enthusiasts from around Chicago. You’re never quite sure what you’ll see there because it could be something as exotic as a Ferrari 599 GTO or something as obscure as a Toyota Starlet. Last year, there were issues…

FCA Spring Drive 2011

Every year, the Central States Region of the Ferrari Club of America starts off the driving season with a drive through Northern Illinois that starts in Barrington, IL and ends in Lake Geneva, WI. I would love to go through back roads in a Ferrari, but…

Pictures from Tuner Galleria 2011

Tuner Galleria was back at the Chicago World of Wheels on March 5, 2011, and just a little bigger than last year. The more significant part was that the cars were given their own area upstairs rather than being stuck in a corner. There was a nice spr…

World of Wheels in Chicago 2011

World of Wheels was huge this year. There were so many cars that they had to use upstairs too. The show was back in the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont because it needs so much space. The size wasn’t all good. You noticed a lack of…

Pictures from the 2011 Chicago Auto Show

I went to the Auto Show this year (like I always d0). The one difference is that I didn’t take as many pics, or pay attention to as many cars. It was a slow year. Many manufacturers were not introducing any exciting, new cars. The tuner cars were th…

Pat’s Toyota Matrix

The Toyota Matrix isn’t modified that much in the import scene so it is more likely to stick out. This, 2003 Toyota Matrix XR, stood out to me because of it’s many subtle modifications. The Matrix is sporty in stock form for being a a four-door hatchb…

Touge Factory BBQ – September 12, 2010

Here are some of the pictures from the Touge Factory Barbecue. Every year they have this open house where everybody comes in to show off, hang out, and eat. There were well over one hundred cars and many of them were RWD or AWD (Touge Factory’s specia…

British Car Festival 2010

I attended the 24th annual British Car Festival over the weekend. This show turned out to be much larger than I expected. British cars are not that common, so I did not expect so many cars. The show took place at Oakton Community College in Des Plain…

Pics from 2010 DMCC: Round 4

Everything Drift has some great coverage from Round 4 of the Drift Mania Canadian Championship on August 15, 2010. Jeremy Alan Grover took over 200 pictures at the event and some of them are just amazing. Go visit their gallery to see the full set of…