Henry Lubong's Journal

Went to the San Jose auto show today and hands down, the BMW M3 Frozen Black Edition is the best looking car on the floor! Well of course you can’t compare it with the Fisker Karma, McLaren and the Lambo in the exotic room.

I guess I’m keeping her after all. Honestly, I didn’t think this 24 year old car would pass the smog check. It surprised me! Just a little bit of TLC and wife is ready to drive this car to work.

I need a new insurance for my Ducati because my policy with 21st Insurance expired… or let’s just say I ditched them after transferring me to Foremost Insurance (owned by Farmers Insurance). These guys want to rob me big time! They want to charge three times more than what I was paying before. I got [...]

Classic Porsche 911

Any rotor head knows how inaccurate the stock boost gauge is on the RX-7 TII. I finally had a chance to install my boost gauge today. I mounted the Autometer Ultralite II Vacuum/Boost Gauge on the A-Pillar pod that I bought on Ebay. It was an easy install and I only spent about an hour [...]

Woah! Mind you, it is from an original engine. So I dropped off my van at a Honda dealership this morning and took their shuttle service. I sat shotgun in their 2003 Odyssey. While we were driving to my house, I couldn’t help but notice its odometer displayed on the dashboard. It exactly displayed 323915. [...]

I like my 2008 Odyssey but c’mon Honda, what kind of piece of crap did you put in my van? It barely has 20K miles on it and now the rear trunk won’t stay up anymore because the lift support aka hatch strut is leaking. So your pos vehicle is 50% usable right now. The [...]

Click here for more pictures from the auto show…

Just recently, my two Bimmers started to gave me some headaches and were throwing out some error codes (according to my OBDII scanner). Had I not have the tool, a shop can easily charge me $60 for diagnostics alone and BMW “stealerships” will definitely charge more. With some googling around and lots of searches from [...]

Whew! It could have a been a very expensive speeding ticket this morning, given that this is my third speeding violation this year alone, but the cop cited me for a fix it ticket instead. I just left the house on my 325i and a few blocks after, and only about a few hundred yards [...]

Here’s my first pathetic attempt on backing up a u-haul motorcycle trailer on my driveway

Who says you need a truck to tow a trailer? My van towed this trailer like nothing. Seriously, it didn’t even feel like I was pulling this huge chunk of metal from behind. I don’t think it will make a difference with my 400 lbs motorcycle on it.

Nothing interesting this year. It must have been the failed  bailout package for the car industry :/

Last year, I had four incidents with my motorcycle involving Prius drivers. All of them are almost close to fatal accidents. I don’t know what’s up with people who drives a Prius (yes, that ugly looking Toyota car) but they desparately need some driving class. Once again, tonight while I was riding home from work, [...]

This day calls for a toast. I just became an official Ducatisti today! I picked up my new Ducati 848 at Moto Italiano in Santa Cruz. My wife took a few hours off so she can drive me to the dealership and take my pictures as well . When we arrived in the dealership, my [...]

Wohooo! I finally got my Ohlins Steering Damper for my kawi and installed it tonight. This is one of the most important upgrade on a bike if it doesn’t have one. Even if it does, you would want to upgrade it to Ohlins. They are the leader in motorcycle suspension technology and a respectable brand [...]

Just got back from the auto show. Checkout some of the pictures I took from the event. I missed a couple of cars though. I forgot about the “Bumblebee” Camaro and the BMW M3 did not show up, what a flake! Anyway, enjoy the pictures from Flickr. Just click any of the pictures below or [...]

Alright piston heads and all the car enthusiasts out there, it’s that time of year again to check the latest car models for 2008. As usual, the event is held in San Jose Convention Center. This year, I’m not just gonna take pictures and sit on the cars just for the hell of it. My [...]

I officially launched MidsizeTrucks.org today, a forum for everyone who has interest on midsize truck pickups. It features all models of midsize trucks such as the Chevrolet Colorado, Dodge Dakot, GMC Canyon, Ford Ranger, Honda Ridgeline, Nissan Frontier, Toyota Tacoma and more. I created this site so people can have a one stop site if [...]

Here is my new Frontier Nismo. Isn’t he gorgeous? Look at those muscular fenders, those big off road tires… vrooom… vroom… lol. Well, excuse the crappy picture quality, it was taken from my camera phone. This is just the beginning of lots of fun ahead of us