MS3 E-brake Burnout

Someone captured video of a car that looks exactly like mine doing a mad burnout. Not that I know, but he probably did the first few runs with TC and DSC on. You later see the car stop and he turns off the DSC and TC to do the burnout. Enjoy.

Pics of Katie

Here a few pics of Katelyn Bella Przybyla for all of you to ooh and ahh at.

Heather's Sister is having a girl!!!!

Donna is expecting a little princess this September. Her name will be Clover Lee Clemente. Clover is 20 weeks in the pic above. Congrats Donna and Arjay!

Mazdaspeed 3 Pics

I waxed the MS3 this past Monday. I got totally sunburnt from not wearing protection, but I will survive. Anyhow, the car is waxed with Nu-finish. The car looks neat in the pics, but is way more fun to drive. For those of you who do not know what a Mazdaspeed 3 is, it is the hottest sport compact dollar for dollar. You will not find a better car with more horsepower, torque, suspension, build quality, and versatility (it is a hatchback). The turbo produces so much torque, the computer limits the boost in first and second gear to limit wheelspin upon launch.
Basic stats:
263 HP, 280 ft lbs. torque
6 speed close ratio transmission
sport tuned suspension
18 inch rims
Grand Touring model with DVD Navigation, HID Xenon headlamps (the height can be automatically adjusted inside the cabin with 4 settings), 6 disc in dash changer, Bose 7 speaker 222 watt stereo, automatic climate control, rain sensing windshield wipers, and more.

Hearst Castle, San Simeon

This last weekend we went to Hearst Castle in San Simeon, CA for Heather's birthday. We left Thursday after I got off work and got into San Simeon about 8:15PM. We went in our new hot Mazdaspeed 3 (pics soon) and the car made the drive almost effortless. The navigation took care of the directions and the turbo's torque tore through the hills.

Hearst Castle offers 5 tours. We went on Tour 1 on Friday and Tour 2 on Saturday. Our original plan was to take both tours on Friday, but, Katie was a bit fussy at the end of tour 1 and we had the tour time for tour 2 changed to Saturday. Tour 1 was okay, but you only see a few of the rooms in the main building (La Casa Grande) which kinda makes the place feel smaller than it really is. Tour 2 takes you through many more rooms on the second and third floor. We really almost felt lost going through so many corridors, stairways, and rooms. Everything had some kind of carving, relief, or sculpture to it. The walls, windows, doorways, ceilings, overhangs, everything was decorated. Unfortunately, there was not one theme for the estate. It was supposed to be a Mediterranean theme, but he had so many different schemes packed together. Hearst would take two of three pieces of history and glue them together to make a relic he could hang on the wall. Every room had a different ceiling type. Hearst even mixed religions. You could find Greek, Roman, and Christian mythology throughout the entire estate. All in all it was an interesting trip and we all enjoyed ourselves.