Do you believe this weather? I had 15 rides in November, and 5 rides so far in December. I took this video yesterday ... had to take it easy cuz the roads were still wet in some areas.
__________________
Warren
'Liberals are maggots upon the life of this planet and need to get off at the next rotation.' (Jamo 2008)
Looks familiar! I had a place in Quincy for a year... what's the name of that road/park section? I remember getting pulled over on New Year's Day blasting around in my then "new" Mustang GT...
Mickmate - heater? What is that? I just wear a heavy jacket and a good hat. Right now I'm wearing a Santa hat which is super warm. Also have a nice pair of insulated gloves with grippy palms so grabbing the wheel is easy. Tomorrow supposed to be cloudy, but Sunday forecast looks good for another ride.
Jay - I live in Squantum which is off Wollaston Beach. The video was taken on Chickatawbut road which goes thru the Blue Hills section of Quincy and Milton. Its one of the best windy roads with no crossroads (other than a few intersections), so its good for a few blasts up to 100 and back in short order. The road starts by the Furnace Brook rotary by the highway (93) and goes all the way to Canton.
It was about 55 ºF yesterday and the engine really loves the cold air ... but it does take a long time to warm up the water and oil since the oil cooler works great. The roads were still a little wet in some areas (as you probably could see), but I took it easy on those parts.
__________________
Warren
'Liberals are maggots upon the life of this planet and need to get off at the next rotation.' (Jamo 2008)
A yes, the Blue Hills... that is where I was pulled over. Though he let me off with a warning. I recall the Blue Hills in the news for some other activities like in the movie Something About Mary?
Cobra Make, Engine: ERA #291 *has left the garage*
Posts: 4,921
Not Ranked
that's neat, Warren! good job... I 'worried' about you coming around that guardrail and slippin' and slidin'!!!!
this new feature of imbedding the video's is pretty neat.
K
__________________
Austin & Tulsa: 04,05,06,07,08
LCS: 05, Run 'n Gun: 06
San Marcos: 09
I got a "My Sticky Pod". It will allow you to attach a camera anywhere on a car.
For that video, I just used one suction cup threaded directly into the bottom thread of the camera. Then just stuck it to the dashboard, just to the left of the rear view mirror.
The suction cup is only $9, but I bought the whole kit. I want to try taking some shots from down low on the outside, but there probably will be a lot of wind noise, rather than engine noise.
I used my Nikon Coolpix 9600 camera. It takes good photos and videos. But I want to buy a small video recorder that has a "remote" microphone as an input, so you can really get the engine noise rather than wind noise when the camera is not behind the windshield.
I used the Nikon software to download the video to my hard drive and then uploaded it to YouTube.
__________________
Warren
'Liberals are maggots upon the life of this planet and need to get off at the next rotation.' (Jamo 2008)
Too cold for my taste. I like to enjoy the ride, not have to have the ice removed from my face.
Tru - You wimp! I bet Freddie's frog loves a ride when its in the 50's. I love a short ride in the cool weather when the temp is about 55 ºF or above. Just have a nice warm hat and a good pair of gloves. The coldest ride was last winter in early January. There was no snow on the ground, dry streets and I went for a 20 minute ride. The temp was 19 ºF ... that was just a little cold, but I was driving the car into Boston for the big Auto Show. The drive home 3 days later was better ... a balmy 28 ºF. Winning two awards made the ride a lot warmer.
Its just a continuation of high school when I had a 57 Chevy Bel Air Convertible ... used to drive with the top down when it was snowing. That was one cool car. Sold it in the mid 60's for $350.00. Ahhhhh, those were the days!
__________________
Warren
'Liberals are maggots upon the life of this planet and need to get off at the next rotation.' (Jamo 2008)
There is a little speaker icon, just to the right of the time counter (once the video starts). Click on it and a vertical slider bar will appear. Slide it all the way up. If still not loud enough, turn up the sound volume on your computer.
__________________
Warren
'Liberals are maggots upon the life of this planet and need to get off at the next rotation.' (Jamo 2008)
Dave
Me too. Probably from 11 until football at 1 PM. Weather after tomorrow looks really cold and raw. Probably add some Stabil during tomorrows ride.
__________________
Warren
'Liberals are maggots upon the life of this planet and need to get off at the next rotation.' (Jamo 2008)
WTM: Are you using a polarizing filter on your camera? If not, it would help with the glare, but you may not be able to put one on the Nikon coolpics. Great video!
__________________ 52chevyred
Last edited by 52chevyred; 03-13-2007 at 04:55 AM..
WTM: Are you using a polarizing filter on your camera? If not, it would help with the glare, but you may not be able to put one on the Nikon coolpics. Great video!
Its a $250 Nikon Coolpix and does not have any filter/lens capability. But for that money, it takes great pictures and movies. It also uses 2 AA batteries, so I have a bunch of rechargeable ... cuts down on costs. Thanks.
__________________
Warren
'Liberals are maggots upon the life of this planet and need to get off at the next rotation.' (Jamo 2008)
Warren great video! And surprisingly little wind noise.
I also recognize that area - I went to school in Milton. I used to cruise those roads in my 68 Camaro with built Z28 motor. Also remember climbing the Blue Hills ski slope (without snow) in my first car, a dune buggy. I rember thinking the slope was so steep that I was leaning forward in my seat so the car wouldn't flip over backwards It was a great hill climb, but for some reason the police didn't share my excitement when they met me at the bottom!
Matt
Video of Yesterdays Ride
Hybrid Mode
