Civic at Night (Stealth Mode)

I have to say I love having a Black car, especially at night, you can really get some moody shots and be creative. The only problem is trying to capture the detail in Black car without any extra lighting, but these are just experimental shots. Hope you like.

The Civic is also running very well at the moment since replacing the whole distributor unit after it failed on me after getting the car back out on the road for the first time in 8 months.

Honister Pass | The Lake District

So now that I got my Civic back on the road again I decided to head out to The Lake District and get back on some of the best and most scenic roads in England. Even the roads leading up to The Lakes are great, the A65 from Skipton is a fantastic high speed, smooth and winding road which offers great grip on the single carriage way sections, it then changes to a dual carriage way when it reaches the M6.

Once I'd reached The Lakes we grabbed some lunch, which consisted of a Gammon Steak and Chips from the John Peel pub, delicious. After lunch we hit up some of the tighter and rougher country roads, firstly was Kirkstone Pass (A592) which runs down to Ullswater, this is generally pretty smooth and has tighter corners with some high speed sections thrown in, also a very steep decent toward the valley bottom which is good fun on the brakes.



Another similar road to Kirkstone Pass is Honister Pass which starts from Keswick and runs through Borrowdale Valley and runs right to Cockermouth, this is a very winding and quite rough road but offers some really fantastic views and photographic opportunities, so it is definitley worth it. Below are a few of my favourite shots from Honister Pass, I didn't have enough time to shoot the other parts of the trip unfortunatley as I was enjoying driving so much.

The way it should be

This is so tidy and done correctly, nothing not to like about it!

Under Wraps

So as the Civic is sat dormant at the moment, and might be for a little while longer , I decided to cover her up. I got this cover through my Dad and his shop, great cover and very affordable, can endure rain, snow, wind and protects against UV rays.

Some random shots

I had my zoom lens out today so I took a few random shots of the EG6. Been ages since I started it and moved it around, was nice to hear the B16A burbling and ticking over smoothly.

Washed

I gave the Civic a wash, it had been neglected for ages over winter so I thought I'd show it some love. Now that is has no registration plates on it looks a little more evil at the front.

-5 Civic

I feel sorry for my Civic being sat alone and cold on the driveway. The weather has been insanely cold for English standards over the last week, some places were tipping -20 Celsius, that is pretty damn cold for Yorkshire. Once the weather clears up around March time I will hopefully commence preparing the Civic for competitive racing.

project-eg6 is still alive

After a few months of no progress and no posts maybe some of you wonder what's happened to my EG6. Well it's still with me, not totally road going at the moment though due to having it declared SORN and no tax. I have some major plans for this car over the next year but first I have to put it on hold whilst I save up for my own place with a garage and driveway before progress can begin.

Here is the current state of the car now.

Hasport EG6

I seriously love time attack Civic EG6's. This one is without doubt wildest one around. The Front Wing is probably OTT but I'm sure it does serve a good purpose similar to Chris Rado's F-Wing. Soon I am hoping to turn my EG6 into some sort of semi-professional racing car over the next year.

This is great inspiration for all those who love the EG6 Civic.

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