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| AZ-1 |
| Posted on: Wednesday, July 28th, 2010, 4:31:09am |
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This is a thread for all you AZ-1 owners. Decided you wanted to go out for a nice drive? Why not bring your camera along and snap a few pics of your time. Show us where you live, where your favorite place to drive is etc. Pretty much, if you would like to put it on here, we would love to see it.
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| rossbruinsma |
| Posted on: Wednesday, July 28th, 2010, 5:24:51am |
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Allow me to contribute!
This is a roadside pull-off alongside the highway outside of Lethbridge. Fairly typical Canadian prairie scenery.
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| AZ-1 |
| Posted on: Wednesday, July 28th, 2010, 6:02:11am |
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Beautiful Alberta Ross!
Now this is Beautiful British Columbia.
Here's a place that I love to go. Parked in the weeds.
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| AZ-1 |
| Posted on: Saturday, July 31st, 2010, 5:02:35am |
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Lovely view from an up coming subdivision
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| rossbruinsma |
| Posted on: Sunday, August 8th, 2010, 4:10:22am |
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Not much activity in this thread! So...
This morning the wife asked me to go buy a loaf of bread and some pastries. Nine hours and almost 800 klometres later, I arrived back home. Yes, this is not an unusual occurrence, in case you're wondering.
Stopped to look at some combines:
And some tractors:
Took a detour to the Rocky Mountains:
Stopped to look at a mountain that came crashing down, burying a town:
Admired the beer advertising (ahhh, beer...):
Listened to some wind turbines (they're very loud!):
Imagined I could fly away:
Compared myself to a fighter plane:
Watched some oil being sucked up to the surface:
Stopped to smell the proverbial roses:
I finally remembered the bread!
A few less bugs in the world:
After this day trip, I can honestly say that these cars are not great touring cars. Your legs cramp up, your feet go numb, the wind noise is tiresome, and it is a bit of a pain getting in and out all the time. With that said, however, you have to do a long trip every once in a while, just to let those engines breathe! I got tremendous fuel economy, despite travelling at about 5,000rpm all the time on the highway. Anyhow, hopefully next weekend I'll go in the opposite direction and take some different pictures. |
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| AZ-1 |
| Posted on: Sunday, August 8th, 2010, 5:54:30am |
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WOW!!! Those are some amazing pictures! You live in a beautiful place and the colour of your AZ-1 really suits the scenery. Next sunny Day I have I will go out for a nice drive and bring my camera along.
P.S. time to get out the hose and bucket Ross 
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| rossbruinsma |
| Posted on: Sunday, August 8th, 2010, 3:48:01pm |
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Believe it or not, it is a difficult colour to photograph. I tried to get some green backdrops but wasn't all that successful. And the day wasn't all that good either - there is such a tremendous amount of smoke in the air from all the forest fires burning, you can hardly see the mountains. I think next month I'll make a return trip so that the Rockies are clearer. I'd like to take a drive out to Cranbrook; it's about 3 hours from here, and the road winds right through the mountains, so it is quite pretty.
I have no idea how I am going to get all those bugs off! Wish me luck! Or, I could just go out again today and pile some more on, and then go to the high-pressure carwash and blast them off... |
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| AZ-1 |
| Posted on: Sunday, August 8th, 2010, 11:29:22pm |
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It's a small car Ross, the idea is to go between the bugs
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| ed_markus |
| Posted on: Monday, August 9th, 2010, 9:57:04pm |
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there is some canned stuff by simoniz i think
called "bug and tar remover" ....
works really well and easily ...
can get at canadian tire or most auto outlets
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| rossbruinsma |
| Posted on: Monday, August 9th, 2010, 11:51:09pm |
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| I just go to the carwash and use the engine degreaser. Works like a charm. Just don't let it sit on your paint for too long - a minute or so at most. |
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| AZ-1 |
| Posted on: Saturday, August 14th, 2010, 6:37:30am |
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Was out today with my Father and Mother for a nice drive. Stopped by an old abandoned pump station.
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| rossbruinsma |
| Posted on: Saturday, August 14th, 2010, 2:41:19pm |
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Nice! I love my Figaro, but I wish I would've got a different colour.
Sean - I also really like your wheels! They look so cool with the contrasting red & aluminum. |
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| rossbruinsma |
| Posted on: Saturday, August 14th, 2010, 7:50:33pm |
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It was raining like crazy yesterday, so of course I thought that would be a great time to go for a drive! Here is the parking lot at the local shopping mall where I stopped to buy a few books.
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| BrianV |
Posted on: Saturday, August 14th, 2010, 8:21:09pm
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I went out for a drive with my new wheels on. Found a nice parking lot to take a picture in.
Loving all the pictures so far from everyone  |
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| rossbruinsma |
| Posted on: Sunday, August 15th, 2010, 12:41:59am |
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| These cars look great in black! Are those 14" or 15" wheels? |
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| BrianV |
| Posted on: Sunday, August 15th, 2010, 12:51:26am |
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| Yeah I love the look of it in black. The wheels are 14". They look Huge though don't they. I'm still not sure how well I like the rim style. Almost too much silver but not it's not bad. |
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| fxdlidon |
| Posted on: Sunday, August 15th, 2010, 1:00:23am |
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| yep, I think 14's are ideal and they look great there's no way I'd get away with my 15's if it weren't for the very stiff suspension |
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| AZ-1 |
| Posted on: Sunday, August 15th, 2010, 1:29:44am |
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Hey BrianV,
Great to see a pic of your car on this thread! Your car looks great and I do like the wheels.
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| BrianV |
| Posted on: Monday, August 16th, 2010, 1:39:17am |
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Here is a picture of it sitting beside my Mothers Mazda 3 I'm liking the new wheels more. I think my issue with em was the contrast of the black on the rim to the tire to the car. It dosent match, but I'm guessing once I get them dressed it will look much cleaner. Speaking of cleaner I have to do something about the bottom there hah. I've washed and scrubbed it but still comes out looking dirty like this
Side by Side 4 by BrianVH, on Flickr |
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| AZ-1 |
| Posted on: Sunday, August 29th, 2010, 6:44:35am |
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Out for a drive with a friend today. The original Mazda Speed Rims are now installed.
It's hard to keep up with the great Pics Ross is taking
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| rossbruinsma |
| Posted on: Sunday, August 29th, 2010, 7:03:44pm |
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| So nice, Sean! I love the black & whites! It's raining today (of course - it's a weekend!) so I'll have to wait to get out again. |
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| AZ-1 |
| Posted on: Monday, August 30th, 2010, 5:53:11am |
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Another nice day today, spent the first part of it clay baring my car and waxing it afterwards.... Man it looks good! The bugs slide right off of it!
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| rossbruinsma |
| Posted on: Tuesday, September 7th, 2010, 5:30:06am |
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So it finally stopped raining! Hey, it's a long weekend - let's hit the road!
This one is for you, Sean:
The foothills of the Rockies are beautiful at this time of the year:
It's only the first week of September, but there is already snow in the mountains!
And of course the wind is always blowing!
Hope I never meet this guy on a narrow bridge!
1928 to 1992: a little quicker, but the idea is the same. Fun, fun, fun!
Just for a laugh, here is what the car weighs when we get out:
And when we are inside:
Hopefully we'll get out a few more times before he gets parked for the winter! |
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| AZ-1 |
| Posted on: Thursday, September 9th, 2010, 3:07:19am |
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Now these are Class! You certainly got some great shots, and what a great one by the "Welcome to BC" sign. Its really cool to see that the car is exactly the same weight as it "should be" so says the online articles. Keep driving Ross. This thread will get very slow when fall weather really hits.
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| rossbruinsma |
| Posted on: Thursday, September 9th, 2010, 5:00:34am |
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Thanks Sean!
We caused quite a stir at the big truck site. Oh well.
I'd like to go down into Montana this weekend if possible. I don't know how many AZ-1s have ever crossed the border into that country - I'm sure it's not too many! Then it should be oil-change time, swap some new hoses in, and then... Sitting in the garage.
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| rossbruinsma |
| Posted on: Tuesday, January 25th, 2011, 7:44:36am |
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Well, as predicted, this thread did get slow once winter came on. But there was a bit of a break this weekend, so I thought I better take advantage of it:
And just for a laugh:
Yes - that thing is driven on the street! |
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| Ricou |
| Posted on: Tuesday, January 25th, 2011, 3:00:51pm |
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I missed that thread 
Very beautiful pictures here, nice job guys |
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| mdh |
| Posted on: Wednesday, February 9th, 2011, 12:06:20am |
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| Awesome, makes me want one even more! |
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| rossbruinsma |
| Posted on: Saturday, March 12th, 2011, 6:07:55pm |
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I didn't travel that far this morning, but it was a nice foggy morning, so I thought it would be a great opportunity to take some atmospheric photographs.
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| Andy |
| Posted on: Saturday, March 12th, 2011, 7:22:42pm |
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Amazing photos 
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| rossbruinsma |
| Posted on: Sunday, March 13th, 2011, 2:22:53am |
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Amazing photos
Do your headlights need adjusting down though they appear to be aimed upwards
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Those are the high beams. They are exceptionally bright!
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| rossbruinsma |
| Posted on: Tuesday, March 15th, 2011, 7:09:22am |
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Another Sunday, another 8 hours in the car!
And a nice little Mexican restaurant in the middle of nowhere:
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| BrianV |
| Posted on: Saturday, March 19th, 2011, 9:23:45pm |
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Nice weather again so I went out for a drive to see how the car does now that its finally Properly fixed. Got Almost 300km so far on this tank of gas and sitting at a bit over a half tank left still O_O Compared to 180-200 if I were lucky on a full tank before lol.
Stopped at my brothers house and took this picture from the 2nd floor
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| ggutnik |
| Posted on: Sunday, March 20th, 2011, 3:58:38am |
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What i wouldn't give to trade my cappy for one of these in Australia  |
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| Badger |
| Posted on: Sunday, March 20th, 2011, 7:55:18am |
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| Great pics, but must admit, I at least expected to see MOOSE somewhere....... |
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| rossbruinsma |
| Posted on: Sunday, April 24th, 2011, 8:00:54am |
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Another Saturday, another bout of quality time spent in the AZ-1!
We drove down to Writing on Stone Provincial Park, about a hour from my hometown of Lethbridge. It was a perfect day, and this park is achingly beautiful... Without further ado, here are a few snapshots:
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| grant4561 |
| Posted on: Sunday, April 24th, 2011, 9:18:10am |
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I dont understand?
Why do they call it "STONE" Provincial Park? |
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| rossbruinsma |
| Posted on: Sunday, April 24th, 2011, 3:04:08pm |
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I dont understand?
Why do they call it "STONE" Provincial Park?
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Haha - the name is "Writing on Stone" park because there is the largest collection of petroglyphs in Canada there - in other words, there is a large collection of "writings" carved into the (sand)stone. It's a magical place - there are many native Indian legends and stories about this place, and it is still a popular place for people riding on horses and exploring all the nooks and crannies in the rock formations.
Here is more information:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Writing-on-Stone_Provincial_Park
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| rossbruinsma |
| Posted on: Sunday, May 29th, 2011, 4:20:49pm |
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A quick little jaunt in the rain to test out my new rubber door mouldings (flimsy excuse, I know - but who here hasn't used something similar to get out for a drive) turned into a 10-hour, 700-kilometre trip into a neighbouring province, across the Rocky Mountains, all because of a rumour of a Korean-owned sushi restaurant with very cute waitresses (I left out that last bit when I was describing the quest to the wife). Here are the pictures to prove my success:
Wouldn't want to test out the crash-worthiness of the AZ-1 with this fella:
The wheel hubs were taller than my car!
The unassuming holy grail:
Worth every minute of the trip! And it was fun driving through the mountain passes at double the speed limit... My new tires are great. |
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| Andy |
| Posted on: Sunday, May 29th, 2011, 4:28:01pm |
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