I can only describe it as a nightmare. It seemed like it anyway. It was around 2 am, Friday. I was in a really deep sleep. In the distance I heard a series of bangs. Living on a main boulevard, I got used to ignoring these sounds, since they usually are car doors opening and closing. This time however, I hear my wife calling me, in a distressed voice saying get up, someone just hit your car. Awakening from my deep sleep, I’m thinking what is she talking about? My car is in the driveway, it’s not on the street. By the time I got up and was able to walk, my wife was already outside, at the scene of the accident. A car had in fact hit my car. A blue Hyundai had hit the back of my car, with its back bumper… on my driveway. The Hyundai belonged to my neighbour who lives across the street from me. Half asleep, I went outside to see the damage. There were six cars plus a boat on a trailer, involved in this accident. It would seem that someone driving a black suv heading west on my street , fell asleep at the wheel , crossed the median and hit the blue Hyundai, parked across the street from my home, head on. The suv continued on to hit the car parked behind the blue Hyundai, a ford f150 truck. The impact pushed the f150back, along with the trailer attached to it, with the boat on it, into the car parked behind. The propeller of the boat’s outboard engine then cut into the hood of the Hyundai suv parked behind the f150. The Hyundai suv, belongs to the wife of the guy who owns the f150, the trailer and the boat. It was not a good night for him. Back to the blue Hyundai. The impact from the black suv sent it flying down the cross street which is perpendicular to the main street. It hit a beige Nissan on the front driver side fender, and continued to hit and finally come to a stop, on my silver Honda’s bumper, which was parked on my driveway. The blue Hyundai then began to smoke; for some reason it seemed to catch on fire. The fire department was then called as a preventive measure, in case it did in fact catch fire. As i said, a nightmare. Luckily no one was hurt. All the owners of the cars involved were in bed sleeping at the time of the accident. Even the driver of the suv that caused the accident appears to have been asleep, as per the police. I asked
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Was lucky enough to drive a Renault Mégane GT in Portugal (2018). It was a fully equipped rental, silver 5 door hatchback, 6 speed manual transmission, diesel engine. Driving on the autoroute in Portugal, I noticed the excessive speeds at which was common in the left lane of the autoroute. Before long, I too was driving like a “local” and enjoying the smooth Portuguese country side roads.
Renault Mégane GT 2018
How cool is this? As I say, visiting R.A Garage is always an adventure. Last time I was there, Rob, owner of R.A Garage, showed me this adorable little collector’s vintage toy.
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When I finally let go of my 1999 Toyota Corolla I wanted to document my impressions of the car. The good and bad. A real consumer’s report, where I was the consumer. Reviewing a car, that my wife and I purchased brand new from a Toyota dealership (Vimont Toyota in Laval Quebec Canada) in 1999. It was our primary car until about 2013/14 . At that point in time it became our secondary car. My son learned how to drive manual on it! And when I let it go, it was still running on the original clutch. I hope you enjoy the video!
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major repairs: exhaust manifold was changed. (in the back of engine!)
throttle cable rusted and broke – the complete unit was changed
because the mechanic couldn’t reattach the new cable!
accident-ed twice: hit by the back while stopped because someone was too busy on their phone! seriously!!
and hit and run on front driver side fender- when a car turned too quickly into my street and slid into my car-pushing it up against the sidewalk with enough force to bend the rim on the passenger side wheel. (turned out that a witness saw the whole thing and identified the other driver as, are you ready for this? my neighbor!!
I’m a little late in publishing some of my pics from the 2016 Autorama car show. It’s been three years now that John Scotti and East Coast Carz put on an exceptional show at the Olympic Stadium in Montreal. As usual the cars are all top notch works of art. This year I lucked out and received a free pass to the show. That put a huge smile on my face! I strongly suggest to anyone who has a love for classic cars, hot rods, muscle cars, modified cars, etc… to attend this show, you won’t be disappointed!
Autorama 2016
Once again John Scotti and East Coast Carz put on an exceptional show. The cars were all top notch works of art. I truly enjoyed this show. I strongly suggest to anyone who has a love for classic cars, hot rods, muscle cars, modified cars, etc… to attend this show, you won’t be disappointed!
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Mustang Mach 1
Cobra
Autorama 2015
John Scotti
East Coast Carz
Every Friday Laval Auto Sport organizes a car meet. And there is nothing more pleasurable than leisurely walking around and looking at some classic cars and hot rods.
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We recently had the misfortune of having to make an insurance claim on our car. My wife had a fender bender! Nothing serious, no one got hurt but both cars needed repair. When dealing with the insurance company however, some bad memories came back. Years ago, my wife and I got hit while stopped on the auto route. Traffic had come to a standstill, but a distracted driver, who may have been on her phone, didn’t even notice that everyone was stopped and drove into the car behind me, who in turn slammed into the left side of the rear bumper. Fortunately again, no one was injured. The three cars involved where not so lucky.
Back then, just like now, the insurance company suggested the garage that we were to take our car to have it repaired. They claimed that the repair would be done faster, better, and that the job would be guaranteed for the life of the vehicle. Needless to say I took their advice. The garage in question was in the industrial park close to our home. They did not even have a courtesy car to give us! They did however do a great job and I had the car back within a week. Or so it seemed…
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