CORNER STORIES

A short documentary circling the intersection of passion, strain, mental health and identity.  Produced by Thomas Purdy & Ruairí Bradley it's twelve minutes of how to walk the line of show, don't tell. It gives a voice and perspective to a misunderstood and largely written off culture and people. A community trapped in that tricky law breaking area that many will simply use to dismiss the bigger problem. Putting that praise and explanation aside, it is a short film about an automotive subculture in Ireland called 'diffing' - a name originating from doing rings or donuts with rear wheel drive cars.  These kinds of maneuvers require the car to have the right kind of differential or diff for both wheels to spin, hence the name 'diffin' . You can watch the film at the link below this sentence & after that are my thoughts. WE BEG TO DIFFER   I will admit my mind tends to race a bit more with a documentary. It's real lives on show, vulnerable people, an...

I am gonna assume the majority who have landed here have done so from the Facebook Marketplace listing.  If you are like me and enjoy a good geez of the market, but find yourself aware of what's on offer - congrats, now you have discovered Adelaide's best car blog. Procrastinate here as well. Gettin back to the Red Rocket... I bought this car off FB Marketplace earlier this year - sight unseen. I started doing this thing with a friend where we buy a car every year. A mate dropped another mate & I, with a pack of tools at the ferry to Kangaroo Island. We left the mainland and hiked to where the seller had left the car for us. The car was advertised as the Red Rocket - 95% red. That trip was awesome. We pottered around the island before bringing it back to the mainland. Since then it has been my toy to take me to university a few times a week plus the odd weekend away. And now it is for sale... Because Facebook limits the number of photos in a listing, I have dumped many here...