Part 2 here we go!

We’re about 100 pictures in… I am trying to get about 50ish pictures edited at a time before my mind starts wandering off somewhere else. I’ll try to get a few more out tonight and get one more post in me before I call it quits today.

Ricky and I took a walk around taking some random snaps – maybe if I can convince him, he’ll give me his photos to post up on here as well. Our tactic this year was to start at the far end and make our way back. I was thinking that way we wouldn’t be too tired by the end of it… Didn’t work out so well lol! You’ll see I post, it gets busier and busier – originally I wanted to take all the pics before the doors opened. The bad part about it is that people were still cleaning and getting their cars ready so I either didn’t get a picture or never came back around at all. Sorry to those that I missed – again, tried to capture what I could.

Maybe it’s just me and my OCD, but two of my biggest pet peeves at a car show: mod list signs and doors/trunks/hoods all open. You just can’t capture a good picture while any of those are in play. It’s the worst.

Over in the Dub Dynasty booth…

And directly behind me in the Bag Barn booth – a bagged STI

Forgive me and my lack of knowledge on trucks. I just know they look bad ass.

A mint – not quite Tiffany – green R32. Interesting colour scheme – I dig.

A work in progress for the Dub Dynasty guys – Jesse has posting progress pics on Instagram for quite some time and it’s super cool to see it coming together. Last year it was a lifeless shell…

Now it’s got a heart and some pieces of legs…

Man, look how clean that rotor is. A lot – if not all – of the fabrication is done by Jesse and Mike. Can’t wait to see this finally come together.

Crazy, flared Focus on copper wheels. I thought it looked pretty good!

Hard lined trunk set up in the back.

Over in the Haute AG booth, STI hatch on Meister S1R’s

A supercharged G35. I recall last year when this in the illmotion show and shine, it was loud as hell. Crazy.

M3 Sedan

Race prepped Lexus GS. If I remember correctly, this was used as a drift car at one point. Maybe it still is… Haven’t seen much pictures of it as of late.

Daniel’s track ready M3 with Advan inspired livery.

Was digging this. Loved the facelift… I wasn’t a big fan of wagons until this year. If it’s done right, they look absolutely deadly.

Pretty nice colour on this wrap.

Sick Prius on Meisters. I wouldn’t have it any other way lol.

A very clean LHD Supra Targa on Meister S1 3PC in the Beyond booth.

Richard’s supercharged Mustang on bronze Works. Love the JDM + Domestic combo.

Jack’s LS-powered 240.

He recently got some work done by Nick Prah in the engine bay. Difficult to see, but absolutely flawess work by Nick, as expected.

Over in the 403Media booth, a wild orange, widebodied 350Z. I read a thread on this a few months back when it was still in it’s developing stages. Turned out great and super clean.

The first M&M widebody S2000 I’ve seen. I’m not sure how I feel about it, but cleanly executed overall. The color makes it look even more like a shark (not a bad thing). lol

I just feel like it needs a wing… But I’m biased…

Benji’s TSX back for his second Driven show in Calgary. The last time I photographed this was last year, a few months before he was crowned Tuner Battleground champion with PASMAG. I’m glad he still remembers me 🙂 (kidding, Benji)

Still looking clean as ever. I remember commenting how clean his front bumper is. He makes road trips all over the place and it’s perfect. I drive 30km a day to work and back and I have chips already. WTF.

I didn’t get a chance to take pics of many bikes… But this one was cool. Paint was awesome.

I loved this S2000 on mag blue TE’s with ASM front bumper. So clean.

The first RWB Porsche to come from Calgary.

One more. Very clean.

Aldo telling you to come down to Driven…

RC350 with the Rocket Bunny kit and TE37’s. Super clean in white.

Just needed suspension and it would have been money. In time, I’m sure…

Simon’s Rocket Bunny FRS – later going onto with Best in Show FRS/BRZ. Well deserved – I’ve watched this come together through Instagram as well. Lots of the work was put in by himself – good job! Simon was part of the Beyond booth and Arianny was pretty much right in front.

He later went on to ask her to take a pic beside my car for me (he knows Arianny and I are a thing). That’s the best award of the whole show! Thanks again!

One more shot. I love the wheels as well – I remember wanting a set when they first came out but had no car to put them on :(.

We were waiting around for Arianny and ended up only waiting for about 15 minutes once she arrived. (Not including the 45 minutes we actually waited around before she arrived LOL).

She wouldn’t really let anyone take selfies, so she took them for everyone. Whatever – just mess it up by looking at the screen instead of the camera instead, Jason. GOD.

Aldo getting in close, making sure he doesn’t have to wash that hand anymore.

Ricky respecting her arm space.

And one last one with me. Cause why not.

Part 3 later tonight, ladies!

Driven 2016 has come and gone. Another long day that seems to go by in an instant once you get home and relax from it all. The best thing of it all is just hanging with friends – talking cars, life, the usual good stuff. It’s been 8 years since I’ve had my car in Driven and 4 cars in total over that time span… Each year the show has gotten better – the level of cars has been increasing and it’s been a fun ride. I vividly remember my first year at Driven – starry-eyed and excited as hell. Don’t get me wrong, I still get a bit excited but far less starry-eyed.

I’m almost at the point now where I really just want to build the car for myself to enjoy, for myself to look at and post once in a while. The shows are fun but the hype wears out quick, the process wears out quick… At the end of the day, I just want to chill with friends and talk about our cars. I remember for my first show, Arif told me it gets old quick and I told him that there was no chance in hell. 8 years later, here I am uttering those very words he told me on my blog – who would’ve thought?!

Anyway – let’s get through these photos. I took over 500, I’ve edited about 1/4 of them and I got a whole bunch of other stuff to do at the same time. Pray that I can find some time over this next week to complete them all and get them posted. I hate posting them late because it ends up just being old news… So please bare with me – I promise I’ll get them all up by the end of the week. If you repost – please keep the watermark and don’t crop it out and make the picture look all shitty.

The usual LifewithJson disclaimer: If you or someone is standing in front of your car too long, no dice on a picture unless it’s totally worth my time.

I didn’t necessarily walk around in any specific order – I found that I had a real bad case of ADD yesterday. I would start in one spot and then wander off into another booth, so if you’re looking for your car and you don’t see it, chances are it will come up. If you don’t see it at all, then chances are the disclaimer above came into play.

PS: If anyone happened to take some cool shots of my car, please send it my way! I’d love to see it and I’ll post it up here and link you! Thanks!

The first pic of the day – Punit’s GS450h with the newly colored AME’s.

JC’s CT200h never not clean.

Gopesh’s GTI

Corey’s S2000

Ryan’s legendary EP3

Alex’s Integra – just amazing as ever.

A shot of the engine bay. Lots to look at in here… Mugen, Unobtanium Welding…

The illmotion table setup once again… 100% of the proceeds yesterday went to Red Cross.

Rich’s S6 Wagon

Josh’s slammed A4 on Meisters. God, I love the look of this thing.

One more. Fuuuu

Steve’s RSX (For Sale!)

Arif’s EK with some new visual changes this year. J’s Racing hood color matched, Track Life Composites fender cut outs, and a white roof! no more panda look now… I dig.

Eric’s S15 on bronze Work T7R’s

One more down low…

This looks like I compressed it but I didn’t. So bad ass.

Rich’s CR-V with classic 90’s decals

Mike’s Porsche 911 Turbo

Dave’s 335i

Donovan’s FR-S on Advan GT’s

Alex’s TL-S on Advan RS’s

Sick Honda Beat on TE37’s

Some cool looking projects…

One shot I got of the Lambo before they decided to block it all off for some reason. Later in the day, literally all the owners were standing behind the barrier, repping beside their cars, all on their cellphones. I wish I took a picture – what a joke. It’s a car show, not a zoo for us to watch behind bars.

Kasem’s Amuse S2000 – Voltex, Craft Square, Volk equipped.

Because Race Car.

Michael’s extremely clean RX-7. Still one of my favourite.

One more.

Michael’s engine bay – titanium, carbon fiber… What more could you ask for?

Ryan’s MR2 still looking good as usual on a set of custom grey TE37’s

Garett’s slammed Miata. This thing is immaculate.

One more.

Was digging the color of wrap on this… Not usually a fan of wraps, but I liked this.

I always liked that shade of purple.

PRO TIP: Don’t put mod list signs up right in front of your car if you also want pictures. Put it at the back or something. After two cars with these signs, I was over it and didn’t even try. Worst pictures…

I enjoy Cy’s car. I hate the sign.

Loved this Skyline. So so good!

That’s it for tonight! I’m exhausted… More tomorrow!