Sometimes working hard means playing hard and this last week a group of us from the office got together and played a nice round of golf at the Beaverdale Golf Course in Guelph. While I am not a big golfer I do love "driving" those golf carts.
Considering its fall and I swear it is going to snow almost any day means when you can still wear a lite jacket and be warm is a good day, so while it rained a little for the most part it was just nice, not to hot and not to cold.
Even though I am not a great golfer I did manage to set some type of team record, as I managed to lose a couple dozen balls, luckily the balls where free and luckily none where lost to windshields on hole #9. Needless to say I've recommended glow in the dark mini golf for our next golf outing, hopefully I won't lose as many balls on a mini golf course.
I recommend the course to others, while none of the holes where really interesting in terms of layouts its still nice, cheap and close to Guelph so great for a afternoon out with friends. Check out their website here: http://www.golfnorth.ca/beaverdale.html
Tuesday, September 25
Beaverdale Golf Course GuelphExpand this Post: Beaverdale Golf Course Guelph |
Smart in GuelphExpand this Post: Smart in Guelph |
Believe it or not I’m trading in the BMW X5 and getting a 2008 Smart Car. For me I had fallen in love with the Smart Car while I lived in Switzerland over 7 years ago and now finally in Canada I will get my Smart Car.
I do love the X5 but it is really not needed for my lifestyle and after a long research phase I believe that the 2008 Smart Car will be able to handle the Canadian winters, my limited highway driving and still have all the things that the X5 provides.
There isn’t a Smart Car dealership in Guelph, but I found one in Kitchener at Victoria Star Smart Car Dealer http://www.kitchener.thesmart.ca/. So called down and met up with the business manager Sue and after a few phone calls I happily put my down payment on a beautiful 2008 silver on silver passion model Smart Car.
Sadly they don’t have any 2008’s in stock but I’ve ordered mine and it will be coming from Europe shortly to arrive sometime in November. I ordered a silver on silver passion model, with leather and fog lights. All the fancy options available in Europe aren’t making over here to Canada, but that won’t stop me from ordering them in Europe myself and installing them myself.
I had seen the current smart car model, the 2008 version is very different and I hadn’t seen one in person yet. I took the chance and put my down payment before seeing it and am very happy to say that today I saw the 2008 demo unit at Victoria Star Smart Car Dealer in Kitchener. It is really an amazing car, far superior to the previous model, the interior is very polished and professional while the exterior still has that unique fun Smart Car look and feel.
For those who know me from the good old days, yes the smart car does have a lot in common with the neon and while I don’t think I can get racing with this smart car there are many people in Europe who’ve gone as far as putting motorbike engines into smart cars, here a great video of the potential of a lite framed car with a nice sized engine:
I will be documenting the life of my own smart car on the website Smartster.ca (yet to be a live link, but coming soon) and hope that I can upgrade the exterior and interior a little and maybe tinker with the engine (just don’t tell the dealership).
The factory times for the European 2008 Smart Car puts the 0 – 60 times at 9.9 seconds it can beat a Hummer and is inline with a 95 to 98 Honda Civic. Nothing to boast about but remember the Smart Car has only 3 cylinders and the engine is about the size of most cars glove boxes.
Tuesday, September 18
Enjoying the Weekends at Yuk YuksExpand this Post: Enjoying the Weekends at Yuk Yuks |
While not in Guelph, I do highly recommend heading into Kitchener on a Friday or Saturday evening for some good healthy fun at Yuk Yuk's http://www.yukyuks.com . I’ve managed to get to Yuk Yuk's a couple times this month with friends from work and we’ve all had a great time.
While Guelph is a great city and am loving living downtown, I am very surprised how different Kitchener seems. While maybe its because I don’t spend much time there but the downtown seems very different, a little less clean, little less safe and well for the most part really not like a downtown with a lot of great culture. Maybe some of my readers from the area have different opinions?