Epinions Recent Reviews for herjazz

The Ultimate Street Tire, or The Almost-Race Tire: Falken Azenis Sport

Wed, 29 Jan 2003 22:27:43 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author herjazz - Wow, it's been almost a year since my last Epinions review... I've been busy racing my car and working on them, and in that time, I discovered a little secret called Falken Azenis tires. These are possibly the stickiest street tires for your price that...

Burton Cruzer: an excellent beginner's snowboard.

Wed, 20 Feb 2002 18:07:17 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author herjazz - Seeing how Epinions is so slow in updating their site with new products, and considering that some products (e.g. ski/snowboard products) change yearly, I see that the Cruzer board pictured here is not the current 2001-2002 season model. Nevertheless,...

Want the thrill of risking your life in the rain? Toyota Corolla is the answer.

Tue, 15 Jan 2002 13:09:16 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author herjazz - Maybe there was a "This vehicle should not be driven in the rain" warning sticker on the car, but I sure couldn't find it. I found that out by accident while driving this thing. And let me tell you, it was a scary experience...

Perhaps if...

Maxtor DiamondMax Plus Drives: Quiet and Fast, Works with Macs

Mon, 7 Jan 2002 16:36:53 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author herjazz - The DiamondMax Plus line of hard drives from Maxtor represents a great value, offering fast, reliable drives at a reasonable price. This line of drives consists of 7200rpm drives, whereas their "DiamondMax" (without the "Plus") consists of 5400rpm...

Toyota's Mid-Engined, Rear-wheel drive, 2-seater (MR2)

Fri, 21 Dec 2001 18:53:15 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author herjazz - Wow, this little car changes everything! I didn't think the Japanese knew how to build a fun little car until I got my '86 MR2. What an unusual car, from Toyota of all people: A Mid-Engined, Rear-Wheel drive, 2 seater (most say...

A must for any serious autocrosser: Kumho V700 Victoracer tires

Mon, 17 Dec 2001 13:59:58 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author herjazz - I just started getting into the sport of autocrossing this year after I bought my 2001 BMW 325Ci and wanted to test out the limits of the car in a safe environment for relatively cheap (motorsport is quite expensive, as you know). After about 3 events...

Balancing Performance and Comfort, at a Hefty Price: Michelin Pilot HX

Tue, 4 Sep 2001 12:34:59 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author herjazz - A set of 225/45/WR17 Michelin Pilot HX MXM came with my new 2001 BMW 325Ci, and it is a high performance tire that is also categorized as a "grand touring" tire.

First of all, a performance tire like the Pilot HX is a summer tire and you will...

Crucial Technology Online Store: No need to look elsewhere when ordering RAM online: Crucial.com

Fri, 10 Aug 2001 11:27:35 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author herjazz - The problem with buying commodities, such as RAM, is that factors such as brand name and where you buy it isn't supposed to be very important at all since a RAM module is a RAM module. So you're just supposed to get the the ones that are the cheapest...

For now, the best Window Cleaner with no contaminants.

Thu, 12 Jul 2001 16:45:12 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author herjazz - Ah, window cleaning...my favorite pastime, it seems, as I'm constantly trying new products and gadgets to keep them as clean and safe for driving as possible. Cleaning windows is no small task, and neither is selecting the right product to use. I'm...

There IS a way to protect vinyl/rubber without silicone oils and grease!

Thu, 12 Jul 2001 16:11:24 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author herjazz - This little bottle of Vinyl and Rubber Dressing is fairly versatile in that you can use it on your car interior, on the rubber weatherstripping, as well on your tire sidewalls. It is not a cleaner, so you will first need to clean the surface to be...

Brake dust, be gone!

Thu, 12 Jul 2001 15:44:05 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author herjazz - As an owner of a car that produces enough brake dust to cover the entire wheels with its brown/black powder within a week's worth of driving, I need a way to quickly and effectively clean my wheels. (You see, BMW really stands for Brake dust,...

BMW 740i vs. Mercedes S500: Not as BMW as I thought it would be.

Thu, 14 Jun 2001 01:39:02 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author herjazz - Normally, I wouldn't be driving around in an $80,000 car like the BMW 740i, but today I had the chance to drive one as part of BMW's "Ultimate Drive for the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation" program (also drove the Z3 Coupe 3.0i; see my other...

Z3 Coupe 3.0i -- It's what's inside that counts. A race car in disguise...

Wed, 13 Jun 2001 21:07:53 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author herjazz - BMW Z3 Coupe 3.0i, 5-Speed Manual

The Z3 Coupe is the car I used to love to hate. Its side profile and rear views are ugly as sin, due to the awkward-looking rear section that doesn't quite look like a hatchback and doesn't quite look...

Satisfy your gadget fetish at all costs... [Jornada 548 (32MB) Pocket PC]

Fri, 8 Jun 2001 16:18:20 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author herjazz - For the longest time, I tried to stay away from the whole Palm/Handheld PC trend, simply because I never had a need for one: I don't work at a job where I have appointments and meetings daily, I don't have that many business contacts to keep track of,...

TurboTax makes tax-filing painless, but I can still ask for the sky?

Tue, 6 Mar 2001 17:28:05 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author herjazz - I've been using Intuit's TurboTax every year since 1997, mostly because government forms and their long, cryptic instructions scare me more than the line at the DMV. Don't you just love our efficient and friendly government? God Bless America! :-/...

Acura CL Ain't Got No Soul: It's just a Luxury Car with 2 Doors.

Mon, 5 Mar 2001 21:17:55 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author herjazz - The Acura 3.2 CL Type S (CL-S for short) is the kind of car that needs to be driven and compared, so make sure that after reading all about the CL-S here on Epinions, you go to your Acura dealer and actually drive one. This is because the car is awesome...

I've always wanted a really greasy car interior... (Armor All)

Mon, 26 Feb 2001 23:30:57 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author herjazz - Unless you really want your car interior to be greasy like the walls on your local Chinese Take-Out kitchen, I'd recommend passing on the Armor All.

Interior

It makes all your interior plastic very very slippery and greasy, and...

Long Island, NY Cable Modem Service (Optimum Online): Speed and Reliability, despite incompetent parent company

Fri, 23 Feb 2001 18:39:56 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author herjazz - From DSL to Cable...

If you read my story about my nightmare with Telocity DSL, you know that I moved to a new neighborhood where the exact opposite scenario exists: no DSL, but Cable Modem is available. Again, no choice but to go with cable...

The Computer World's Smurfette: Apple PowerMac G3

Fri, 23 Feb 2001 18:08:25 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author herjazz - The PowerMac G3 comes in 3 processor speeds: the Motorola 350, 400, and 450MHz PowerPC chip. But if you're a smart computer shopper, you know not to merely compare and look at MHz, because that is not the end-all-be-all indicator of a computer's speed...

Rainer Maria = male-female vocal tag team w/brilliant lyrics

Fri, 26 Jan 2001 18:26:29 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author herjazz - I had the pleasure of seeing Rainer Maria play while I was in Oakland/San Francisco, and was initially blown away by the urgency and non-stop boy-girl tag-team vocals of Caithlin De Marrais and Kyle Fisher. This was not your typical emo punkrock band;...

1984 Regal: When Buick made turbocharged rear-wheel drives..

Thu, 28 Dec 2000 16:55:21 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author herjazz - 1984 Buick Regal with 4.1L V6 engine, rear-wheel drive, metallic light brown/gold color with cloth interior, 4-door sedan, paid ~$15,000 in 1984 (not adjusted for inflation): that was my car.

Related Trims/Models (GM's G-Body:...

NetZero: NetZero doesn't support Macintosh + They cancel your account

Wed, 27 Dec 2000 17:32:44 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author herjazz - Ah, yet another Macintosh perspective from herjazz:

I'm lucky enough to have had DSL and Cable Modem access where I live, but as a backup, I always have a couple of free ISP programs handy on my Macintosh. With the "dot-bomb"...

Toyota = Quality? The Tercel surely doesn't live up to it.

Wed, 27 Dec 2000 14:18:42 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author herjazz - Call me a dissenter, call me a sore thumb, but I've never associated quality and reliability with Japanese cars. Fuel economy and low price? Yes; Reliability? Maybe; But quality? Never. Perhaps every single one that I've driven or been driven in have...

Etymotic ER4S "earplug" will have you immersed in music!

Wed, 27 Dec 2000 01:35:01 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author herjazz - If I told you that I spent almost $300 on some earphones, you'd probably call me crazy. Many people do, so you're not alone. But those people don't understand why I walk around with a silly grin every time I listen to music with these Etymotic ER4S...

SL-SX460: Road-tested, Audiophile-approved.

Tue, 26 Dec 2000 19:29:39 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author herjazz - Audiophiles consider the SL-SX460 is one of the best-sounding, sonically accurate portable CD players for a great price, especially paired with high-quality headphones or earphones. But what about the rest of us whose ears aren't used to $15,000 home...