Nigel Petrie

So last weekend I got to take the Alta out on its first proper ride. In my last post I explained the benefits of this motorcycle and the excitement I had for EV technology. It fills the space between push bikes and motorcycles for me. I was excited to get out into my favorite riding […]

2019 has been a hell of a year and it’s only just begun! I have met some incredible people who have opened my eyes up to a lot of possibilities in my first few months of running ETS out of Deakin Universities Manufutures facility. A big part of what got me here was my love […]

It’s been a busy couple of months, since moving into my new space I have been adament not to waste any time during the setup phase. In the first two minutes that I laid eyes on this space I new what I wanted it to transform into and piece by piece its happening. The central […]

I was hoping that this job would be my first within the new shop but I was a little naive to think that that it was going to be setup so soon. Good things take time though and my vision for the new space is for it to stand alone without having to strip my […]

If I had to explain Australian car culture to you then I would probably save my breath and just send you to Canberra in Summer. Canberra is home to Summernats and Summernats is the home of Australian car culture. I packed the van and set sail for Canberra, staying overnight in Jugiong as I was […]

The clocks just about to hit midnight and the calendars rolling over into 2019, what a year 2018 has been and what a year I am about to have in 2019. If you have read these pages then you may have guessed that my mission has always been to stand on my own two feet […]

I’ll start this post off by explaining how good it feels to drive this machine. An electric mix of emotions and feelings. The MotorEx demos cemented that its a a really fun car to drive, when I stop worrying about the mechanics of it all and just have a good time it starts to feel […]

What a year it has been, if you scroll back through the posts of 2018 you will see a heap of progress over this year. I made a promise to myself this time last year to concentrate on driving, riding and improving apon my complete setup. I have driven all three race cars in some […]

You may remember a post titled Stacking cars a little while back when I built these car racks. Throughout my social channels the resounding most asked question has to be “How do I get them up there” or “How do I get them down” So when it came time to get the Hilux down from […]