Those who have read this blog for a while will know that I have an addiction to burgers. I’ve been on a relentless hunt to find the perfect burger for years now, and it was all because of this: In’N'Out’s double double with onion.

And after three years of sampling burgers wherever I went, I can say that none surpass those from In’N'Out.

Everything is made fresh when the order is placed (apparently they don’t use refrigerators either). I was giddy with excitement while waiting for my order.

This is making me crave one right now!

Seriously LOL’d when I saw this.

Waiting for our ride.

Happy Laps.

Chanege.

This will be the last post on Canada. A couple days before I flew out, Rod took Will and I to a cool model shop called Wilkinson’s Automobilia. If you like cars, then you could easily drop a small fortune here.

Amazingly intact.

Think I was born in the year this RX-7 raced.

Left: check out the detail on this Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari. I must buy this. Right: Pretty sure I had both of these Hot Wheels when I was young… except I chewed their wheels off.

Community gardens are not a new concept, but seeing one right in the middle of downtown Vancouver came as a surprise.

Obviously community gardens can only work if people contribute rather than just take. This garden was thriving.

Sadly I’m no expert when it comes to plants. I think this is beetroot. Or maybe rhubarb. What I do know is that it’s red with green leaves.

Zucchini flowers (I think).

Being a Blackberry user, I picked up the new Torch while I was in Los Angeles (along with one for Zi from JDM Yard). For those who are interested in importing one, I can confirm that once unlocked from AT&T it works fine in Australia (to unlock it you will need a code, which you can get from numerous sites once you provide the phone’s IMEI number).

Here’s a comparison of the Torch with the Bold 9700 (Onyx). The most notable feature of the Torch is that it offers a touchscreen while retaining the track pad and physical keyboard; the first time Blackberry has done so. And so far, I’ve found it works like a charm (the extra row of buttons on the touchscreen is fantastic). The keyboard is thinner than the 9700 but it’s nice to use. The only downside is the lip around the slider, which makes it quite difficult to press ALT + Z.

When it comes to Blackberrys, its last remaining advantage is speed. You see, us Blackberry addicts aren’t naive; we know that iPhones and Androids are more advanced and offer apps that make BBs look prehistoric. But we put up with Blackberry’s flaws because there isn’t anything else out there that is quicker to punch out an email, SMS or BBM.

Unfortunately, this is what lets the Torch down. It has a surprising number of software glitches, and Zi and I have found it to be quite laggy compared to the 9700. It’s incredibly frustrating when you’ve become accustomed to punching out an email and replying to an SMS in quick succession, only to find the Torch struggling to keep up. We’re hoping that the pending software updates rectify this, else I may be jumping over to Android sooner than I thought.

Here’s my coverage of Auto Salon Melbourne 2010. I returned back to Sydney late last night - I only spent three days in Melbourne - and I’m still buzzing at how enjoyable the event was (and I’m not being biased). I was really impressed with the diversity of the styles that Melbourne’s scene encompasses. Mixing it up with the usual show cars was a massive presence of hardcore streeters along with drift, grip and drag cars. The venue was packed with crowds, so I took all of my car pics when the show was closed to the public.

Here’s a photo of Queen St’s new BMW drag car during the Friday night bump-in.

Half show car, half drag car. For their new BMW, Queen St have gone to town by gold-plating nearly half of the car.

Check out that engine bay. Like their old drag car, Queen St are using a Mazda quad-rotor which they’ve stated will produce 2000hp+.

Chair fit for a king. Notice the carbon fibre tubs in the background.

Queen St incorporated exposed carbon into their graphics.

Possibly the world’s fastest taxi? This salt-lake racer produces over 1600hp.

Nicely done S14 wearing a BN Sports wide-body kit.

Amuse-kitted S2000.

Here’s another by Jetspeed. The weird positive camber is because this S2000 is on a turntable.

370Z vs 350Z.

Twin black R35s. Allen’s GT-R spat out metre-long flames on the dyno.

Vinyl-wrapped GT-R.

This DC5 pumped out 160kW+ at the wheels.

Nat’s Integra was shipped down from Sydney, and reset the Auto Salon FWD NA record with a 197kW run.

Perfect ride height.

Some of the Japanese cars on show.

Benny’s 180SX produced 500.9kW at the wheels on the Mainline Dyno.

Which would you choose?

Charge Speed wide-body STi with Volk TE37SLs.

Demon camber on this Odyssey.

Without doubt this was one of my favourite cars at Auto Salon Melbourne.

This S13 ticked all of the right boxes.

Spot welds on the front strut towers and tubs.

This was the car that won King of Auto Salon: Mark’s ‘SUBLIME’ S15 that he’s been building for ages.

Powered by a Mazda 20B. Bring on Auto Salon Gold Coast in a few weeks!