Eetu Kokkonen
bensalenkkari.bsky.social
Eetu Kokkonen
@bensalenkkari.bsky.social
Automotive journalist based in Finland. Working mostly with new cars, and enjoying shitboxes in freetime. 27 yo.

- Volvo V70 D5 AWD 2009
- Mitsubishi Pajero TDIC 1989
- Under work: Xantia, W115 and Fiat 850.

Shitbox-content on Instagram @makeitgarage
Took my summer car number 2 (306 GTI) to my fathers place and took my summer car number 1 (Pajero) to drive.

Unfortunately caravan will stand still at least two weeks, because I couldn't get driving test for BE-license before mid july.

#weirdcarbs
June 27, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Last weekend was one of the best I've had. We participated on Press Rally in Lithuania. Got the whole rallying-experience with normal car and without license: lot of time penalties, communicating with codriver and lot of laughs. And also my Peugeot survived whole 3000 km roadtrip+rally!
#weirdcarbs
June 4, 2025 at 6:17 PM
We set out looking for a AWD diesel MPV to replace our V70, but this one came our way through an auction. Ride’s a bit rougher than in estates, looks not quite our taste but hey, the whole family fits!

Also, manual XC90 is really rare in Finland and autos are not that reliable.

#weirdcarbs
April 6, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Let's see if I remembered to shitpost weekly. This is my first ever #TooGoodToScrap post. I'll post cars that I would buy if I had the money, time, and space away from my current projects. Maybe someone else could save these instead of me.
March 19, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Yes, I gladly call the 2000 Škoda Octavia RS a classic. I know it’s still a "daily driver" to many, even modern to some, but that doesn't exclude it from classic status. It was great to test a car I once dreamed of when I got my license. I never bought one back then, but someday I will.

#carbs
March 14, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Finally reaching the stage where I can have my kid do the work for me. Looks like they've got the photography part down—now if they could just learn to write quickly, I could lounge around for days.

#CarBS #FatherBS
February 28, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Just one of the couple of hundred cars our family had during my childhood. This one stuck with me in particular—I thought it was insanely cool when my dad got this Calibra in a trade. It reminded me of KITT, but it looked even better. (1/2)

#weirdcarbs
February 25, 2025 at 7:45 AM
This is where all the madness started in 1997, when I was brought home from maternity ward in this stunning diesel-Sierra.

My car-career started from the top!

#weirdcarbs
February 1, 2025 at 7:57 PM
It was great to take a friend for car shopping. Everything was spot on: amazing color, beautiful body, T5, manual, and a refurbished interior.

Financially, fixing up these '90s cars with 300,000–500,000 km on the clock makes no sense. But then again, hobbies rarely do.

#carbluesky
January 31, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Back in Bluesky, almost forgot the whole app!

Meanwhile got 1 more car (S16) to my fleet. This picture is taken few weeks ago when I headed to last press trip of this year to drive some BMW M5's.

#weirdcarbs #peugeot306s16
November 16, 2024 at 8:38 PM
Decided to get better photographer this year. Well it is not starting well, probably should practice rollers more often.

#weirdcarbs #weirdcarbluesky #weirdcartwitter #car #cars #photography #carphotography #w124 #s124 #mercedesbenz
January 10, 2024 at 6:38 PM
Not so bad year at all. Got barn find Pajero for 200 euros, and now it serves as my daily driver when I dont have test cars.

Yesterday got S124 250D which is our new long termer. Could use to dailying with these.

#weirdcarbs #weirdcartwitter #weirdcarbluesky #cars #car #s124 #w124 #pajero #diesel
December 30, 2023 at 11:34 AM
Cleaning day. Have to prepare Pajero for next week, if my next week's test car (Honda E:Ny1) really is that bad as I've heard.

#weirdcarbs #weirdcartwitter
November 19, 2023 at 2:32 PM
Bought 4x4 Yeti with my friend to fix it and sell with some profits. I've been driving it few times, and have to say that I thought I would like it more. It has plenty of room, has enough ground clearance etc, but feels sloppy to drive. Does not feel as much Golf as i Expected.
October 24, 2023 at 4:13 PM
Asked 2 weeks without new test cars from my job to daily with my Pajero for a while. Got to love it, every drive in smaller gravel roads feels like small adventure. Best 200 euros I have used in my life.

Next to upgrade: lights, stereo and some storage for hunting gear.
October 22, 2023 at 3:25 PM
Reskeet with how people would know if you suddenly became rich.
October 21, 2023 at 5:19 AM
Few weeks ago my friend called me "could you help me with some quick rust-fixes tonight?". Unfortunately I said yes. Fortunately he brought lot of "Jaloviina" with him.

#shitbox #shitboxlife #cars #audi
October 18, 2023 at 5:31 PM