SA Rotors Birthday Cruise- 2009

[Kusanagi]

Hey Matt, is Christian going to bring his FD?

A bit off topic here... IMO there's always dlckhe@ds amongst the bunch regardless of what car people drive, be it rotars or skylines, it's not a brand specific thing, hence the reason when out on the cruise I would always greet the owners first before looking at their cars.

Back to the topic... I think I will need to give my car a good rinse, anyone keen for a group car wash at the car wash bay the night before? I'm in the south around Hallett Cove area.

[RotaS4]

I'm looking forward to next year..

I'm not, i doubt my rotor situation will be any different in a year's time

[jesse_RE]

Back to the topic... I think I will need to give my car a good rinse, anyone keen for a group car wash at the car wash bay the night before? I'm in the south around Hallett Cove area. i'm keen, Reynella happy wash?

[capella re]

Sigh.. They have their own cruises. Let us have ours.

It's been said before, the odd Nissan can rock up and we can't stop them, but I don't think it's ideal to get a whole pile of wankers in skylines to tag along. Seriously.

Im going to totally back james up on this, not taking anything away from matts efforts to help out though. This is an sa rotors cruise for rotary enthusiasts. Just because you dont have a rotary doesn't mean you cant be an enthusiast though. Mattt has a 180 but has joined the site and taken the time to contribute to the site and offered to help, so thanks. But i think where james is coming from is due to nissan silvia.com being a nissan silvia enthusiasts site the chances of any rotary enthusiasts being on there and not knowing about this cruise are slim. I think all it will do is encourage people who want to have a shot at racing a rotary to come along and once invited it would be alot harder to say "you've overstayed your welcome so leave". The public perception would not discriminate piston versus rotary if hoon behaviour was to occur we would all get tarnished with the same brush. We can see turbo nissans on skylines australia cruises and nissan silvias on nissansilvia.com cruises. As james said "let us have ours"

I'll also take this opportunity to thank ryan and tally, and anyone else who has donated their time from their work or study to organise this, you guys are champs and i hope this goes off without a hitch to reward you guys so thanks :)

[jesse_RE]

Im going to totally back james up on this, not taking anything away from matts efforts to help out though. This is an sa rotors cruise for rotary enthusiasts. Just because you dont have a rotary doesn't mean you cant be an enthusiast though. Mattt has a 180 but has joined the site and taken the time to contribute to the site and offered to help, so thanks. But i think where james is coming from is due to nissan silvia.com being a nissan silvia enthusiasts site the chances of any rotary enthusiasts being on there and not knowing about this cruise are slim. I think all it will do is encourage people who want to have a shot at racing a rotary to come along and once invited it would be alot harder to say "you've overstayed your welcome so leave". The public perception would not discriminate piston versus rotary if hoon behaviour was to occur we would all get tarnished with the same brush. We can see turbo nissans on skylines australia cruises and nissan silvias on nissansilvia.com cruises. As james said "let us have ours"

I'll also take this opportunity to thank ryan and tally, and anyone else who has donated their time from their work or study to organise this, you guys are champs and i hope this goes off without a hitch to reward you guys so thanks :) Well put, i agree ^^^

[Kusanagi]

i'm keen, Reynella happy wash?

Cool! I was thinking about the car wash next to the Hungry Jack on Lonsdale Road directly opposite to the new Hallett Cove Shopping, I think they have about 4 or 5 wash bays there. If Reynella is full then we can come over to Hallett Cove, there can be line up of cars in the afternoon though.

I'm thinking either before 6pm or after 10pm.

[Kusanagi]

Well put, i agree ^^^

+2! well said Simon. :D :D

[OwnageFd]

guess what?!!...

some stupid chick crashed into me last night at a set of lights... fucked up my number plate, and rear bar...

so devo...still comin to the cruise but the 7 wont be in her prime...

[capella re]

guess what?!!...

some stupid chick crashed into me last night at a set of lights... fucked up my number plate, and rear bar...

so devo...still comin to the cruise but the 7 wont be in her prime...

your joking!!! f$%king tragic jesse. I for one will pretend i dont notice it for you. Of all the times to happen too. Feel for you bud.

[OwnageFd]

yeh its pretty demoralising ='(

guy in front of me stalled it when the light went green, so i waited for him to move, but the chick behind me just saw the green light and went for it...she had about 3 metres to build up speed and hit pretty hard...hopefully she hasnt warped my back guard..(ill get u guys to have a look on sunday) if she has then ill have to take out an insurance claim..hopefully i can scam a more sporty rear bar out of it =p

[Tally]

Simon, your more then welcome. Appreciate it a lot. Glad to help out SA rotors.

Jesse, not good at all, some people just don't know how to drive...

[vortex]

guess what?!!...

some stupid chick crashed into me last night at a set of lights... fucked up my number plate, and rear bar...

so devo...still comin to the cruise but the 7 wont be in her prime...
Sorry to hear that mate..

One of the guys on FDrx7.com is parting out his car at the moment if you need a bumper, but he's in Sydney..

[Kusanagi]

Aww... Jesse, damn, hope it's no major :( I think you prolly should take out the insurance mate, it's the other driver's fault, all bills will be ON her! this will teach her not to day dream while behind the wheel.

While you at it, may be do a metal wide body? hehe.

[yelloS2Rx7]

rear ended, bloody hell, I cant believe it mate!!!!!!!!!!!
If it makes u feel any better....
I went widebody because I had a drunken native collect the rear of my car,
I was traveling at 80kmh, he was doin approx 180kmh and was soo drunk he couldnt drive around me.....guess what he went walkabout never found him!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[OwnageFd]

If it makes u feel any better....


that does make me feel better =p cheers.

and yeh Ket, would take out insurance, but shes gonna pay for it all anyway...hopefully no structural damage...thats what im really afraid of..

Jesse.

[mUnky-matt]

that's no good man : ( at least you're still man enough to make the cruise : D

will be ready to gasp at the damage when i see you :P

[drewb]

Are Volvo's allowed.....LOL

[gotorx7]

Are Volvo's allowed.....LOL

Yours certainly is!!!

:)

[capella re]

2 days to go, perfect weather forcasted. A few guys i know are coming to the meet point on their harleys to check us out. can't frikkin wait!!!!!
BUMP IT UP!!!!

[Tally]

should be a killa day!!! cant wait either...

[OwnageFd]

hehe pumped is an understatement ;D

[rxgirl]

Well looks like Scott and I wont be attending unless we can get a lift, the rx3 doesnt have rego and neither of us can afford to put rego on it :(.
Anyone want to offer a lift for us??
Would be the only one i have ever missed if we dont go :(

[Mazda Represent]

im pumped.. im keen to head down for a scrub at reynella happy wash or hallet cove sat night...itd be after 10 tho

anyone else keen?

[vintage]

35 sunday its starting 2 get a bit hot !

[Kusanagi]

im pumped.. im keen to head down for a scrub at reynella happy wash or hallet cove sat night...itd be after 10 tho

anyone else keen?

I just had a look at my car, only a thin layer of dust, I may only need a duster, but the brake dust is pretty bad, so I might still head down to the hallet cove car wash just for the wheel may be after 10pm.

35 sunday its starting 2 get a bit hot !

It is hot, but me got aircond, no fear :P

[vortex]

It is hot, but me got aircond, no fear :P
I'm more worried about coolant temps ;) I couldn't care less about airconditioning :)

[holty]

I wish I still had my FC.. :(
Stupid woman crashed into me about 3 months ago.. I now have a r34..
I will try and come to the meet point to support the SA Rotors Crew!

:)

Oh and dont worry.. just make sure u have the new radiator in :D

[Kusanagi]

I'm more worried about coolant temps ;) I couldn't care less about airconditioning :)

I went out with Munky Matt and Jason 2 weeks ago in a 37c day fanging through the hills, coolant temp only peaked at 92c (normal driving in winter about 82c), so the 8 is pretty stable, turbo charged FD however is another story, just need to keep an eye on your Power FC reading may be.

[Tally]

yea today we are cleaning up the cars at the workshop and changing the starter motor on my cousins 1300.

Few people I know have pulled out cause they complain about it being too hot but wat can ya do...

should be a killa day none the less!!!!

prob wont be able to check back today so ill see you guys at the cruise!!!

Ill be drivin a aqua STB 1300 ;)

[Kotter31]

i wont make it at all anymore, the FD isnt ready but is so close, and i havent got the cosmo some SA rego yet

and i have a lunch meeting then a 2nd bday to go to

[capella re]

tell me "hi flo" isn't one of the cars that pulled out tally??

I couldn't care less about airconditioning :)

X2 james, don't really have a choice though!!

i wont make it at all anymore, the FD isnt ready but is so close, and i havent got the cosmo some SA rego yet

and i have a lunch meeting then a 2nd bday to go to

you gotta be spewin nic, hadn't seen you on here for a while, figured you were busting your a$$ to get your fd ready. Damn shame, i'm taking a camera so i'l make you a tape of it if you want??

[Tally]

nah but he was a bit worried its gonna be too hot.

He was like man I wanna do some thrashin... im like who thrashes their rotaz on cruises? hes like man thats what rota cruises are for lol hahahaha fair enough!

[Kotter31]

you gotta be spewin nic, hadn't seen you on here for a while, figured you were busting your a$$ to get your fd ready. Damn shame, i'm taking a camera so i'l make you a tape of it if you want??

yeh ive been doing 60hr weeks at work so havent had time to get on and when i do its normaly just to get on sports bet and earn some money

[vortex]

Just been fitting new radiator, finding puddles of oil in the intake so it might be game over for me :(

But i'll be there in the daily 100%..

[Luke]

finding puddles of oil in the intake

Sounds like oil injectors :(
What mine was doing.

[Kusanagi]

Oh... quite a few last minute pull, get a ride with someone or at least come in your daily for a catch up may be, perhaps we can have a sarotors "daily" cruise too.

[vortex]

Sounds like oil injectors :(
What mine was doing.
Paulie and the boys are thinking dead turbos.. Front feels OK so it could be the rear..

Either way, its a daily driver cruise for me now :)

[Luke]

Well looks like Scott and I wont be attending unless we can get a lift, the rx3 doesnt have rego and neither of us can afford to put rego on it :(.
Anyone want to offer a lift for us??
Would be the only one i have ever missed if we dont go :(

I was a bee's d**k away from regoing the S4 for the missus :( You two could have taken that instead LOL!
Damn it. I have to read posts more often :)

[vortex]

I was a bee's d**k away from regoing the S4 for the missus :( You two could have taken that instead LOL!
Damn it. I have to read posts more often :)
You can re-reg expired cars online still, no excuse luke :)

[drewb]

Hey James,
I've still got my S7 turbos mate, if you need, give me call mate!

[vintage]

what is the temp spose to be 2morrow iv herd 33,35,37 ?

[vortex]

http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDS10034.shtml

35c forecast for tomorrow.

[capella re]

Oh... quite a few last minute pull, get a ride with someone or at least come in your daily for a catch up may be, perhaps we can have a sarotors "daily" cruise too.

I'm tellin you guys, with the posters, word of mouth and threads on other sites this will still
be massive. Theres always going to be bailers and for those that think its too hot would think its too cold too windy too whatever so they wouldn't show up regardless.
And james thats devo bout your car, should live in a world of denial and pretend you didn't see it. Hope its not terminal and just a case of a blow by problem from a breather. Do you run a catch can? All factory breathers?
Spoke to a mate who's friend is the new owner of the fd rx7 "JET RX7" who said he'd be keen to show.
Went for a drive in mine this morning, definately a drivers car loves the gorge!
Yeah it's going to be hot but ryan would know that and seeing as he wants to head north or hills (?) we're unlikely to be sitting in regular traffic so overheating shouldn't be a problem unless your cooling system is screwed in which case if it was 30 degress you would be stuffed

as chop chop would say "HARDEN THE F$%K UP!!!"
http://www.ripitup.com.au/files/files/Chopper_MDH.jpg

[rxgirl]

I was a bee's d**k away from regoing the S4 for the missus :( You two could have taken that instead LOL!
Damn it. I have to read posts more often :)

You rego it, ill drive it :)
You have my number Luke ;) let me know matey

[rb25dt]

Wife and I are ready just finished given the old girl a oil change and giving her a wash in the morning

[FLEX]

Getting close now!!!

Done all the mechanical checks and preps for tomorow, just needs a wash first thing tomorow morning:)

[serious14_guy]

sorry guys, really have to study :(

[rxgirl]

was good to see so many peeps at the start point.
Is so hot today.
Hope the cruise went well, we went to the first BP then turned back, the rx3 was getting quite hot.
Cant wait to see all the pics

[gotorx7]

Some pics up at http://www.sarotors.org/forum/album/events/index.php?sfpg=QmlydGhkYXkgQ3J1aXNlcy8yMDAwMjAwOS8 qKioqKmRjN2E0ZWQyYjA1N2I2N2YwMTcwNjY4ZDUzMTZmNzhh

Would love to have any pics you took, please PM me to organise getting them to me or uploading them!

[[ANG_RE]]

Some pics up at http://www.sarotors.org/forum/album/events/index.php?sfpg=QmlydGhkYXkgQ3J1aXNlcy8yMDAwMjAwOS8 qKioqKmRjN2E0ZWQyYjA1N2I2N2YwMTcwNjY4ZDUzMTZmNzhh

Would love to have any pics you took, please PM me to organise getting them to me or uploading them!

I got fair few pics, will sort through them some time and send you a PM Dave.

[RUN011]

Was a good meet up, heaps of cars, its been so long since I have seen so many rotas in one spot. Def have to get my 7 built by next years cruise...

Got a heap of pics that ill post up soon....

would have liked to cruise further but RKE was cooking by mcintyre rd so we had to turn back, oh well theres always next year...

[fc86]

went for a look couldnt bring the rotor :( standouts were def the 1300 wags black with simmons mmmmmmmm and the red fd with cage and vs kfs

cosmo looks nice and the volvo was differnt :)

and capella re lets swapppppppppppppp

[capella re]

and capella re lets swapppppppppppppp

What were you driving? should of approached me (unless you did?) So many people to meet, was an excellent day. Glad everyone made the effort to come out. We came down from southgate with the southsiders, that was the best part I reckon, lot of tough rotors in the south i tell you.
Heres a couple of pics to tide you over till some creates a proper album. I got like 2 cameras with memory cards full of pics and videos including at the end when ryan aka flex put on a one man show that was well worth going the last check point nothing suss here, but i wish he warned me so i could of had the camera ready earlier!!!
My car ran faultless all day which was good news as i hadn't used it very much and didn't know how it would run. Ran the heater to drop temps a bit on the way to truro but more as a preventative measure rather than a requirement and from east to south to blanchtown then back south i did it all on 3/4 of a tank WTF. i was sure my guage was stuck. Had one problem of a split booster hose so lost brakes at thebarton but that was it. Seeing all the old school rotors made me want to paint mine though, something special about the older rotors.
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_6galpzg6SxU/SvaLUtdU_mI/AAAAAAAAANY/Y6_QXgfr5yA/s800/S6300831.jpg

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_6galpzg6SxU/SvaOX063xOI/AAAAAAAAAOQ/viEYWyvREmw/s800/S6300822.jpg

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_6galpzg6SxU/SvaOBTIvhjI/AAAAAAAAAN0/ibg1p0PNcKU/s800/S6300814.jpg

[gotorx7]

Anyone that has pictures they'd like saved for posterity..

S.A.Rotors Forums - View Single Post - SA Rotors Birthday Cruise

[Tally]

Was a great meet up!!! we got there around 10:15 and there was people ther lol talk baout keen hahaha

My group didn't wanna go up north as they are southies and it was too hot for there cars so had to respect them and I ended up not going on the actual cruise. ended up going opposite direction to boomer beach , pt elliot/victor harbor to cool off:P

I took a shit load of pics (233), sadly its gonna take me way to long to upload (av 17MB each pic :S) and I got no time atm. But when I do ill uplaod em, got some killa shots of everyones cars!

Was a great meet, had a few people such as Ale (SMA 100) compliment me for my efforts so I felt good.

Ryan was nice to meet ya, good job on the cruise route!

For those that I didnt meet, I was the guy with the beard and the camera hahahaha

Was definatly in the rotor spirit, but was just a bit to hot.

Alot of nice cars showed up which was so great to see!!!!

heres to next years!!!

EDIT: and favorite car was daves r100

[OwnageFd]

Good fun!

Loved the 'brap brap' of the rx4's, 3's, etc. best sound! =p

[gotorx7]

Resize the pics to 800x600, zip them up, and I'll give you an ftp droppoint to upload them to..

Was a great meet up!!! we got there around 10:15 and there was people ther lol talk baout keen hahaha

My group didn't wanna go up north as they are southies and it was too hot for there cars so had to respect them and I ended up not going on the actual cruise. ended up going opposite direction to boomer beach , pt elliot/victor harbor to cool off:P

I took a shit load of pics (233), sadly its gonna take me way to long to upload (av 17MB each pic :S) and I got no time atm. But when I do ill uplaod em, got some killa shots of everyones cars!

Was a great meet, had a few people such as Ale (SMA 100) compliment me for my efforts so I felt good.

Ryan was nice to meet ya, good job on the cruise route!

For those that I didnt meet, I was the guy with the beard and the camera hahahaha

Was definatly in the rotor spirit, but was just a bit to hot.

Alot of nice cars showed up which was so great to see!!!!

heres to next years!!!

EDIT: and favorite car was daves r100

[rxfc3s]

hey all,
well my day got interesting as soon as we got near freeling..... my car cut out when i was doing about 100km/h... couldnt get it started as no power was getting to my autronic computer for some reason...anyways long story short i ended up slapping my ecu a few times and it was getting power again and the car started and ran...badly.
im pretty sure the motor leaned out when it cut out when i was boosting it.... cars got no power at all and barely idles....was able to limp it home though.
so yeah when i get a chance i'll do the basic checks coilpacks leads etc then comp test it.
im still in good spirits about it, i've been waiting for the motor to let go as i knew it was low (but even) on comp....too bad it let go like this and not from just wearing out. would've been pissed if it was a built motor though.
gonna get the autronic sent off and checked as well, sounds like it might have a dry solder or something.
ahh the joys of owning a rotor lol

Andrew

[norwood8]

devvo i couldn't come today, the panel i need hasn't arrived yet and didn't want to rock up in the 7 with dodgy colours lol. I'd been planning to come for agesss, hope you all had an awesome day!!

[fc86]

What were you driving? should of approached me (unless you did?) So many people to meet, was an excellent day. Glad everyone made the effort to come out. We came down from southgate with the southsiders, that was the best part I reckon, lot of tough rotors in the south i tell you.
Heres a couple of pics to tide you over till some creates a proper album. I got like 2 cameras with memory cards full of pics and videos including at the end when ryan aka flex put on a one man show that was well worth going the last check point nothing suss here, but i wish he warned me so i could of had the camera ready earlier!!!
My car ran faultless all day which was good news as i hadn't used it very much and didn't know how it would run. Ran the heater to drop temps a bit on the way to truro but more as a preventative measure rather than a requirement and from east to south to blanchtown then back south i did it all on 3/4 of a tank WTF. i was sure my guage was stuck. Had one problem of a split booster hose so lost brakes at thebarton but that was it. Seeing all the old school rotors made me want to paint mine though, something special about the older rotors.
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_6galpzg6SxU/SvaLUtdU_mI/AAAAAAAAANY/Y6_QXgfr5yA/s800/S6300831.jpg

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_6galpzg6SxU/SvaOX063xOI/AAAAAAAAAOQ/viEYWyvREmw/s800/S6300822.jpg

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_6galpzg6SxU/SvaOBTIvhjI/AAAAAAAAAN0/ibg1p0PNcKU/s800/S6300814.jpg


wasant driving got the missus to... stayed for about 10 min and both times no1 was around ur car otherwise i would of

let me know buddy if u still got my number im sure we can work sumthin out

[Kusanagi]

Great turn out! so many rotars spread around the car park, I didn't know where to start looking lol!! I tried to get to know as many as you folks but it was too many people so ended up just walking around.

I went home after the Kapunda stop as I had a call of duty, I had the aircond on the whole time, luckily no overheating issue at all, air intake temp was as high as 55c under the bonnet but coolant temp was only 88c!!! looks like I prolly need CAI as engine feels a bit lazy.

...We came down from southgate with the southsiders, that was the best part I reckon, lot of tough rotors in the south i tell you.


Thought you live in the north?

[Mazda Represent]

haha had a fun day

loose battery terminals at southgate (cheers for the push start lads hahaha)

over heated before we even got to ingle farm

went on anyway and was cooked just after i got past gawler so i pulled over to cool it down
(cheers to everyone that stopped)

limped it back to gawler... rear main seal + another seal somehwere on the side of the motor went.. leaked all the oil out

hahahah

bloody piston motors

[jesse_RE]

had a great day, me and a few other cars left after kapunda and headed back south again, car ran nicely for most of the day until we got back into traffic and the plugs started to foul up. good to meet you guys and to put faces to user names. got some good footage of ale's R100 burning off some excess fuel coming into kapunda :cool:

[OwnageFd]

had a great day, me and a few other cars left after kapunda and headed back south again,

Yeh that group was good fun =p

If u guys saw me turn back just after we left Yadunda its because my left head light cover blew off once again...Biggest cosmetic problem with the Fd is these lights, when ur under boost they just snap off...

lol but apart from that, mad day! =D

[FLEX]

Glad everyone had a good day, it was a shame it was soo bloody hot.

My car ran pefectly all day in the heat, just lacked a bit of power due to the heat.

I dont mind putting on a show when its on a private road, prob best to keep that footage to yourself ;)

[capella re]

I dont mind putting on a show when its on a private road, prob best to keep that footage to yourself ;)

i saw nothing!!!!

[Hyperdrive3d]

awsome day guys, pitty it wasnt as big as some of the previous years tho...

[redrx]

Good day despite the heat!

The second stage was fun. Shame more cars didn't make it to the finish though.

Ended up continuing on after including some fun on a road outside Sedan :)

[FLEX]

Good day despite the heat!

The second stage was fun. Shame more cars didn't make it to the finish though.

Ended up continuing on after including some fun on a road outside Sedan :)

second half was def a better drive. The plan was for everyone to regroup at Kapunda then all continue on, would of been much more enjoyable.

[capella re]

second half was def a better drive. The plan was for everyone to regroup at Kapunda then all continue on, would of been much more enjoyable.

second leg was good, i had a mate behind me and sammy b behind him. Was an rx2 behind sammy b (pella maybe with cory in it) was fun annoying the sheep in the paddock on the way.
Think a few people need to go home and have a look at the cooling system theyre running in their car cas it resembles this guy
http://pix.motivatedphotos.com/2009/8/27/633869846301888620-GayBasketball-t2.jpg
no good having 3000kwatw if you cant drive in a straight line at 100kmph without blowing your motor up let alone if you had to sit in traffic (not trying to offend anyone but its true) and yes i know i have about 100hp 3 of which im sure died in truro!!

Oh and i must add, met jeese re/ mazda represent at southgate and rolled with them and about 10 others including two bridgeport turbos and mark in his sv6 ve turbo to ingle farm and that and theyre champs, not afraid to talk which is good, managed to see under ryans bonnet again too with the new turbo and hes a top bloke too. Same goes for tony in the the orage rx4 (sure that was his name) and andrew and ket and anyone else i spoke too everyone was real friendly.

[RotaS4]

Congratulations to Ryan for organising the Birthday Cruise.

Such a shame to hear so many people that were "pumped" for this cruise decided to wuss out before it was even finished though.

[yelloS2Rx7]

awesome turnout
well done Ryan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
standing outside the pub at first stop, was thinkin all I havent seen was an Rx5
then a tuff one rolled thru, sounded sweet!!!!
then a nice 626 coupe too
killer black S1 12A Rx4 sedan
some nice cars, heat really sucked
you had to be on the cruz in a rotor to appreciate how stinkin hot it was......

[ale]

got some good footage of ale's R100 burning off some excess fuel coming into kapunda :cool:

cool, email me the vid when you get a chance?
Ive never seen it on vid, just heard about it a handfull of times.

Had a good day, even tho it was pretty hot.

Thanx to all the people who helped organize it.;)

[jesse_RE]

cool, email me the vid when you get a chance?
Ive never seen it on vid, just heard about it a handfull of times.

Had a good day, even tho it was pretty hot.

Thanx to all the people who helped organize it.;) no worries, its a bit of a shaky film because of the zoom but still looks good, i was driving the black FC behind you guys.

[ale]

Thats cool man, still be good to see it. Il pm ya my email addy.

Your FC is very nice too, looks super neat and very mean in black.

[Kusanagi]

... heat really sucked
you had to be on the cruz in a rotor to appreciate how stinkin hot it was......

Lol... think about some people pay good money torturing themselves in the sauna, we can have that for free while looking so cool in the rotar :D While I was having aircond full blast in my face I could still feel the intense heat coming off the gear tunnel, and the heat haze coming off the bonnet...

I was right outside the pub too, didn't know which one were you lol, else I would have said hello, nevermind, next time.

[capella re]

For this very reason that hardly any of us recognised each other, we should go for a drive saturday or sunday lunch to a pub / restaurant and have a counter meal few drinks and give us a chance to meet each other. We go up old belair road, upper sturt road towards mt lofty over the freeway bridge, head towards hahndorf and find a spot up there. That way south boys can go back the way we came, east and north side can go back down the freeway. We can book in advance get some tables put together organise what we want to eat (me i like schnitzel chips salad and a cold coopers) and we can talk cars after a sweet hills drive up there. Just an idea, easier to talk while eating and drinking rather than in a car park waiting to leave somewhere. Just a thought for the future.

[rxgirl]

great idea about having a countery :)
i was there with a camera :)
Just need the car going :(

[capella re]

it would be good because it wouldn't matter so much about having your car ready just bring your daily, just more of a meet and a chat about how everyones projects are going

[Kusanagi]

For this very reason that hardly any of us recognised each other, we should go for a drive saturday or sunday lunch to a pub / restaurant and have a counter meal few drinks and give us a chance to meet each other. We go up old belair road, upper sturt road towards mt lofty over the freeway bridge, head towards hahndorf and find a spot up there. That way south boys can go back the way we came, east and north side can go back down the freeway. We can book in advance get some tables put together organise what we want to eat (me i like schnitzel chips salad and a cold coopers) and we can talk cars after a sweet hills drive up there. Just an idea, easier to talk while eating and drinking rather than in a car park waiting to leave somewhere. Just a thought for the future.

I guess I'm the easiest to recognise, I could vaguely remember your face until someone pointed you out for me.

What you suggest is a good idea, I have done this with other group and it was great, it's more about gathering than just cruise, also shorter but more frequent cruises would work for some people too.

[vortex]

I'm down for pub lunch, always :D

[capella re]

alright well we'll let ourselves recover from the birthday cruise for a while, then start a thread on a lunchen. Could even organise it if you don't wanna cruise just meet at the pub in your daily and the people who really like to drive can meet at like brownhill creek reserve and make their way up or something. People can bring pics and stats on their shed build ups if theyre not on the road yet and just hang out for a couple of hours. Love it!!!

[jesse_RE]

For this very reason that hardly any of us recognised each other, we should go for a drive saturday or sunday lunch to a pub / restaurant and have a counter meal few drinks and give us a chance to meet each other. We go up old belair road, upper sturt road towards mt lofty over the freeway bridge, head towards hahndorf and find a spot up there. That way south boys can go back the way we came, east and north side can go back down the freeway. We can book in advance get some tables put together organise what we want to eat (me i like schnitzel chips salad and a cold coopers) and we can talk cars after a sweet hills drive up there. Just an idea, easier to talk while eating and drinking rather than in a car park waiting to leave somewhere. Just a thought for the future. Grumpy's brewhaus is always good. wicked pizzas and home brewed beers and a good hills location.

[vortex]

Grumpy's brewhaus is always good. wicked pizzas and home brewed beers and a good hills location.
Like the sound of that :)

[OwnageFd]

sounds good, im goin to America next monday, but if its scheduled after the 11th of Dec. im down =p

[mUnky-matt]

very keen for an SAR meet-up : D

I was late to the birthday meet point and had to go immediately to the cruise... was not a fan of the fact that it was heading out past Kapunda (where i turned back with a friend) but it was great to see some nice braps driving : D

pity I killed my big end bearings on the same day :(

[[ANG_RE]]

i'd be keen for a meet up. The longer its left the more of the chances of my car being ready. If not the commonwhore will do.

[rxgirl]

I think we should wait until christmas is over and done with first as a lot of people will have christmas stuff to do and have a tea and great in the new year.
Could even organise a little drive maybe to lobethal to see the lights as well.

[FLEX]

ill attend for sure!

prob be in the daily tho

[jesse_RE]

very keen for an SAR meet-up : D

I was late to the birthday meet point and had to go immediately to the cruise... was not a fan of the fact that it was heading out past Kapunda (where i turned back with a friend) but it was great to see some nice braps driving : D

pity I killed my big end bearings on the same day :( hmm i think the problem there is that is has pistons. yep thats it. :datsunfail: sorry mate, couldnt help myself only joking around. hope you get it sorted.

[yelloS2Rx7]

yeah, great Idea Simon!!!
theres heaps of nice pubs and roads scattered thru the hills
could swap from up NErd, chain of ponds, gumeracha, lobethal
to greenihill rd, freeway, aldgate, nairne, hahndorf, littleahampton
to belair rd
and marion rd extensions thru Clarendon, to Strath/MtCompass/Macclesfield etc
heaps of cut thrus back and forth for northies and southies and
AWESOME ROADS EVERYWHERE!!!!!!
theres even boring roads for slackers too!!!!
after feb 11 my beast will start menacing the tarmac.....
anyone wanna meet up on sunday of CLASSIC ADELAIDE
straight up marion rd, chandlers hill rd i think,
where u turn right to go to clarendon, theres a christmas tree farm
if u go straight and dont turn right u just park on the side of the road
and climb the fence down, great little s bend
deck chairs and beers its perfect!!!!

[vortex]

anyone wanna meet up on sunday of CLASSIC ADELAIDE
straight up marion rd, chandlers hill rd i think,
where u turn right to go to clarendon, theres a christmas tree farm
if u go straight and dont turn right u just park on the side of the road
and climb the fence down, great little s bend
deck chairs and beers its perfect!!!!

Mate that sounds like the go :) Map it up on Google maps and post it :)

[capella re]

anyone wanna meet up on sunday of CLASSIC ADELAIDE
straight up marion rd, chandlers hill rd i think,
where u turn right to go to clarendon, theres a christmas tree farm
if u go straight and dont turn right u just park on the side of the road
and climb the fence down, great little s bend
deck chairs and beers its perfect!!!!

That road your talking about is bar none one of the best. We learnt to drive on it. As ryan would say we had a "spirited drive" up there with an unknown guy with a fj20 turbo in a datsun 1600. Stopped seeing him in the rear veiw wondered why went back and he had locked it up and hit straight into a tree. His mrs wasn't wearing a seatbelt so she had a glass sandwich, absolute stupidity at the least. Do as james said, start a new thread, on it post the map and dates and get those deck chairs ready peeps.

[yelloS2Rx7]

had a bloke do that tryin to keep up with me in his paseo??????
nasty crash, some ppl dont understand hills driving!!!!!
the old road from Clarendon up to the christmas tree farm is drift perfection!!!!!
double blind LH hairpins to open RH ones mmmmmmmmmmmmm
yeah okay ill post it up!!!!!!!!!!!!

[jesse_RE]

:rapide:yeah main rd is a hektik road. i often drive it after work on the way home even though its slightly out of the way

[Mazda Represent]

if anyone has any footage from the bday cruise can i get a copy of it?

kenman@internode.on.net

keen to see some more pics as well seeing as i didnt get too far along the cruise

cheeeeeeeers

[Madaz13b]

yep, ill add to the request for a video from the day. i was there to begin with at ingle farm, but had to leave a bit early to get to work (yes i had a doctors appointment that morning *cough*)

so any vids please send to me at brap_attack@hotmail.com

cheers!

[Dazz808]

i wouldnt mind havin a look too only went to first meet. dazz808@hotmail.com cheers

[Hyperdrive3d]

yep, ill add to the request for a video from the day. i was there to begin with at ingle farm, but had to leave a bit early to get to work (yes i had a doctors appointment that morning *cough*)

so any vids please send to me at brap_attack@hotmail.com

cheers!


I have in-car video from the day but its like 1GB worth so too big to send via email.

[Madaz13b]

Ahhh kk. well if needs be catch up somewhere and trade a DVD *dodgy aint it* :P

[vortex]

Was the date changed? I thought it was on the 28th? I've been fishing all weekend.
Those posts were in 2009 and Jan 2010 :)

[Luke]

Yup. Cheers Vortex.

First post and thread title altered accordingly. :)


This thread is for the 2009 Bday cruise! Click here for the current thread!