Sydney Motor Show

[hanz blix]

Just Interested To See How Many People Will Be Atteding Our National Motorchow

[Blue Supra]

would love to but have other commitments damit!

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[fpv_gtho]

Im gunna be going, dont think i'll be making it for the first weekend though as i'll be glued to Bathurst

[Colty]

I shall be going

[Mustang]

well i dont think that i could get there unfortunately buti would like to go :)

[The Tuner]

if i cud get a ride id def luv to go...anybody goin from the middle east?
:D

any1?

[fpv_gtho]

Well your only going to be missing out on the Maserati MC12, Joss Supercar, Jag RD-6, Ferrari 612 Scaglietti........so its not like its important or anything....not to mention this mystery FPV and Torana concept

[fpv_gtho]

Theyre going to be showing a Torana Concept with a twin turbo Alloytec, made on a modified Kappa platform, not the Commodore. The mystery FPV is, well i dunno. FPV have a silhouette on their site, and are claiming performance motoring is going to change forever. Well the Typhoon is already out of the bag, and the Mk2 GT is just a minor upgrade, especially compared to VZ, so its nothing special. I suggested on FAF.com that the reasoning for them bringing a GT over would be to showcase an FPV concept with the GT's supercharged engine, and some prick had a laugh at me....

[2ndclasscitizen]

the torana concept would be awesome, especially if they make a version with the alloytec190

what is the mystery fpv concept though?

[IBrake4Rainbows]

I'm on my way there.

[fpv_gtho]

the torana concept would be awesome, especially if they make a version with the alloytec190

what is the mystery fpv concept though?


Expect something around 275kw/470nm...

[Blue Supra]

thats alot of grunt...

new torana aye? i havent heard anything about this... can someone give me a link to some info on it?

[fpv_gtho]

I saw something on GoAuto the other day about it, but theyve taken the article off or something....well only a couple of days to wait now..:p

[Blue Supra]

true...

thanks anyways

[Shev GTR XU-1]

http://carsguide.news.com.au/aims/story/0,9467,10939646-28977,00.html

Link for new torana.

I was heading up to bathurst for the weekend (I'm from melbourne), and have decided ever since I read about the torana concept 2-3 weeks ago on goauto, that we will slide across to sydney one night to see it.

Looking forward to it, not only for the torana, but for the VZ HSVs, and some FPV's as mentioned above. Sounds like this all might knock the socks of the local auto world for a while

[whiteballz]

well, can i steal a lift off anyone? then maybe, but other wise i doubt it.:(

when exactly is it?

[Spastik_Roach]

i'm excited about this FPV Concept! I thought it could be a FPV Territory until I saw the Silhouette. Looks to me like its shaped like a coupe? Who knows! Maybe a Monaro rival at last, like the old XB GT Coupes..

[holdens]

im going.... my best friends brother (Ian Dyk) u might have seen him on tv. will be there with his formula 3 car

[fpv_gtho]

i'm excited about this FPV Concept! I thought it could be a FPV Territory until I saw the Silhouette. Looks to me like its shaped like a coupe? Who knows! Maybe a Monaro rival at last, like the old XB GT Coupes..


A coupe would always be nice, but even the Monaro wouldnt succeed without exports and the current Falcon's already past the half way point so the business case would make absolutely no sence. I cant really see any difference in the body to be honest, ive seen alot of people get confused about the rear spoiler though..

[Blue Supra]

A coupe would be an interesting addition... maybe it a concept for the next gen falcon?

[Colty]

The spoiler is not the same as the current spoilers, UNLESS the silhouette in on an angle so it gives the illusion the spoiler looks different :o

2 MORE DAYS!!!! ~=D

[Blue Supra]

Maybe its just a new spoiler:p

[IBrake4Rainbows]

Maybe it's a Focus F6 or something.

I'm really looking foward to going, i'll see if i can get some ace pictures for you guys, you can make sure that i'll be scamming every brochure i can......

[whiteballz]

well i sugested to my dad (also a car freak) that we head up there sometime, and he said yes! so it looks like i will be going! ! !

i will take the camera (6mp one) but i dont think i will have them that large, maybe 1mp to cram heaps of photos in!

oh im excited! maybe IB4R and i will catch up somewhere!

[Blue Supra]

is it just on this weekend? or is it on for 2? cause i wood go the weekend after:( i have commitements this weekend i cant bail on.

[fpv_gtho]

A coupe would be an interesting addition... maybe it a concept for the next gen falcon?


well the all new model is slated for 2008, so providing Ford's still got its drip feed campaign, theyve either got ALOT of stuff to show between now and then, or its not a couple unfortunately....



The spoiler is not the same as the current spoilers, UNLESS the silhouette in on an angle so it gives the illusion the spoiler looks different

2 MORE DAYS!!!! ~=D

Yeah, its on an angle...on the Homepage you can see the silhouette in the middle (it flicks between than and the page for the Typhoon) and the rear spoiler still has the GT's and F6's 3 piers...



Maybe it's a Focus F6 or something.

I'm really looking foward to going, i'll see if i can get some ace pictures for you guys, you can make sure that i'll be scamming every brochure i can......

Theres been alot of rumours for an FPV Focus since Ford Oz couldnt secure any of the RS's before they sold out, and could be something to get an ARC entry ready.....cause it'll be a 4 cylinder though, maybe it'll be called F4....:confused:



is it just on this weekend? or is it on for 2? cause i wood go the weekend after i have commitements this weekend i cant bail on.

Its on 7-17th, i may get lucky and go on the first day, but otherwise i'll be going either on the 16th or 17th which'll be the 2nd weekend

[fpv_gtho]

http://carsguide.news.com.au/news/story_page/0,8269,10937437%255E21822,00.html

Australia sees its fastest factory car ever
02oct04

It has a top speed of 395km/h and launches from 0-100km/h in 3.2 seconds.

This is said to be the fastest production car ever to be shown in the country and in just under a week it will be unveiled at the Australian International Motor Show.
It is the Swedish Koenigsegg CCR supercar, the brainchild of Christian Von Koenigsegg.

Under the bonnet lurks a 4.7-litre V8 that produces a massive 600kW of power and 920Nm of torque. The chassis and body have been made entirely of laminated carbon fibre and epoxy composite, the Koenigsegg weighing in just on 1180kg. Koenigsegg's international head of sales, Patrik Nilsson will unveil the $1.25 million car next Thursday. Despite its hefty tag, Nilsson says the car has generated a lot of interest.

"We've had a lot of interest in Australia -- it's been overwhelming, to say the least," he says.

"The sort of people who are interested in the Koenigsegg are super-performing car enthusiasts who want something unique, which reflects their own uniqueness."






Other super car show attractions are the Maserati MC12, Ford GT, Porsche Carrera GT, Ferrari 612 Scaglietti, Pagani Zonda and Joss Supercar. The Koenigsegg uses a layer of Formula 1 style honeycomb spacing moulded into the body to achieve the best crash worthiness.

This is the first road car ever to have such technology. The car's beautiful shape was designed to minimise drag and the scissor-style doors and removable roof panel add to the wind-in-the-hair experience. It also features an oil-spray system to cool the pistons, a six-speed sequential transaxle gearbox and a titanium exhaust system.

The KACS (Koenigsegg Advanced Control System) allows the driver to adjust road-holding, suspension, aerodynamics and braking to suit their preferences. The show opens to the public from 5pm on October 7 and runs for the next 10 days.

The Daily Telegraph

[Blue Supra]

mmmm, i may go up the 2nd weekend then... anyone need a lift?:)

[SlickHolden]

I'll need to wait till it rolls out in melbourne :D

[danno]

i will be there on friday, and i will be taking a whole heap of pics for you all :)

[SlickHolden]

:D:D:D:Dcooooooool

[fpv_gtho]

I'll need to wait till it rolls out in melbourne :D

By that time, you probably couldve walked up though :p

[fpv_gtho]

mmmm, i may go up the 2nd weekend then... anyone need a lift?:)

At this rate, your might as well organise to meet up with anyone going :p

[Blue Supra]

yea but looks like everyones going on the 1st weekend, im gunna go (if at all) on the 2nd.:(

[fpv_gtho]

well im going on the 2nd weekend, but im trying to get someone else to go with me....
I dont know when IB4R, whiteballz and Colty were planning to go

[Colty]

Tommorow it starts ~=DF-

[FastFalcon]

The torana could be similar so the SSX or completly different, But expect a production version about 2006-2008 would be cool. Also I wonder weather its just a GT-HO concept fpv will be showing, there. Lets hope it is.

[FastFalcon]

They have three cars over one million .-swidish car. -Masa and Zonda at the same show will be awsome

[danno]

from the shillouette (crap thats a hard word to spell) it looks like hte mystery FPV is a falcon to me :(

maybe they are doing a HSV HRT 427 with the falcon :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

[fpv_gtho]

They have three cars over one million .-swidish car. -Masa and Zonda at the same show will be awsome

Watch out for all the security guards that'll be around the joint, i reckon it'll be bad enough without that trio

[SlickHolden]

By the time the motor show comes to melbourne they will have something to show here they always do save something else to unvail:)

[ELGT]

not going im in brisbane im just watching the live stream now Ford are on at 10:45 :)
go to the website here
http://www.australianmotorshow.com/
the nissan xtrail is showing now (quite boring) :(

[danno]

not going im in brisbane im just watching the live stream now Ford are on at 10:45 :)
go to the website here
http://www.australianmotorshow.com/
the nissan xtrail is showing now (quite boring) :(

stupid webcast wont work on this computer :mad: tell me what the new ford mystery model is please.

[ELGT]

not sure yet, maybe tomorrow they will unveil it, looks to me though that it is the GTHO but i could be wrong ;)

[danno]

ford hasnt made an interesting show car like holden/hsv for ages :( its about time they did something special.

[IBrake4Rainbows]

The webcast for Ford just finished, there was no real mystery car, they only revealed the Fiesta ST and the F6 Typhoon, and announced the F6 Tornado (Ute).

Oh, and they brought a GT in. Really cool looking.

Maybe tommorrow, but unlikely.

[danno]

damm it. i hate ford at motor shows :(

[danno]

lamborghini??

they are there right?? they better be there!!! i was just liooking at the webcast and it didnt have lamborghini in the schedule :mad: :mad: :mad:

[IBrake4Rainbows]

Perhaps they are in one of the specialist motor-imports.

THERE PLAYING GUY SEBASTIAN AT THE MAZDA STAND, KILL THEM!

[danno]

AAARGH@@!!! I HAD TO LISTEN TO THAT STUPID CRAPPY MUSIC :mad: :mad: :mad:

but the rx8 concept looked pretty nice.

[IBrake4Rainbows]

Ricey, but nice.

[SlickHolden]

The holden tarana concept is the VE that is what we will see in VE you can see VZ but that will be what we see in VE.
Funny how that looks like SSX, I think they done a great job on that car it's nice, Pass on the white intiria please:D and give me a man color:D
But i really like it it looks nice i could deal with commodores in 3 years time looking like that nice shape not to out there it's good:)

[fpv_gtho]

That interior's a bit of an eyesore with the colour they picked, but overall it looks pretty good. you gotta remember though that its apparently based on Kappa, not Zeta

[SlickHolden]

But it took holden to make something they made look good:D
And also it was never ment for anything other then a 4cyl:D
that's a challange to holden They can make anything when they try:)
Beat when GM seen holden made a TurboV6 for it they were thinking WTF!! How you do that lol:D

[fpv_gtho]

They probably knew all along...how else would Holden have gotten their hand on a Kappa architecture....word has it its loosely based on it rather than 100$ Kappa, which could explain the TTV6 fitting in

[SlickHolden]

Another holden mod job :D

[Mattrix]

Man, i'm trying to find images on the web of the gorgeous ethnic girl standing next to the Joss Supercar at the show. I went today for a small period of time (got free tickets through 2UE, so went with workmates, I work in Newcastle), got shots of the car but not of the girl, now i'm kicking myself :eek:
anyone got any? tempted to go back (and pay for another ticket) just to get her photo :D
sorry, slightly off topic but can't find too many forums online talking about the show...

Matt

[danno]

Man, i'm trying to find images on the web of the gorgeous ethnic girl standing next to the Joss Supercar at the show. I went today for a small period of time (got free tickets through 2UE, so went with workmates, I work in Newcastle), got shots of the car but not of the girl, now i'm kicking myself :eek:
anyone got any? tempted to go back (and pay for another ticket) just to get her photo :D
sorry, slightly off topic but can't find too many forums online talking about the show...

Matt

lol!!! there wasnt any chicks anywhere near the joss when i went (apart from the koenigsegg ones)

[Blue Supra]

"Do you come with the car?"
"heeheehee oh you!"
......
"Do you come with the car?"
"heeheehee oh you!"

LOL:D

[whiteballz]

Who Is Heading Up On Saturday?

[fpv_gtho]

I should be, but im only an hour away on the train :p

[Mattrix]

looks like i'll probably be heading back to the show on saturday, my brother's driving to sydney (for something unrelated) and my housemate wants to go to the show so I figured "any excuse will do!". Besides, the first time i went i was "on assignment" since the company i work for does work for Lexus and we were checking out the new GS as well as scoping out the competition.
will get photos of her this time, and post them up if you're lucky :D

oh, and apparently the keonigsegg chicks were pretty fine. so i'm told. what time were you there danno? hope she's there on saturday...

Matt

[Colty]

The people at koenigsegg were all guys when i went :o

[fpv_gtho]

thats never good :p

[Cyco]

On friday night there was 2 guys from the dealership and a girl (from Koenigsegg), on monday night there was 2 guys from the dealership, 1 guy from Koenigsegg, 1 girl from Koenigsegg and 2 girls skanking around.

Patrik from Koenigsegg is extemely pleasant to deal with and nothing is to much trouble, including the fact my seated head hight is several cms above the roof line.

Will update from tomorrow night when I will hopfully have a camera with me (rather than just being in the background of hundreds of other peoples photo's).

[Blue Supra]

ie day after tomoz? i may be... can you buy a ticket at the door? how much is it?

[whiteballz]

adults: $16.50
children (up to 16) $10.50
senior (no age mention) $10.50
family 2 adults 3 children $39.50

tickets CAN be purchased at the door with cash, mastercard or visa.

ticket booths are located in the foyer areas of halls 2 and 4 at the sydney convention and exhibition center. entry to the show is through doors of hall 1 and 5 while VIP entry is via hall 3.

all the info you need?

opens from 9 AM to 10 PM on saturday, sunday its 9 till 7

[fpv_gtho]

i got stuck paying adult prices :(

[SlickHolden]

Got any pensioners prices ???:D pls

[fpv_gtho]

consession's about kids prices i think, maybe a bit more or less

[Blue Supra]

lol, stuff it, its over $50 in petters then over 20 in parkin then another 20 to get in plus lunch and stuff

would cost over 100 bucks just for a day
nah i think ill stay here:)

[fpv_gtho]

im lucky, the train stations just a walk down the streetand i know my way around sydney :p at least along george street that is

[Blue Supra]

well i dont think the motor show once a year makes up for how crappy sydney is otherwise, Canberra is the shizny!

[SlickHolden]

I won't eat out i cook to good:D And my food is cheaper then bloofy takeaway lol:D
When the Motor show is here i'll just drive to doglands park, Grab a tram down to the ex Centre or walk from the train:D

[fpv_gtho]

well i dont think the motor show once a year makes up for how crappy sydney is otherwise, Canberra is the shizny!

oh yeah, well slick will never admit it given his location in his profile, but they rated sydney as the best city to visit :p

[Blue Supra]

to VISIT not to LIVE in...

theres a big differnce;)

[SlickHolden]

That's only cause the Yanks Think the capital of this country is Sydney:D

[Blue Supra]

stupid yanks...
need i say more?:D

[fpv_gtho]

to VISIT not to LIVE in...

theres a big differnce;)


well i dont LIVE in Sydney........i like 70km WEST of Sydney :p

[Colty]

I dont know what Canberra has got going for it :p

[danno]

well i dont think the motor show once a year makes up for how crappy sydney is otherwise, Canberra is the shizny!

i love living in sydney. its awesome.

tell me, what does canberra have going for it? :D

[fpv_gtho]

apart from those idiots in government to laugh at :p

its a good place to own a house though, something like no sales tax for the first year or something, i heard it on the TV the other night, all to do with it being a territory and not a state

[Colty]

Well it seems ACT have a better premier, or can theyre be a premier or a territory?

[fpv_gtho]

ive never heard of a premier in ACT or NT but i thought the only difference in their government was 2 senators compared to our 6

[Blue Supra]

We have a "Chief Minister" we're actually having our local elections atm, ACT is best coz its got 80kph - 100kph zones out the wazoo (meaning theres heaps of em) few speed cameras, few traffic cops, lots of roundabouts (can be good, can be bad) low taxes, no smog, cheaper housing, great night life (highest ratio of nightclubs to population in Aus) We;re having an international standard dragway built... it just keeps gettin better an better!

[fpv_gtho]

hmmm...maybe i'll move there :p

treat those roundabouts like chicanes :p

[Blue Supra]

Theyre great for when its been raining too, get sideways for 270o of a 360o roundabout is pretty fun, especially when theyre only 250 metres then theres another one:D

[fpv_gtho]

well if youve got enough power, who needs the rain :p

[Blue Supra]

i dont have enough power...:(
and it saves my tyres:)

[fpv_gtho]

well i suppose that 2L and 5speed couldnt come soon enough then :p or was it a 1.6L :confused:

[Blue Supra]

was going to be a 2L and 5 speed goin in, but at 2k for just the engine in...
wasnt worth it so i went off the idea and now i may be buyin a RX7 tomorrow:D

[fpv_gtho]

ooo....prety nice...

only thing is, rotaries dont really have the low down torque to spin the wheels through a roundabout, unless of course you plan on doing it with 6k rpm on the engine, which could be a handful tryig to juggle car control, revs and a clear state of mind :p

[Blue Supra]

its easily doable, iv been having to do since i started driving, i kick it back into 2nd hold it at max rpm while i slide, pump the throttle to keep em up and then slide out and away, easier then it sounds after enough practice...

this is the turbo model too
ive got 200 ponies to play with as oposed to less then 100 atm:)

[fpv_gtho]

well experience is priceless....:p

the turbo model could prove a bit of a handful, but probably in a "fun" way :p. driving along, under boost, pop a powerslide, just for it to do barely anything, then the power comes on and WHAM your sideways :p

[Blue Supra]

im goin to go soft on it for 3 months or so, its big step up so i wanna get used to it b4 i try anything "dangerous" and considering its 5.5k for comp insurance...

im only getn 3rd party prop..

[fpv_gtho]

thats always a good thing to do, at least get to drive the car before its bent around a telegraph pole, which is the last place you want to see a turbo RX-7

[Blue Supra]

zactly, 2 more hours....

[fpv_gtho]

my older brother used to have a friend who was really into VL's. He had this silver one that he was inlove with or something, but that ended up around a pole when he went over an oil patch one night

[Blue Supra]

how inconvenient, i hate hearing that kinda thing, its not really your fault but the insurance people arnt goin to see it that way, who pays? you do!:mad:

[fpv_gtho]

well i think it was in the wet as well.....you'd think normally you could get away with driving over an oil patch on a fairly straight bit of road in the wet.....i guess he just got unlucky

[SlickHolden]

I had my sisters VL calais running down the road at about 170Kph, On my nephews 18th, Short road to:D Down the end it gets bumpy, It was a little more settled then i expected:eek:. Bloody thing got up and wen't great, And it's got a injector that is leaking, Which will be fixed soon:)

[danno]

you better only be doing that on the freeway, or when your absoloutely sure theres nobody around, because if one thing goes wrong at that speed, anyone could end up getting killed.

[fpv_gtho]

oh but losing your license by getting caught at those speeds isnt a worry :p

[SlickHolden]

My sisters street, It is a drag strip, There are more black tyre marks on that street then any street in the country by far, No kids no people walk onto this road, Even the cats drag you serious, That was the first time i done it on that street, Cause we have been onto the cops about the cars that turn at the corner and burn rubber for 3min, One guy drove down the road got to the end couldn't pull up, Blown the front tyre, And wen't into someone's front fence ran from the seen, So we don't know if it was stolen or he just paniked?
But as for the cops they don't go down back streets they sit on main roads,
Over here, One night i could hear this car screaming big V8 sound wheelies and then nothing, I turned to my mum and said that car just smashed, She laughed at him, I said get your shoes on lets look, Yep he wen't straight into a pole, The pole was about half way into the bonnet, It was a 1 tonne HQ ute, Then a car comes around the corner a AU falcon we think it's the cops, No, It was the dick that just smashed the ute into the pole, And he was pissed, Cops came and took him, this was 2001 And my mum and i were just walking on that road 15min earlyer we back then did a late night walk:eek:

[Pulsar Turbo]

No way i'nm not going i went last year i and i bet you there are going to have simlar cars that's why i go every 2 years. :)

[fpv_gtho]

my street was a bit like that a couple of years back before they put a set of lights near it that started putting more traffic on it, and now theres the bus route on it. the sad thing though is just 50m away from my house is a primary school

and pulsar, be prepared to see the CCR, MC12, C12S, RD-6, GT, GTSR, Torana and many other cars that were shown there as they wont bring them back twice without good reason

[Blue Supra]

thats gotta be annoying, with the bells and stuff, i went out to Hume last night where theres about a 1.5kay straight, middle of an industrial area no traffic, got the datto to 150 before i had to start braking, i can see why its a common drag area, its easily wide enough for 4 cars, not that iv ever participated or anything, id getmy arse handed to me...

[fpv_gtho]

its really only the mornig bells i notice whenever im home, but im out the door everymorning at 8 and back just before 4 so i miss most of the fuss.....my mum really hates all the idiots parking out the front though, but she doesnt drive me to school anymore so its not such an issue now

well i suppose if you end up getting that RX-7 things could change a bit :p

[Blue Supra]

i dunno what its top speed is... but i intend to find out:)

[whiteballz]

lol, well put blueie.

oh, and thanks for the advice yesterday or whenever it was. helped alot, but the thing its its gotten worse. :( i really suck at this.

[SlickHolden]

I see heaps of supras here with body kits low to the ground big fat exhaust tips, Look great from front and rear but they only have what looks like 16" on them:eek:

[fpv_gtho]

well the best way to find top speed is to find out yourself :p the manufacturers probably claim about 10km/h more than what you can squeeze out on the road

[SlickHolden]

What is the top speed on a 79 VB Commodore :D What you think :D

[fpv_gtho]

hmmm.....160? i know a VN will do about 200

[SlickHolden]

I did 145 ? comming off the freeway, going up a hill, Only cause a guy in a HSV Maloo R8 was being a prick to me:D

[Colty]

Anyone dragging on the streets should be shot, now that sydney has a drag strip theres no excuse to drag on the street.

Anyway I know an RX-7 SP2 can reach 275km/h on Conrod straight at bathurst, maybe thatll help you? ;)

[fpv_gtho]

some people just like the rush they get from speeding somewhere that its mostly out of control

[Colty]

Its called a race track :)

[Blue Supra]

theres a dragway being built here, but it wont be finished for 18 months 2 years... :( until then thers some good empty straights around,..

[Colty]

well if ur state is anything like NSW itll probably take Five years+, it takes decades to build roads here, only exception is the new M7 yet Elizabeth Dr, OMG soo long

[fpv_gtho]

Its called a race track :)


well theres a million and one solutions to racing on the street, but i dont fell people "must" always go to a track or strip to do things illegal

[SlickHolden]

Anyone dragging on the streets should be shot, now that sydney has a drag strip theres no excuse to drag on the street.

Anyway I know an RX-7 SP2 can reach 275km/h on Conrod straight at bathurst, maybe thatll help you? ;)
Side by side dragging on a public street is differnt, To someone just sticking the boot into it. For me the only 4 times i have been over the speed limit has been,
1. My nephews party My sisters VL Calais she was drunk she wanted to do wheelies and wouldn't get out of the car, So i said to her move over i'll do a couple make you happy but your not driven, So tryed to do one bloody thing wouldn't do it great brakes, So i gunned it up the road about 170Kph came back stuck the car away.
2. Once in my old gemini my bro and i were testing it out cause it's got fule problems, Got it to 140Kph in second miss fired and splutterd it's arse off.
3. HSV on the freeway was cutting in and out of traffic like a king dick, Cut me off so i speed up next to him and the look on his face was priceless:D About 140-145Kph
4. This was the worst. My sister was having a baby and she started to have problems bleeding, Ambo came for her and needed to rush her to hosp, Only problem was my nephew and neice were there he was 8 and she was 2.
And they were in weeribee, And we were in St-Albans thats a 50Min drive away, And they were taking her straight away, And the kids were going to be on there own, And she only has my mum my brother and i. And brother was in jail and it was only mum and i so we hit the gass and the nitro went blast, Got there in 18Min I dont know speeds was to scared to look :( I did some bad things on that night like go through red lights not at 100Kph i slowed looked and went, Guess we were lucky it was 3am. When my sister had her first child she almost died of the same thing, My mum was telling me to go faster you know mums they will do anything humanly possabile for there kids when there in need like that.

Other then that i'm a limit sitter never go over more then 5kph. But i do love that push you in the seat feeling it's great, Get my car i might head down the calder park for a night:D

[Blue Supra]

Anyone dragging on the streets should be shot, now that sydney has a drag strip theres no excuse to drag on the street.

Anyway I know an RX-7 SP2 can reach 275km/h on Conrod straight at bathurst, maybe thatll help you? ;)

i doubt a 88 FC turbo will make even 200kph, if it makes 190 ill be happy...

[Blue Supra]

well if ur state is anything like NSW itll probably take Five years+, it takes decades to build roads here, only exception is the new M7 yet Elizabeth Dr, OMG soo long

ACT is better, no local council to argue with, our state government IS our local government, thus why we have the BEST roads in the country:) better not take that long... ill be pissed as if it does!

[IBrake4Rainbows]

I disagree a bit on the road front. yes, the roads are alright when it comes to surfacing, but because everything is so spread out in Canberra (the Territory is the city basically. To travel from my friends place in Belconnen to my place in Tuggeranong took me nearly 45 minutes to do) with vast expanses of nothing in between the sattelite cities, it's no wonder the roads have to be good. I will say one thing; I like the policy about learners allowed to travel at the speed limit, rather than be limited to 80 Kp/h......

[Blue Supra]

Damn right about the learners, i loved overtaking NSW L platers when i was learning, was funny as, second time i ever drove i got RBTd so funny. yeh queanbo is closer then belco, but still the reason our roads are good is as you said, but also cause of the absence of a middle man (local council) funding comes directly from the govt to road maintenence coffers.

[IBrake4Rainbows]

.....and onto the lazy council workers.

they changed the lightbulbs in my street 5 times already this year. obviously they don't have too much to do......

[fpv_gtho]

thats a bit stupid the 80km/h rule.....5 years ago you could just think how many P platers on their first day just planted it on the freeway first chance they get, now they get the 90 and 100 limit but theyre by themselves in the car so whats really stopping them....

[Blue Supra]

my mate Joel, he lives over the border, anyways hes got that stupid restricted to 90kph thingy, when i egged him on once he went to 140kph in his sigma 3 speed auto:eek: and the semis were still overtakin us!!!
other then that he always sticks to 90kph:S

[SlickHolden]

When i went on some test drives for my L's, I was told to get to the speed limit not like a granny not like a Hoon but just get there and don't go over, But main thing was sit on the limit, Get into less trouble that way,

[Blue Supra]

thats the hardest part, speed control... goin up or down a hill when you're a new driver and trying to stay on 60 on a steep descent can be a bloody difficult challenge! I did 3 logbook lessons and then went nah im not payin for these went and did test and got license that way, but speed control in a 94 celica (driving instructors car) was hard a for a young bloke like me:D

[SlickHolden]

My nephew is just starting out, And he finds it hard to sit on a speed, He revs up and slows down and revs up and slows down, He is killing my sisters neck:)

[Blue Supra]

lol, i stil do that... when im angry anyways, oh
thats a new tip of the day i think!

[danno]

staying on the speed limit isnt THAT hard. you just gotta make gentle adjustments all the time.

[Blue Supra]

mmm true, but when youre worked up (as i frequently am, i hve anger probs:o) its impossible... i at least go to the most deserted road i can find and just let loose my datsuns fury!!!:D

[Colty]

Side by side dragging on a public street is differnt, To someone just sticking the boot into it. For me the only 4 times i have been over the speed limit has been,
1. My nephews party My sisters VL Calais she was drunk she wanted to do wheelies and wouldn't get out of the car, So i said to her move over i'll do a couple make you happy but your not driven, So tryed to do one bloody thing wouldn't do it great brakes, So i gunned it up the road about 170Kph came back stuck the car away.
2. Once in my old gemini my bro and i were testing it out cause it's got fule problems, Got it to 140Kph in second miss fired and splutterd it's arse off.
3. HSV on the freeway was cutting in and out of traffic like a king dick, Cut me off so i speed up next to him and the look on his face was priceless:D About 140-145Kph
4. This was the worst. My sister was having a baby and she started to have problems bleeding, Ambo came for her and needed to rush her to hosp, Only problem was my nephew and neice were there he was 8 and she was 2.
And they were in weeribee, And we were in St-Albans thats a 50Min drive away, And they were taking her straight away, And the kids were going to be on there own, And she only has my mum my brother and i. And brother was in jail and it was only mum and i so we hit the gass and the nitro went blast, Got there in 18Min I dont know speeds was to scared to look :( I did some bad things on that night like go through red lights not at 100Kph i slowed looked and went, Guess we were lucky it was 3am. When my sister had her first child she almost died of the same thing, My mum was telling me to go faster you know mums they will do anything humanly possabile for there kids when there in need like that.

Other then that i'm a limit sitter never go over more then 5kph. But i do love that push you in the seat feeling it's great, Get my car i might head down the calder park for a night:D

Theres nothing wrong with sticking the boot into it, sumtimes you just like to "blow out the cobwebs" :p


well theres a million and one solutions to racing on the street, but i dont fell people "must" always go to a track or strip to do things illegal

That would depend on what illegal things u mean

[fpv_gtho]

staying on the speed limit isnt THAT hard. you just gotta make gentle adjustments all the time.

i usually just sit like 1-2km/h under the limit, when im 5 under i give it a bit more, when i hit the limit i'll let it slip but if it goes over i'll just back off a nudge.....its the little hills that are the problem, but theres this one big hill near my dads that really gives me the shits in his landcruiser. going up i'll try and keep giving it more but it wont stay at the limit, then just as the road flattens out, its as if all that extra acceleration that never worked all of a sudden comes on so i gotta jump off the accelerator a bit :p

[Colty]

OMG IM RINGING THE COPS ON ALL OF YOU!!!! lol :P

[fpv_gtho]

thats great ya damn snitch :p

[danno]

i usually just sit like 1-2km/h under the limit, when im 5 under i give it a bit more, when i hit the limit i'll let it slip but if it goes over i'll just back off a nudge.....its the little hills that are the problem, but theres this one big hill near my dads that really gives me the shits in his landcruiser. going up i'll try and keep giving it more but it wont stay at the limit, then just as the road flattens out, its as if all that extra acceleration that never worked all of a sudden comes on so i gotta jump off the accelerator a bit :p

yeah hills are pretty crap, but its easy to anticipate when you need to lift of the throttle a bit. when i go down hills i usually start accellerating near the bottom, and then just let it go up the other side by itself for a bit. generally drift about 5-10kph over, but never more than that.

also, with long straight 50 zones (stupid government) i sometimes dont look at the speedo, and drift up to 60-65, and suddenly have to slow down :D

[SlickHolden]

I have a little street here, Thats only 300meters long ?
Anyway come around the corner it's 40 school zone, Then 200 meters up the road its 50Kph then a roundabout :eek: 40Kph feels like the engine just died its that slow:)

[fpv_gtho]

yeah hills are pretty crap, but its easy to anticipate when you need to lift of the throttle a bit. when i go down hills i usually start accellerating near the bottom, and then just let it go up the other side by itself for a bit. generally drift about 5-10kph over, but never more than that.

also, with long straight 50 zones (stupid government) i sometimes dont look at the speedo, and drift up to 60-65, and suddenly have to slow down :D

well they reckon by lowering all the speed limits its "supposed" to save lives of the kids running around like idiots on the street, despite all the cars getting safer as far as braking and ABS go.....maybe if most of the drivers out there on the road actually knew ABS doesnt make the braking distances smaller, it makes it safer to swerve out of the way

[Blue Supra]

mmmm. my car doesnt have ABS... 40 zones i obey as a rule.

[fpv_gtho]

that reminds me of another problem with ABS cars....the drivers dont always push the brake pedal right in when they need to stop quickly, apparently the sensors work so that if theres medium effort put and the brakes lock up, it wont do anything unless its near full pressure put on the brakes...

[Colty]

In america they raised the speed limit and there actually less deaths when it happened, probably because when ur traveling at a higher speed u are more awake so ur me alert so u can drive better, like serzly, 100km/h does get deadly boring after a while

[fpv_gtho]

yeah but alot of Americans still dont wear seat belts....

[whiteballz]

good pun :(

but anyways!

anyone interested in full media pics of the 2003 and 2004 sydney international motor show?

perks of my dads job, getting about 2 cd's worth!!! of media style shots!

all cars :( bastards. but im the one who has them now! not you guys :P

[Colty]

Well it still reduced the death toll

[Blue Supra]

Thats like the autobahn in germany, strangely few deaths there:o

[fpv_gtho]

they actually pay attention to the facts though......theres countless stories of the Oz government producing fake figures to justify their stupid speeding campaigns.....as Colty said, around 100km/h for a couple of hours gets boring, if your allowed to drive at an ungoverned speed, logic says you wont go faster than you can handle, and if you on the edge, your more alert

[Blue Supra]

for sure, i wont go faster then i can handle, thats like you said, common sense. 150kph on the straight, pffft easy, 150kph on a windy piece of highway, errrr no thanks...:)

[fpv_gtho]

i wouldnt suggest that going through a bit of a crosswind either :p

me and my dad were driving along this stretch of road out here near the olympic rowing centre in this big kennards hire truck, we were getting thrown side to side :p scary

[Blue Supra]

yeh dads big old starwagon 4WD was gettin blown around and it was so full of boxes we couldnt see out the back! very scary!

[fpv_gtho]

haha yeah, the first couple of times it really grabs you by surprise, but i dunno, i think i was getting used to it and started expecting it....but still, when your in this truck going down this 2 laned old road, in high wind and theres oncoming traffic, sometimes you REALLY hope the wind'll go away :p

[Blue Supra]

ROFL, this was on a road that goes between 2 mountains so it was like a kindof funnel, just made it even worse:eek:

[fpv_gtho]

yeah, natural wind tunnel :p

i suppose you'd also get the wind trying to pick the car up through there, as well as trying to knock it around

[Blue Supra]

luckily it musta weighed nearly 2 tonnes with the weight of the car and the load it was carrying or we'd have been off woth the fairies!:eek:

[fpv_gtho]

haha yeah, weight finally worked in your favour :p

you'd hate to get caught in a cyclone or typhoon

[Blue Supra]

itd be like
----:eek:
/
/
______

[Blue Supra]

damn my diagram screwed up!

[fpv_gtho]

did you see any of the news footage of the typhoons japan's bene having? things flying everywhere

[Blue Supra]

no i havent but i can imagine... damn im lucky i live inland:)

[fpv_gtho]

i think with the drought, i dont think theres much chance of us getting stuck in either a typhoon or cyclone :p thats in the tropics, where subtropical :p

[Blue Supra]

well apparently sydneys got less water left then canberra, its cause you took so bloody long to get onto water restrictions...:p youve got like 56 weeks of water left if you keep goin at your current rate, weve got 132 weeks left:D

[fpv_gtho]

man thats a real shit.....and canberra's even more inland that Sydney so yeah it mustve been the water restrictions....its all the damn farmers wasting the water anyway, they use like 60-80% of it, and its US that get the restrictions :(

they need to hurry up and build that damn desalination plant

[Blue Supra]

we just got a new water treatment plant build as our old one got burnt in the fires, we were living off out smallest damn for like 6 -8 months after as it was the only one that had good clean water left in it:o

[Colty]

Sydney has been getting some decent rain past few days, although itll still take 100INCHES thats INCHES, not millimetres, and 100, not 10, to get Warragamba dam back to its original state, but even then, they only keep Warragamba at like 70-80% full, otherwise they get worried about the flood gates collapsing because of the movement in rocks in that area, its kinda not helping the gates strength. If the dam ever breaks, then Penrith will be im not sure if its 19feet or 19metres underwater, SCARY :s

[Blue Supra]

ROFL, thatd be almost funny if it didnt mean pain and suffering and death. weve had steady rain for the last 2 days as well:) unfortunately it hasnt overnight so the roads aare dried by the time it late enough to go out...:(

[SlickHolden]

We have had restictions for a long time, And also have a some in forever:eek:

[whiteballz]

canberra has been on stage two water restrictions since the 01 fires.
(from my knowledge)

damn bums. and it didnt rain overnight! and it cleared up!! YES! time for me and my friends to go make out short movies!!! (we do stupid stuff and film it)

like riding up trees, hitting pitched rocks with star pickets, and then some chops (a game we picked up from a wrestler friend, you just slap them on the chest heaps)

[Blue Supra]

ROFL, sounds.... hardcore....:p

[whiteballz]

its our take @ jackass we call it smartARSE. i was thinking donkeybutt but noone really liked it :( :D!

its funny

half my friends have chickend out though :( bastarts, the most hardcore are still in though!

[Blue Supra]

ill have to scam some vids off you:) sounds like fun:)
youve seen my short film:D

[whiteballz]

thats what inspired me!!!!

*plays blur - song 2 on playlist*

[Blue Supra]

lol
i listened to that in the car this morn, havent heard it in ages before that, i might put it on too.:)

[whiteballz]

lol
well now its the best new zealand rock group ive heard

steriogram - walkie talkie man

[Blue Supra]

thats a good song, i dont have it though, im listening to Killing Heidis new one, i like it.:)

[whiteballz]

dandy warhols now :P one post a song LMAO.

hahah is that the I Am?

or that one where the roadtrip in the car?

[Blue Supra]

I am...
now its House - Summer Rain.

[whiteballz]

well...

(thanks niko for telling me about these guys)

me first and the gimmie gimmies - science fiction double feature. (remake on rocky horror picture show theme song)

[Blue Supra]

Screaming Jets...

[whiteballz]

bloodhound gang - dicovery chanel

*put your hands down my pants and i bet you'll feel nuts"

[Blue Supra]

rofl
Saliva - Superstar

[whiteballz]

same as just before. lol

its such a funny song.

as strange as it is.

[Blue Supra]

Thirsty Merc - My Completeness

[whiteballz]

i see youve finished laughing your ass off at my first thread now.

[Blue Supra]

yea that was funny, you got PWNED!:D

[whiteballz]

yea well.

made me sensible. so i guess it worked.

[Blue Supra]

yeh same, i came in all "Yo Supra da bestest ya'll no doubt!!!" well maybe not that bad but similar, and i got shit down, grew up and here i am!:)

[whiteballz]

yup. two of the reformed idiots. now we just need to stop spammin









HA! like that will happen!

[Blue Supra]

never! ever! happen!:D

[whiteballz]

the spam has stoped

let this post officaly dictate that the world debut of ausspam has arrived.

let us begin!

[Blue Supra]

i dont know what to say now:confused:
you start!

[whiteballz]

welll that perfectly suited the first ausspam post dumbass.

:rollseyes:

lmao. so, hear about them flying bears?

[Blue Supra]

are they an evolved version of drop bears or something?

[whiteballz]

yea, they just love to attack convertables. what they do is they piss rum into your car, so noone believes you when you say you were attacked by dogsized flying bears.
they like to cause mischeif.

[Blue Supra]

did you breed these things did you???:D

[whiteballz]

oh no, ive just beed studying them for a number of weeks.
my friends creations went out of control. and i have the task of learning about them.

aus top secret stuff.

[Blue Supra]

i think ill have to capture one and keep it on tap:p

[whiteballz]

well, thats one sure way to get cheep rum.

but is it actually rum? or just piss. you can be my #1 test subject. you can taste the stuff it squirts onto people.. if its rum. your rich. if not, well theres a good chance you will be sick.

[SlickHolden]

If it was my piss you would drop dead :D:p

[fpv_gtho]

have any of you seen that eddie murphy movie holy man? he almost convinces someone theyre drinkin his piss :p its supposedly ice tea or something

[SlickHolden]

Ohh yeah seen that one it's so funny:D

[fpv_gtho]

he walks across all the traffic on the freeway without a scratch, and its when he almost gets reversed into that he faints :p

[whiteballz]

its a good movie that one.

i caught one!

its in my room! its spissin like crazy. have to invite people around (its rum) :D

[Blue Supra]

man it not even BEER oclock yet! let alone RUM oclock!
piss head!:p

[whiteballz]

im an aussie bloke @ heart. :D

and how was octoberfest or however you spell it?
other then the cops :P

[fpv_gtho]

man it not even BEER oclock yet! let alone RUM oclock!
piss head!:p


the worrying part of all this is theres 12 numbers on a clock, and he's only accounted for 2 :p

[whiteballz]

well...

you know how it is...

FPV you want me to send it up to you? its trained now :P

[fpv_gtho]

im not following......before you say it, no the little green plants had NOTHING to do with it

[whiteballz]

is it the little white pills?

[fpv_gtho]

uuuughhhh......

why would i take Panadol, if YOUR the one with the headache :p

[whiteballz]

ive got a headache from what i was doing today.

ive said it once, ill say it again. my GF looks beautiful in many many dresses so many to choose from. but she looks stunning in her future formal dress. (we picked it out today)

[fpv_gtho]

so basically, in YOUR eyes, it gave you a headache thinking of which one was the BEST?

[whiteballz]

ah just so bright, and that reason too.

[fpv_gtho]

ive got a feeling you woulda been tryin to give her the impression you couldnt make your mind up, so she kept trying things on :p

[Luciferous]

The worst thing is when you actually say 'yeah that one looks good' then she says 'really? i like this one what do you think?' then you just get caught in a neverending loop

[whiteballz]

well...

maybe just a bit....

i asked to see them on her again when we got back to her place :P

[fpv_gtho]

haha i think she woulda been givin ou some funny looks when you thought she wasnt watchin you :p

[Falcon500]

Women are difficult creatures that way....does this look good....does this make me look fat? etc etc.....usually it looks good and if you likeitdoes it really matter?

[whiteballz]

well see, my GF isnt like that, she just likes to play around and tease me. :D

i have fun. and, its not like i mind watching her try on bikinis and skirts and dresses.

[Blue Supra]

ive got a headache from what i was doing today.

ive said it once, ill say it again. my GF looks beautiful in many many dresses so many to choose from. but she looks stunning in her future formal dress. (we picked it out today)

Need a ride to the formal? Ill take you i my datto for free:D
Itll be smicko by then anyways:)

[fpv_gtho]

i have fun. and, its not like i mind watching her try on bikinis and skirts and dresses.


well would she be your GF if that wasnt the case :p

[whiteballz]

HAR HAR HAR fpv. lol.

thanks but no thanks simon.

i will go to the formal in my friends (on this site he is called shifty) rally car.
he is 13! and has a rally car. 1998 wrx STI two door rally car. his dads ex car, sold it to someone else. then bought it back.

they also sold their other 4 rally cars
so now they have only two STI rally cars, and 04 and a 98.

[fpv_gtho]

These are just Group N cars right?

[whiteballz]

no
these two are group A. he sold his three other group N cars.
the group A cars are awesmely faster.

[fpv_gtho]

what would the specs be for Group A? im only really familiar with what the WRC runs and Group N

[whiteballz]

group a allows changes to the majoroty of the car, i dont think there are any restrictions on what you cant change, just how much.

30mm restrictors, ummm... cant really remember much else then that...
it locks the car down to 300 (?) hp (roughly) and his dad (who knows a shitload about rally cars) said that if they didnt run restrictors, they would be pushing close to 500 hp.
(thats with other minor changes.

[fpv_gtho]

sounds like they got the boost up high then to aid the lower part of the rev range, and the restrictors to stop high range....i suppose it'd be a bit too expensive to have the anti lag systems

[Colty]

It wouldnt be road registerable would it?

[fpv_gtho]

depends on if it was a homologation model i suppose

[Blue Supra]

i doubt highly that it would get past rego. My car wouldnt now with that seat i just put in it, they fail you for the silliest of little things:(

[SlickHolden]

Once for sale was a VN With a Formula holden engine:D Wounder what power they had, Might be stock come to think of it:D

[Blue Supra]

sounds juicy:D
ARRRGHHH! Im SOOOO keen for next weekend!
at least im going karting on friday, kickin it in karts is always fun:D

[SlickHolden]

They still havent got my kart for big fellows:(
But it has been some time since i went to look.
They are bloody crule to people that arn't 170cm 68KG... They forget there are people aout there that are taller heaver. All they need to do is streach the kart longer a little:D

[Blue Supra]

well all my mates who went with me last time are 6" or bigger, one of ems my height but he has longer legs then me, he was like
..O
\|_|/

:D

[fpv_gtho]

around here you can go into the 9hp carts without a license and any previous experience if your over 15, higher than that's the 13hp carts, but you need to be 17 and have driven the 9hp's......ANYWAY..my brother's not the smallest of blokes and he had fun in a 9hp cart..

as for that seat Bluey, i dont think it will be too hard if you get it done properly, surely getting an engineers certificate for a seat is overkill, but i wouldve thought since theres no airbags, no electronic aids for the seatbelts etc you'd get away with it....new cars practically have NO market for replacement steering wheels, and even non genuine seat covers or replacement seats

[Blue Supra]

I wont bother getting it engineered, thats a waste of money when i getting a licensed mechanic to do it:p
yeh all the safety equipment and everything would just be a nightmare for an aftermarket parts fitter in a modern car:eek:

[danno]

i doubt highly that it would get past rego. My car wouldnt now with that seat i just put in it, they fail you for the silliest of little things:(

you cant put aftermarket seats in a car with side airbags. does your car have side airbags?

[Blue Supra]

does my car have side airbags??? well its 26 years old... what do YOU think it has:p

[fpv_gtho]

cause of that, im surprised Holden and Ford havent capitalised with things like iDesign and HBD offering replacement, sports bolstered seats......if you take servicing as an example for how much extra they charge, they'd be cracking a gold mine i reckon...

[Blue Supra]

thats very true, i saw for sale on Ebay a complete VY SS interior with a reserve of 1000 bucks, yesterday it was up to 2k:eek:

[danno]

does my car have side airbags??? well its 26 years old... what do YOU think it has:p

lol!!!

i didnt know what car you drive.................. :D

[danno]

yeah, although i dont imagine there being a huge market for it at the moment, but in 5-10 years when they have all come down in price (the ones with side airbags) there will be a huge market for it. i could see holden or ford doing something like that then.

[fpv_gtho]

theres not even a market for aftermarket seat covers, as more than half of the side airbags are mounted in the seats....

[SlickHolden]

I would love them R8 seats they are real race looking ones:D

[Blue Supra]

I just love my new seat.
full stop:p

[fpv_gtho]

you probably wish though some of them side bolsters could come off or retract so you can get in smoothly though :p

[Blue Supra]

i couldnt get in smoothly with the original:eek:

im getting the floor mounts cut out and and new ones mounted lower then the original ones:)

[whiteballz]

YA FAT BUM! lmao.

i must admit, fart canism?
i dunno...