oh, i forgot to tell ou guys.
today i drove a £152,000 worth of aston martin db9!!! o-100kph in 4.5secs
top speed of 186mph!!
it's really quite nice..huge bonnet..a bit of abs shudder in the steering wheel..the 'test car' that i was in had some problems with the rear lights, but u put your foot down and oh my f**king god, u know what's happening. ur squashing into the back of ur seat as the thing (easily) rockets up to 140mph..(and this was on country roads!!!)
quite a nice guy the 'evo' owner...
zac
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Hey Zac
Bet that was a blast! How did ya manage that?
Rob...😎
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Yeh Zac how did you manage a ride in it...tell us the story!!:bounce:bounce
Visited Bel yesterday...she's all painted up and being put back together😎
Only found one problem...they'd put new/used front guards on her... with holes up top for indicators...:o.....she never had them and I'm getting semaphores put back on.....I pointed it out so they are going to redo the guards/getting rid of the holes...sweet!!!
She looks pretty nice in Strato Blue:kiss
So what's everyone doing for the long weekend?
So far I'm staying home......probably catch a movie and just do day trips if anything....
Have fun and drive safe if your heading away :sandrine
long weekend? i have a week of from tomorrow. then 32 weeks of term and my summer holidays begin!!!
well, i got to ride/drive it because of a guy called harry metcalfe. the owner/editorial director of 'evo' magazine. he is an absolute champion and is quite willing to bring cars in for me to sample. it's very cool of him. (in the monaro article that the wrote after visitng bathurst, i got to write 200wrds to go into the article about australias strict speedng fines and dodgy cop cars/cameras!! he gave me like £20 for it, and in the front of the magazine where it has 'special thatnks/acknowlegements' there was "mark skaife,craig lownes(?), and zac smits!!" i was so happy. it was very cool
neway, i'll be off, have work to do you know :P
zac
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Jeeeeenz
How are ya, and where have ya been?
I took Pidge down for a cruise at Wintersun today, taking her down every day over the weekend. It was amazing ppl looking at her amoungst all those hot rods, she was a bit of a novelty for that crowd, she was the only Volkswagen there, when they saw the whitewalls and little back window they were asking what year she was, when I told them 1956, they were very enthusiastic, "a fifty's Beetle" well ill be!
Kafer man
There was a dude selling those hub cap's you were saying you wanted, I got a card, but he's from Melbourne, so if you want some you have to come down to coolangatta!
Well heading back down to watch the cruise toninght, it's great when you only live 10 minutes away!
Rob...😎
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It was amazing ppl looking at her amoungst all those hot rods, she was a bit of a novelty for that crowd, she was the only Volkswagen there, when they saw the whitewalls and little back window they were asking what year she was, when I told them 1956, they were very enthusiastic, "a fifty's Beetle" well ill be!
Maybe to fit in you should pull the guards off and lower her to the weeds..he..he.
Got the notch registerd today...whoo...hooo
Hey Jenz where's the photo's ?
Rooobbbbbb!!!!! We were up in the Whitsundays for a week...find me in the pic below :P
It's a tough life😀
Did Pickles enjoy herself amongst all those hotrod's?? Sounds like she might of 😉
Kafer congrat's on the rego!!!:beer
....and I see you found the pics of Bel 🙂
Have a good weekend all
Well it sounds like evryone is doing well. Jenz, looks like you had fun up in the whitsundays... u been diving before?? dad's had his instructors licsence for years..got it when he worked for the marine science laboratory..
neways,
well i'm now on half-term so i have a good week off to relax and do sweet f-a!! it is soo good to know that you can just do absolutely nothing. i went to stratford-upon-avon today and had a look through william shakespeares birth-house and had a nice lunch up there in an italian restaraunt.
was good...still have nice sunny weather here, and i even have a watch tan so :P. the sun feels hotter here at times, but they don't have the warm wind coming from in the desert.
heh, well i'm off..well not really but there is nothing else to write...
zac
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Hey Jenz
Diving on the whitsundays!!!!!! man you shore get around.
Kafer's still trying to bait me with the lowering line, but he's got no hope, it's the big double SS for me Stock standard! after going to Wintersun and seeing all the 50's hot rods (Hi Boy's are my favorites) might have to convince my little brother to build one so I can get a bit of speed happening!
Wonder what sort of responce that coment will bring!
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Check out last months VW Trends Rob...Kill two birds and just pull the guards of pidge and paint her black....:P
Took tje Notch for it's maiden voyage today just up to the local servo and back about 20k's. Apart fom the dak dak noise coming out the back they are nothing like a beetle.
Its like driving a limo so roomy and so much window area..I love it
Just need to get a new exhaust system and I will drive it to work.
You'll be happy to know Robo other than the lowereing job it's gonna be stock even passed up on the sports wheel to keep the std steering wheel it's like it's got power steering.
Give it a couple of weeks for the finances to build up and i'll start on the body.
Bye all
Way to go Kafer....must be such a great feeling to have tha notch on the road.When are you planning on painting it??
Jen,looks like you had a great time up north.Are you going to the meeting Tues.??It would be cool to catch up.:thumb
Rob sounds like you & pidge are having a great time together!!.I bet Wintersun was great.We were up there 4 it last year & some of those cars were sooo cool!!Do you guys at klubvw byron have monthly meetings??If you do when are they on?
Sounds like your still enjoying yourself Zac.Are you still planning on heading to the States??
Hi Mandie 🙂...Yep....should be at the meeting on Tuesday...
So Kafer you're getting to like driving a Type 3 are you 😀...they are cool to drive......Dr L's a dream...
Zac talk about a good time over there...being wined and dined....given hot cars to try out 😎
Rob does Pickles want to be a Hot Rod now? 😀
hey..
yeh splitty chick..my ticket is booked for the 22nd of july, to the 28th of august!!!
should be absolutely mad fun..i can't wait! i'm just about to go and get some more credit for my phone, and some stella for the fridge..i'm gunna enjoy this week!
zac
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Zac have fun over in the States!!! 😎
Going to visit anyone???😉
It was my first dive...always wanted to do it....it was so excellent....I did another dive a few days later
Simon's got his dive instructors license in Egypt/Red Sea......no reason cept he likes an adventure and possible employment on the road......I think he's doing some diving on his way home next month (a short visit for Bridie's 21st bd)
Hi Jenz
No Pidge is quite happy being a standard spec Oval Beetle, no hot rod stuff for her!😀
Rob...😎
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hehe right jenz.
i am going to visit nikki..(and her family) she being a girl i met last holidays while frequenting oxford youth hostel!
i've bene diving a few times with dad..it's awesome fun..the necklace that i wear constantly (that none of you will've ever seen) is something that i found while diving, and is apparently of spanish origin. it's my lucky charm...
neways...did anyone just see the soccer?? england versus france??
ENGLAND LOST!!!! 2-1
(thou they say it is quite unfair because they dominated for most of the match...)
all i say is hahahahahahehehehehhohohoho
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Wow Zac a Spanish necklace...where did you find it?
Rob....why do I keep calling Pidge Pickles???? Dislexic I guess??
Mandie don't know if you're logging on today but won't be going to the club meeting....I have a rotten cold...Lou gave it to me...now he's trying to force feed me Vicks lollies (yuck!!)...Wish we were back in sunny Q'ld
Hey Ill let you in on a few remedies!
2 cloves of fresh garlic a day (in a banana sandwich)
3 table spoons of apple cider vinegar (dosent taste the best but kills all the germs in your throat)
1 teaspoon, 3 times a day, of organic honey (natural antibiotic) the honey must "NOT" have been heated in the extraction process, heating it kills all the benificial bacteria.
It works for my family. I rarely get a cold because I take the garlic everyday, you soon get used to it.
Rob...
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Wah....De Ja Vu.....I've just read this exact same advice a second ago!!! 😉😀
Thanks Rob 🙂
I hope that garlic you eat so much of is odourless :o 😉
Wah....De Ja Vu.....I've just read this exact same advice a second ago!!! 😉😀
Thanks Rob 🙂
I hope that garlic you eat so much of is odourless :o 😉
fresh cloves only, no processed junk! the banana masks the smell quite a bit. yeah I posted it in the other post cause I like to help others.
Really starting to get depressed now, I just lost another 150 or so posts, I have been trying to stay away from the for sale threads to minimise my losses. every time I get within 10 or 20 of 2000 I seem to loose 100 or so, don't think I will ever make it!
Rob...😎
[Edited on 15-6-2004 by Robo]
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aww rob...
so disappointing..maybe the forum gods are punishing you for all those useless posts....*looks over shoulder to see whois watching...*
well, maybe you need to show them that 'you will not go quietly into the night.
you will not give up without a fight. this is your freedom, your culture...it is your independence day!!!! i mean,your aussieveedubbers!!!'
sorry bout that... some madman took over the computer..
hmm, we got pickles..myabe i should call mine mustard...
zac
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Rob those 4 sale threads can be dangerous in more ways than one!!! 😉
p.s. a word game never went astray did it Zac 😉 😉
[Edited on 16-6-2004 by jenz58]
Heh all.
Jen we missed you at the meeting last night,you didn't miss much though..just the usual.Next month has changed from the auction night to a bring & brag night so that should be good fun.Are you going to go on the round the bay in a day cruise,sounds cool & we're actually going to make the effort to go i think.:bounce
Rob ...did you see my ??? re. your club meeting??
The splittys still at the mechanics,its moving along slowly but surely.I posted some pics of the bday pressies i got in its own topic so check them out.I can't wait to get the bumpers,overriders etc....chromed.
Wheres Pyro dissappeared to...he musn't like us anymore..:cry:cry
Yeah I spose Ill just have to keep plugging away! I might make it before Xmas if Im lucky, and can stay away from the selling thread.
Rob...
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Notch broke down on the weekend thought it was out of fuel so walked 5k home with oldest son whinging the whole way.
Turned out to be a wire shorting out the coil...oh well shit happens was a nice day for a walk.
Hello to everyone...hope all projects and repairs are coming along
"See" that car is trying to tell you something!😉
Rob...😎
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Yeh I know it needs to be lower....:bounce
bummer about the notch kafer, lol dunno about lower....that is if you want to turn a corner personally i think corners are over rated anyway 😉
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