Hey guys had an interesting day out to Canberra yesterday with Shazza. Went there to go pick up some fireworks for New Years.

As soon as I was going to head out of Sydney i spotted Pete (Speedster356) funny thing is we live like 10mins away from each other and we spotted ourselves getting out of the toll gates on the M5 outskirts of Sydney (car looks great mate:thumb)

Then im like half an hour away from Canberra and these girls in a Lancer fell in love with Shazza and couldnt stop looking and waving etc so i just drive a long and then they pull up be side at 100kph and one of the girl has this piece of paper that she wanted to give to me (man it was dangerous as I was by myself controlling Shazza) I asked her what it is and she said its my number ( to the guy thats looking to find a lass into VW's just buy a 60's beetle and youll be sweet ) I told her i was engaged and she got so embarressed so her and her friend said congrats and sped off hahaahaha....

Then I get to Canberra pickup the 2 boxes of fireworks and head home (stopped for lunch too), as I was heading home the Generator light came on didnt know why car felt ok etc so next exit I pulled over to check everything was ok and it was (oil etc)

As i got to bargo car lost some power then Bang smoke fills the cabin car cuts out (and right behind me was a big semi trailer) i thought $hit Shazzas on fire again, pullover get my extinguisher out open hood no fire just smoke, but the crazy thing was the extinguisher didnt work pin out and all I also shat my self too cos i had to boxes of fireworks in the car.

Called NRMA and checked to see any oil leaks or anything nothing so I assumed the Generator died so i got it towed to my mates house and we dicovered it threw a rod:cry and a little hole in the case

Ah well i was going to be good and bank my money from the tax return looks like now i have to get an engine so im going to get a newly built and balanced 1600 than get a second hand one again as the same thing will happen if intend on keeping the car

Bad thing is as much as my Mrs loves Shazza she reckons i should sell her but i dont want to, I told my Mrs after this new engine she will be problem free

Didnt think my trip to Canberra will cost me $1000 ah well it was a good adventure

:beer

That'll learn ya Costa. You shouldn't have been smuggling contra across state borders.

No seriously. That sucks mate hope you can get an engine together quickly and without too much expense.

Damn...that was such bad luck

Now I know why so many people were taking the turn off to Canberra when I was heading home on Saturday!!!

Nah....I've bought fireworks before from there...amongst turned off but did a quick calculation of my times and where I wanted to be that night...

Don't sell Shazza.....they are worth the expense:sandrine (says someone who is considering therapy for her addiction!! )

Can't believe what I did this weekend.....all because I bought a very sweet sunroof for Bel.

I was so worried something like that might happen to Dr L but he ran like clockwork from Melbourne to Bomaderry and back. So glad it wasn't really hot weather.....:thumb

He got a wash last night as a reward:kiss

Good luck with the engine

I could never sell Shazza and my Mrs doesnt want me to sell her either i think she wasnt thinking straight.

Now that im getting an engine built what should i look for and what should i get?

Im looking for something reliable and and economical so i'd rather trade off performance for reliability as I have the Audi for performance

Shazzas going to be off the road for 2 months and Im already missing her

So the fireworks was a cover story for the Mrs right? How many "movies" did you buy? :P

Hope Shazza's back on the road soon!

No need to buy those sort of movies one word INTERNET

Still trying to work out what i should do:

Go all out on a new hand built engine thats balanced etc for $1500

or buy a cheapy from Pick and Payless for $400?

hmmm help me guys?

Go rebuilt. At least that way you have some sort of warranty.

N!:thumb

I get 2 years warranty so yeah should work out the same in the long run as a second hand one goes for $400 given that lasts a year so over 3 years $1200 + installation would exceed $1500 so ill go $1500 as a brand new VW engine should last over 2 years right?

Should last a lot longer than that C man!

N!

hahahaha C man reminds me of Kramer aka K man

now i need to make up an excuse to tell my parents why Shazzas missing for 2 months as it should take 2 months max till parts getting in etc

That's a pisser Costa. That car sure looks sweet cruising on the freeway.:thumb

Hey Pete yes she did look sweet on Sunday but then shit happens:repuke

Ah well cant wait to get her back and those fireworks better be worth it come NYE

Herbie down Under and I are getting our fire works in 2 weeks. When we to the Nat's. It's a little late for new years so I will have to finish last years Box first.

Costa,

U2U me your telephone number. I might be able to help you out with getting an ex-army low mile engine like the one I have in my splitty and Ghia:-




I might be able to help you out with a cheapy engine too!

Cheers

Steve

What have they done to the tin ware???...Some heavy duty coating...?:alien

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Originally posted by XXX-1.8T Hey guys had an interesting day out to Canberra yesterday with Shazza. Went there to go pick up some fireworks for New Years. As soon as I was going to head out of Sydney i spotted Pete (Speedster356) funny thing is we live like 10mins away from each other and we spotted ourselves getting out of the toll gates on the M5 outskirts of Sydney (car looks great mate:thumb) Then im like half an hour away from Canberra and these girls in a Lancer fell in love with Shazza and couldnt stop looking and waving etc so i just drive a long and then they pull up be side at 100kph and one of the girl has this piece of paper that she wanted to give to me (man it was dangerous as I was by myself controlling Shazza) I asked her what it is and she said its my number ( to the guy thats looking to find a lass into VW's just buy a 60's beetle and youll be sweet ) I told her i was engaged and she got so embarressed so her and her friend said congrats and sped off hahaahaha.... Then I get to Canberra pickup the 2 boxes of fireworks and head home (stopped for lunch too), as I was heading home the Generator light came on didnt know why car felt ok etc so next exit I pulled over to check everything was ok and it was (oil etc) As i got to bargo car lost some power then Bang smoke fills the cabin car cuts out (and right behind me was a big semi trailer) i thought $hit Shazzas on fire again, pullover get my extinguisher out open hood no fire just smoke, but the crazy thing was the extinguisher didnt work pin out and all I also shat my self too cos i had to boxes of fireworks in the car. Called NRMA and checked to see any oil leaks or anything nothing so I assumed the Generator died so i got it towed to my mates house and we dicovered it threw a rod:cry and a little hole in the case Ah well i was going to be good and bank my money from the tax return looks like now i have to get an engine so im going to get a newly built and balanced 1600 than get a second hand one again as the same thing will happen if intend on keeping the car Bad thing is as much as my Mrs loves Shazza she reckons i should sell her but i dont want to, I told my Mrs after this new engine she will be problem free Didnt think my trip to Canberra will cost me $1000 ah well it was a good adventure :beer

Jen

That stuff on the tinware is for noise reduction, and for camoflauge!!!

Go Commando Dak dak

hey matara, how good would one of your engines with that tinware look in a country buggy!

XXX-1.8T, i used to always say everything balances out, you get a good thing, then u get a bad thing to even it (or visa-versa). you got to do a lovely big cruise with shazza, met some lovely young ladies (for most men thats a positive), and you got fireworks. you fu#ked your engine, not you may have a lead on a low kays original or get the opportunity to rebuild to your own specs making the bug a little more yours.

ur sort of right but those chix dont mean nothing to me (if i was single i would of got lucky n)

so really I lose out in the end

I told my fionsay what happened and she was proud me.

Ah well Shazza a gets a new engine that will have around 65hp:kiss

She hammered b4 but now she will hammer even more:beer

u should of taken the number and passed it onto a friend
but they would need to buy a blue beetle then