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No worries Matt. Had a good time last night. Great to see a few new faces and new Zeds along. Looks like these meetings are gathering a bit of momentum. Numbers of around 20 people for each meeting is a healthy sign. Cheers

Hmmm this is a touchy subject. In my opinion they should not crush a car. Crushing say a $100,000- car is way too much over kill for say a 20 second indescretion. Burn outs / speeding to me not that big a deal in moderation. But drink driving, driving with out a licence and and people who are repeat offenders say 5 times then yeah sure crush there cars. I have read people caught drink driving 5-10 times and still never go to jail. Same for killing a pedestrian even while drunk. Fines and good behaviour at worst. Then they want to crush a car for a far lessor offence of speeding in the middle of nowhere or doing a burn out. Come on let's get some consistency or reality here. Everyone one has sped at one time or another. Drug dealers, bashing indians, maiming people and leaving them in a coma is less punishment. This sort of crime is rampant. No jail time a small fine and a bit of probation is a joke. Then someone speeds and we crush a 50-100K car as punishment. Believe me it's to easy for cops to get you speeding than catch a drug dealer or basher. Too much paperwork getting them. So they just pick on the easy target because they really don't care about up holding the law on real crime. Just go for the soft target. Book them, take their licence, they might lose their job/mobility disrupting their entire lives. But hey knife someone, go to court get probation and a couple hundred dollars fine, go home, back to work. Nothing changes for them. I say no crushing! Sorry to get on my high horse but this high moral ground on "Hoon's" with no definition really P's me off.

Hey Matt in Rowville PM me if you can get home by 5.30 and I can pick you up if you like. Sulio I will buy the usual meat and drinks for tonight. I will cater for about 15 people. Will probably bring my Zed in 4WD mode since I haven't lowered it 50mm since the RWC. Will do next week before Tassie. Just don't need any hassle from the cops prior to the big trip. Cheers

Rev are you going to smooth over the rear and leave the rear bumper off?

Good news I got the car Dyno'd last night and sorted out my electrical problem. A new coil was the order of the day and ended up with 305klw at the rear. Down a little on last time but still not too bad. So my car is now a certain starter now. I wasn't sure the problem would be found and fixed prior to the trip. But a great operator soon sorted out my problem. Not long to go now. I hope you all have started packing. Don't forget the race helmet and 2-way. As usual this will be an awesome trip. Look forward to seeing you all in the line up for the boat. Probably best we all park out the front with 2-ways on channel 16 before heading onto the boat. Cheers

They look nice Mike.

I will be there. Cheers

Let's agree to disagree on this one. I think each to there own. Obviously no matter what you say the other will never be convinced of your argument. Enjoy your car no matter what you do boy's.

You forgot half shafts, drivelines and gear box's. Anyway I think they have the message. Drifting costs a lot of cash. If you got heaps to throw down the drain go for it. If you ain't then make a nice Zed and enjoy it on the road.

What's a face book? Can I get one at the library or do you have to buy it?

My tip is you won't be able to afford it. After you do what mtopxsecret6 suggests which is close to the mark you will be out of pocked 5-8K. Then you will have to constantly tune and change tyres costing you another 1K every 4-6 months leaving you with no money to buy a meal a Maca's. Good luck with it and report in when all the mods are done.

Shan coil overs are around 2" narrower than the standard Zed suspension. This obviously allows your mags & tyre to go in under the guards around another 1" (inwards) obviously allowing for a wider wheel combination.

Just got confirmation yesterday. We have Dave Chambers as a late entry coming down in his Twin Turbo 350Z. He had a ball last time and finally got the OK for time off work. Looks like Symmons Plains will be pushing some good times for a few of the cars. I know last time it got a bit competitive. Ha.

Well thanks for the offer of a garage. Are you able to give me your phone number or PM me with it. Just in case we have a problem with one of the 8 cars coming down. We probably needed it 2 years ago when we had an over heating problem with the Supra. Although I think it ended up just being the car that ran hot regardless. And feel free to come out for dinner when we are in town. Cheers

Supp Tassie Crew! I hope we all had a good Chrissy. Well we are only a month away and all seems to be in order. Except for me needing a bloody RWC on my car. Hopefully early next week. Anyway this is just a reminder that if you plan on doing the track day at Symmons Plains you will need to pack a helmet. Also it is almost mandatory that each car have a minimum 2watt 2-way Radio for communication. Most of us have 5 watters. So if you don't have one then I suggest you either buy or borrow one for this trip. Communication is vital and if you don't have one you won't know what is going on whilst driving around. A great tool to keep us all safe and well informed. Oh it sounds like Sulio is keen to fly over for the last few days. Lurch will be driving his car around for that week and Dave Chambers is still trying to get there in his TT 350Z. Another update due in a weeks time. Cheers

Sounds like you are on the home stretch now Dale. And Scoot your engine is looking great. You should have booked to bring it down to Tassie. You would of had a ball.

Hmm interesting Bruce. Just had a breif read. If it worked per your comments I would be in like a flash. But it would appear they are still disputing or discussing the system or road worthyness. Some how I can't see a car on the road with out a RWC. Otherwise all hell would break out. And of course the cops would lose control which would never happen. Some how I think the RTA will always maintain control of the cars condition and ability to be on the road. Otherwise dodgy paperwork would be everywhere between Clubs. Interesting subject though.

Yeah I have to agree with your comments guys. At 44 years old (gee that sounds old) and spent a fortune on my car I am a little annoyed that the stupid cop had the gaul to pick what he did. Like you say, maybe for the young guys. It was obvious I hardly drive the car (Partly for this reason) and it's not like I was driving dangerously. Like you say revenue raising. Like I heard it's easier to fine us than go out and get a thug, rapist or drunk off the street as there is too much paperwork involved. So the knifings maiming, bashing's are up, but don't worry we got a bloke to get a road worthy on his car. Should keep him off the road for a week. And that my friends is why the night club bashings and rapping will continue. Sure the government will talk there usual spin but the facts don't lie. I am hopefully getting a RWC tomorrow from some place? Hopefully. So thanks for the offer Mayhem & Dat392. I will see how I go and contact you if I this contact doesn't work out. Mind you there is virtually nothing wrong with the car. But is does look nice raised 50mm! NOT.

Yeah first time in 14 years I have had the car that I have been asked to get a road worthy. It's just a pain in the ass to do.

Ha well that's a coincidence then. Yeah the "sharp object" ticked the box to get a road worthy certificate before taking it down to the RTA. Problem is a few places are closed and I can only drive it for 7 days, so I have till next Tuesday. I guess the only consilation was that I wasn't speeding so no fines or points on that score. Just done for height and tyres. Fixed the height last night by winding up the adj suspension and new rear tyres going on today. Other than that the car is pretty good. Let me know if you have a contact for the RWC. Much appreciated. Regards.

Hi I drove my Zed to work yesterday and some prick of a cop decided to pull me over for nothing. Sure enough he said the rear tyres weren't road worthy when they are only half worn and rally OK. So he proceeded to tick the box for me to get a full road worthy certificate to take to the RTA. Good on him. Anyway my car is in pretty good shape and should pass. But I was wondering if anyone in Melbourne knew of a good place to take it to get a Road Worthy. Preferably someone who isn't that strict if you know what I mean. I can't be bothered with some D.Head telling me my break pads are 1mm past minimum or something like that. Thanks for the info. Can PM me if you know of a good dodgy brothers who will pass it no problems. Cheers PS nearly over it and put the car up for sale. Ha :-\

Good price well done Wally.

Merry Christmas all. Thanks for all the laugh's and good times. See you in the new year. Bring on Tassie. Cheers

Let me assure you $500- extra on getting more HP for your motor will go further than $500- on weight saving on an Alloy Radiator. I want one as well but still steering my cash to more effective places. Just a hint!

Ahhh Sinish. Looks a similar problem to when Ben blew his motor up a few months back. Once you start work in Jan some of that enthusiasm will return. Hide the receipts from the wife (If you can) and 6-12 months later with a few trouble free track days under your belt the pain of throwing a shit load of cash down the drain will fade and you will be back in the game. Good luck with it all. Looking forward to seeing the beast back on the road.