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PHIL069 wrote:

SchumieFan wrote:WTF is up with this thread???!!!

You entered it

Welcome to SA, where we actually go on regular cruises

kiz wrote:

PHIL069 wrote:

SchumieFan wrote:WTF is up with this thread???!!!

You entered it

Welcome to SA, where we actually go on regular cruises

Well when every car is actually running anyways

PHIL069 wrote:

SchumieFan wrote:

kiz wrote:Well I personally love the eastern hills near where myself and Tim live so...

Jack would probably suggest the areas near his place

bjk wrote:

kiz wrote:Well I guess you can plan it, it's your turn I do believe anyways haha

My turn? I must've missed something.

I suppose it depends when Tim is joining us too.

c3rbera wrote:

PHIL069 wrote:I hope we go into the CBD afterwards as has been suggested too.

I really like this idea too! It'd be wicked to get a line of us down Hindley.

Sightseeing is the go IMO. :3

WTF is up with this thread???!!!

You entered it

i didnt enter sh*t!

and that can go on record!

Ahh, I swear this is the best forum. Also, fak, how much petrol do you go through Kiz? I only use like a quarter tank on a hard run. But if lengthy drive is the go, I'll post up a route I thought about taking with a friend.

by sightseeing do you mean stopping or looking? Although we should definitely pause at places to take pics!

kiz wrote: and others who aren't running too fuel economically

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In Tim's case I can get that, yeah. Or if you're redlining it after every corner. Bear in mind petrol is more expensive around hills way too.

bjk wrote:In Tim's case I can get that, yeah. Or if you're PHIL069ing it after every corner. Bear in mind petrol is more expensive around hills way too.

Fixed

Just shadowarrior it around corners to save fuel.

Misplacing your keys is also a pretty good technique...

c3rbera wrote:Misplacing your keys is also a pretty good technique...

Less troublesome than them getting stuck in the ignition I reckon!

Anyway, this is the gist of a route I was thinking of: http://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=Vista ... sz=15&z=12

Lower North East/Torrens-Valley is busier due to being a main road, but it's nicely surfaced a lot of the way, and it has some good spots for photo ops! Gorge has a bit of altitude variation, tighter bends closer to the city, but otherwise fairly wide. Montacute is a really, really nicely surfaced stint 95% of the way; which will be a good comparison to Adelaide-Lobethal rd, which is surfaced pretty average but is a hell of a lot of fun.

Up for suggestions as to where we go once we get to Lobethal. We can probably take a break there (both the cars and ourselves!). The way down is (to me anyway) slightly more fun than the way up, so we can double back to head towards the city again. An idea though, if we wanted to divert off and head onto the freeway for a bit. Could get some footage in the Heysen Tunnels for something different.

Then we can cruise Glen Osmond up to the CBD?

Well im in as long as not pissing down and not keen on city driving due to the odd defectable bits on my car

bjk wrote:Also, fak, how much petrol do you go through Kiz? !

Oh I wasn't referring to me, I get 9.4L/100km on normal city run or 15.4L/100km on a harder pushing run where I give it a little .

I was reffering to this;

c3rbera wrote:

kiz wrote: and others who aren't running too fuel economically

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vipfto wrote:Well im in as long as not pissing down and not keen on city driving due to the odd defectable bits on my car

And yea just a few little bits and pieces on there ey

Well I guess we can bid Tim adieu at Portrush rd when we get there. By the way Tim, when were you free again on the Saturday?

bjk wrote:Well I guess we can bid Tim adieu at Portrush rd when we get there. By the way Tim, when were you free again on the Saturday?

Could we just cruise to Tims' place on the way back, he could drop off his FTO and then ride shotgun with someone into the city?

PHIL069 wrote:

bjk wrote:Well I guess we can bid Tim adieu at Portrush rd when we get there. By the way Tim, when were you free again on the Saturday?

Could we just cruise to Tims' place on the way back, he could drop off his FTO and then ride shotgun with someone into the city?

This is why we need you Phil, you're the ideas man.

Just shadowarrior it around corners to save fuel.

And make sure you dont Lawso it !

bjk wrote: Less troublesome than them getting stuck in the ignition I reckon!

Wait I get the feeling this actually happened? Haha

c3rbera wrote:

bjk wrote: Less troublesome than them getting stuck in the ignition I reckon!

Wait I get the feeling this actually happened? Haha

lol, yup. Went shopping one morning and they were hard to get out of accessories, then when I went to work, they were royally jammed. Could still lock the car because of the immobiliser, just had the key stuck in it. Covered it with a film canister for like a week before Tim saved me.

It's cause I've got an auto, there's this cable that runs from the gear selector, and will only let go of the key when it's in park. And it died. We ended up just disconnecting it. I learnt how to take apart all my consoles though! Could not for the life of me find where the cigarette lighter was meant to go again though.

So far lookin good for the cruise
Saturday 22 June
Adelaide area
Partly cloudy. Isolated showers about the hills and southern suburbs during the morning. Winds east to southeasterly and light.

Also, spoke to vipfto (Tim) today, he's available past 4pm. Perhaps if we met at that time somewhere close to where the route begins (assuming we're using the one I suggested) at around that time. We can have a meet'n'greet and a little show and tell before he arrives.