SA Cruise - Sunday 12th March - Gorge Rd & Barossa - Pho

barfy · Post by **barfy** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 11:02 am

Sorry guys cant make it, having probs with my ignition harness on my emanage, and the slightess bump and im running on 3 cylinders ! I hope to catch up with you all on the next one....

testlabmonkey · Post by **testlabmonkey** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 3:23 pm

<---- car working

(although it is early days i may have f**ked something up and the battery needs a good charge)

thanks must go to mrx for loaning me the missing hose but no you cant go in my car as you will put off my weight distribution and affect my 0-100 times

lol

Sparhawk · Post by **Sparhawk** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 4:36 pm

Good news Ben. So the Sirion gets the day off ?

Hmmm... strange that mrx stuffs his engine and then just happens to have the parts you need... Coincidence ? I think NOT !!!

mrx · Post by **mrx** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 6:07 pm

Yeah - I remember you slinking around my car on the last cruise actually.

Anything you want to tell me???

Oh well - designated camera man suits me!

testlabmonkey · Post by **testlabmonkey** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 7:12 pm

*cry*.... got home and checked the car..... leakn.... i am officially out of the crusie now

. got help comming around on sunday to jack up the car and try to find the source of the leak. *crosses fingers*

sonic · Post by **sonic** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 8:28 pm

So who IS going???

Jaime

Sparhawk · Post by **Sparhawk** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 9:20 pm

All systems go for me, and I'll be in an FTO

mrx · Post by **mrx** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 9:42 pm

Man - what is going on here?!?!

Dropping like flies. Luca, I believe, is still in. DesertStormBlack said he was coming, have not heard from Adryl (spelling - k3nz0_84) but will call him tomorrow.

So, unsure at this time....not looking great though.

May only be 4 or 5 cars at this time.....

Ben - when you say it's leaking, what is leaking? Coolant? Chat about it tomorrow.

mrx · Post by **mrx** » Fri Mar 10, 2006 7:09 am

Adryll is out - in Melbourne doing "work" and catching the commonwealth games.

See - someone is going to the games. Lucky Melbourne to be hosting that event.

Just hope he is still the same when he gets back....

Sparhawk · Post by **Sparhawk** » Fri Mar 10, 2006 8:40 am

Well, you had 3 on the first cruise this year, and we had 4 last time. If it wasnt for mechanical troubles, this cruise would be more, so at least there is a positive trend, and some life in the Adelaide area of the Club. At this rate we'll have a dozen cars in a cruise by the end of the year

(gotta stay thinkin positive)

Adryl will be fine over there, so long as he doesnt talk to any victorians... They might try to convince him to stay, just like the Gran Prix...

sonic · Post by **sonic** » Fri Mar 10, 2006 10:18 pm

Guys - sorry Im out. I forgot about the autosprint event on at Lanac Park. I will be going there instead to watch Lewis in his EVO III.

Jaime

mrx · Post by **mrx** » Sat Mar 11, 2006 11:06 am

So we've lost one, and gained another.

TCGPX is in (Travis).

Looks like we will have just the 4 cars - but thats not terrible when you consider that there will only be one car from the last cruise there!

So next time - should be 8/9, which would be nice.

We will just drive seperately in the Telstar - so does that count as 5 cars?

Sparhawk · Post by **Sparhawk** » Sat Mar 11, 2006 9:01 pm

mrx wrote:So we've lost one, and gained another.

TCGPX is in (Travis).

Looks like we will have just the 4 cars - but thats not terrible when you consider that there will only be one car from the last cruise there!

So next time - should be 8/9, which would be nice.

We will just drive seperately in the Telstar - so does that count as 5 cars?

The Telstar doesnt really count, sorry. Hey, will you be able to keep up LOL.
I have my wife and a friend meeting up with us in the valley (too chicken to take gorge rd), so that will pad out the numbers too. Not in an FTO, but a lancer is at least a Mitsubishi... (not a Ford) LOL
See you all tomorrow

mrx · Post by **mrx** » Sun Mar 12, 2006 8:34 am

Hey! The Telstar is a Mazda really if you don't mind!

It even had Mazda plug leads on the thing....but the distributor was made by Mitsubishi!!!

Sparhawk · Post by **Sparhawk** » Sun Mar 12, 2006 8:59 am

mrx wrote:Hey! The Telstar is a Mazda really if you don't mind!

It even had Mazda plug leads on the thing....but the distributor was made by Mitsubishi!!!

Mazda 626, Ford Telstar, Same thing. Still doesnt count LOL

sonic · Post by **sonic** » Sun Mar 12, 2006 9:26 am

Hehehe.....

Im back in........now you guys can see what Mitsubishis really are!!

Jaime

Sparhawk · Post by **Sparhawk** » Sun Mar 12, 2006 5:46 pm

What a great day. Thanks to all those who were involved. Sorry to those who missed out, and hope we see you next time

Yes Jaime, Nice Evo.
Glad you could make it Shaun, and you do know i was just joking today dont you... at least the Telstar matched colour with some of the real cars

Hope you get yours back on the road soon.
Ill put some pics up soon (when I get them off the camera) and let you all know how the video turned out. No guarantees, I dont know how good a camera person (politically correct LOL) Lee makes...
Thanx again, I had a ball. Hope you all did too.

sonic · Post by **sonic** » Sun Mar 12, 2006 6:32 pm

Loved it today guys (n girls), great route, nice weather (bit windy at times) great lunch....sorry I missed the afternoon section!!

Thanks again

Jaime

mrx · Post by **mrx** » Sun Mar 12, 2006 6:53 pm

It was a great day - despite the handicap of the Telstar!

Will have to wait a bit on the vids - going to be putting something together from the stuff that I have (pics and vids). Should have it done in a week or so - definitely by the Show 'n' Shine, but I might just give you a sneak preview in a couple of days. Shaping up quite will IMO.

Here are a couple of pics that I just grabbed quickly. My shutter speed was a little low for your speed on those last shots I took, but they still turned out OK. Need to do it again for sure! Sorry Travis - yours just didn't work out....but that just means you have to come along next time

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Jamie - thanks for coming along and adding to the day. Was nice to see the EVO - glad you are happy with it! And thanks for waiting for us those times too.....

All in all - top day - big thanks to Steve for planning and executing. Can't wait for the next event - Show n shine. More info on that shortly.

For now, enjoy these pics and more will be posted later. And no - there has been no "photoshopping" - other than a slight crop.

mrx · Post by **mrx** » Sun Mar 12, 2006 6:57 pm

Oh - and these are reduced size images - full files 3008x2008. Let me know if you want full sized copies.....I am sure we can work out a reasonable fee

Also have the RAW image files if you are really keen.....but about 18mb a pop - so will have to wait for a disk!