FTO AUSTRALIA

Well i'll be interested to see how my new tyres go....if its windy i think we can forget about the cruise. As some of the way are open twisty road, with wet surface & high wind, even thought you in a 100kmph zone, you be stupid to do more the 60kmph

So we go go-karting instead as chris suggested?

wet / dry / windy / what-ever.

your FTO is waterproof and should have some tread on the tyres,

so GO THE CRUISE!

Tarkus will be there at maccas in Nunawadding.

CYA

Correction FTO are water resistant, & not waterproof.

Mine isn't

Looks like im outta this cruise got my car back yesterday. Still not fixed properly for some reason the stereo is effecting the computer that controls my auto transmission. So back into the shop again doubt ill be driving an fto till next year

where is this maccus place?
im lost

pg 4 buddy.

alright its on then...on;y about 1 person has pulled out so we will expect about 10 cars...wd...c u guys then..

hehehe make that around 9, my mate had to do his trading stuff, so his pulling out.

ok ok .... wtf happened to my tire??? too fast (possibly but i don't think so) not enough tire pressure?? most probable...anyway close inspection to all the tires at home has me stumped as they are all about 32psi which should be enough anyway...anyway not too much damage later my baby will live...

Thanks to Supplantor/Kev/Mil for their help with the car...actually I found the correct socket in the back seat when I got home hehe pitty my jack handle was f&^king wrong...hahah at least I know...

Hope you guys had fun for the pics I took at the start here you go:

http://www.users.on.net/~chris.law/crui ... rusie1.jpg
http://www.users.on.net/~chris.law/crui ... rusie2.jpg
http://www.users.on.net/~chris.law/crui ... rusie3.jpg
http://www.users.on.net/~chris.law/crui ... rusie4.jpg
http://www.users.on.net/~chris.law/crui ... rusie5.jpg
http://www.users.on.net/~chris.law/crui ... rusie6.jpg
http://www.users.on.net/~chris.law/crui ... rusie7.jpg
http://www.users.on.net/~chris.law/crui ... rusie8.jpg
http://www.users.on.net/~chris.law/crui ... rusie9.jpg
http://www.users.on.net/~chris.law/crui ... usie10.jpg

looks like u guys had fun !! where u people go for lunch and all ??

haha i missed it again.... -.- forgot to follow this topic..
and this time was so close to my house!!~ hahaha i could even walk there ~ hahahhaa

Hya All

glad to hear you are OK "khungjeng" if I had been following a bit closer and actually seen what happened, it would have been brown underpants for me.

Anyway I have some video and as soon as I can it will be up loaded to my web site.

pity about the rain but I think we all enjoyed the drive. hope all the west enders got home OK

CYA Tarkus

ps: good piccies khungjeng!!

yes - just confirming that the west enders got home okz lol

cant wait to c the video footage hehez

btw, anybody that took photos on the cruise, please post em up, i didnt get to take any cos my camera died on me

thanx

Btw, Chris, I hope u and u missus r okz. One minute i c u going around the corner, and the next your on the other side . Hope everything will be aightz and it wont give u too much trouble

- Ken

Well it think is the "uniroyal" mate, I never seen a tyre came off like that under pressure. Consider the circumstances, you are very lucky with only a minor damage.

Anyway i manage to take one pic ehhehehee & here it is

I took some pics... but i left the camera in the car... and it's cold outside now

I'll put them up tomorrow.

Hope the Lancer/Mirage club enjoyed themselves too

Oh yeah, almost forgot... how was the food?

Don't worry James, my missy & I didn't had a chance to eat too, need to rush off to a Xmas party.

But end up doing my stereo in my car for another 15mins before we left...

lol doods...ya thanks for your thoughts....looks like I had a leak in that tyre and must have just been low enough to let it rip off under a bit of tight cornering...looking into the tyre brand etc they don't seem too bad made in germany but hey ...

Looking at the damage its really minor...wont be much to fix...I have a few other things I want done so its a poor, but ok excuse..

It was pretty scray...my other half was like totally pissed with me...cos when the car started to understeer and cos of my speed etc I though it could be easily corrected...anyway it just kept going and going and going and next thing I'm aiming for this white ute on the otherside of the road...full lock the other way saw me miss the ute (damn that was scary) but not enough to stop going in the ditch...where I hit some small pole thing...anyway the wheel is in decent shape which is suprising...but it will be checked out tomorrow.

In my other car I went down to Ringwood near my place and bought a new jack and guess who I saw driving back?? the west end boys...was gonna catch up and blast past with my ford but decided I had enough fun for one day...

Lesson learnt...check tire pressure regulary..I checked mine like 10 days ago...goes to show you can never be too careful!

dude, it was a shame that happened to u. At least no one was hurt. As Kev said, it could have been way worse.
Make sure when u get the tyre replaced u also get a wheel alignment.
Good to finally put a face on some of the newer members and also that it was my first cruise in ages
I was told off during the time i was leading for my excessive cornering speeds and that the others couldnt been see in my rear view
Thats what i like to hear