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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: NSW
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It's coming...
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Sounds good!
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Clio 182 CUP!
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Inner West, Sydney
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Hopefully late March. Hopefully in a non-ford
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Sydney
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darwin?
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Pfft call Darwin somewhere good?
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striped
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Sydney
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have you been to darwin?
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Supes
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Sydney
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mmm...I havent been to Darwin, wouldnt mid heading up there for a bit of storm season (photos of clouds and lightining
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Motorsport Guru
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: The Blue Mountains, N.S.W.
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Been to Darwin several times. Plenty to see and do and have always had a great time.
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striped
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Sydney
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awwww
i was just mainly thinking about the unrestricted roads actually. but from what i hear its also quite a beautiful place. |
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LOL, unrestricted roads are good, but after a while you get sick of pushing the car hard, wasting petrol and slow down to 150-60 or whatnot. Most locals cruise around that speed... My old pulsar that was the top speed.
Darwins good for a week, stay any longer and it gets boring. |
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Motorsport Guru
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: The Blue Mountains, N.S.W.
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Josh,
Good point about the unrestricted limits. But from what I know (not much!) the higher the speed the higher the risk due to the wildlife wandering around unrestricted i.e. buffalo! You do not want to tackle one of those. But I'd dearly like to take the Focus up there and give it a go though!
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Fairmont Ghia
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: NSW
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Not to mention the road trains, the last of the trailers get some massive death wobbles happening and can swing a whole lane wide, leaving you feeling lucky you're still alive.
Eddie - that's why in the NT on the unrestricted roads they clear the flora back about 200m from the road in an attempt to give you more visual time to see wildlife emerging, but unfortunately skippy is pretty fast on his feet. Timmeh |
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Join Date: Jan 2005
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So where we going?
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: NSW
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Well we haven't sorted out the final route, but alot of us have not been to the new bridge just north of Wollongong that's out over the water and supposed to be quite a sight.
That's the destination, we're just working on the other details. Timmeh |
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Inner West, Sydney
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Will be doing the bridge this weekend! However... not my car :( (trying to limit unneccessary Ks)
If it is late march - I might see you all in a NEW RenaultSport Clio 182 Cup... parents want me to get a new one now :( Chat soon!
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Join Date: May 2005
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lol cool
i got old tyres on mine so ill be taking it slow !! |
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Clio 182 CUP!
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Inner West, Sydney
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Guys - don't do the south run past Stanwell Park. Went today - it is 60kmh whole way down and i was stuck behind a L plater doing about 30kmh around a bend. I was SCREAMING by the time he disappeared (ALmost at wollongong). Mind you i was in a Honda HRV and i was soooooooooo furious. Imagine if i was in the Fiesta....
I say scrap it! No overtaking points either.
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Supes
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the best time to do that bit of road is late on a Saturday night ;) and its a great view from Stanwell Tops too.
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However, during the day it was disappointing. I was screaming out aloud in the car from being so stirred. NOT doing this road again!
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Da Shifty One
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Sydney
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So who would be up for having a navigator/passenger tag along. He is not a bad looking bloke, who loves a good cruise with lots of excitment and wont whine or complain. Can supply esky full of snack and drinks if needed.
Any takers?
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We'll guys it is a scenic road, and you have a lot of mind-numb tourists from the inner city and overseas going through that road. It annoys me that some people aren't comfortable feeling G-forces whilst cornering.(acceleration for that matter). I was teaching my GF to drive manual on the weekend down that way, and she's not the fastest of drivers, but when one corner you get a glimpse of some tail light then by the next corner your on their ***, you get annoyed pretty quickly. And thats with me as a passenger!
Best time to do the natio run, is a weekday or at night. Its a fun drive regardless. Oh yeah organisers, I can bring a gas barbeque on the day if that helps. |
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Join Date: Jan 2005
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Sounds like a nice cruise But im in the same boat as Damo. If I can tag along with someone id def like to come.
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