Majanal

Oh well, maybe next year I will remember... doubt it though...

that is twice I have been got today... ya did the same trick last year yes no? hear the olympic swimming is coming to sydney.

Your a sick kid Ben! but I like it;)

:werd: Probably cruise down with YRL05S. I'll Bring Jody, tell her that we are only going to watch... get a conversation started between them and have 11 or 12 runs... doubt she will even notice! Easy, if you win your with us... loose and your with them!

Up Yours... Someone had to take the ugly genes in the family! :finger: Voted!

My critisism of Malcolm's post was not what he posted, but how he wrote it. I had spoken to him on the phone on two occasions that day and we had spoken about most of the things raised in his thread. I guess I had hoped that he might have considered restructuring his post with this in mind. I even took notes during our phone calls. Anyway, I responded, and I'm sure you got that it was not what he was saying that upset me but how he said it, he did say that it may come accross a little harsh, but I felt that exceeded "a little". I'm going to now continue to think of the positives as Jade suggested in her lovely post above. I will of course take not of the critisisms and look at ways of fixing these... I have already come up with some solutions, like that the Judging criteria will be more clearly set out in the Supp Reggs and we will have more copies on hand just in case we get the mass of on the day entries as we did this time! Dan.

LIKE HOW MUCH FUN YOU HAD... and how you know some sponsors to get on board next time. Guys, amazing as it might sound, there are already very small things taking place in the view of organising the next one... keep your eyes peeled for some pretty cool raffles over the next few months, of which some proceeds will be going towards making the next show even bigger! as I have said before, I'm still enjoying the hi of pulling off a dream, and I am already thinking at a million miles of how the next one may be done to make it even better! :):) I'm just that stoked!

Well I think that all the posts previous to malcolms have certainly summed up the day and in my mind it was still a huge success, one that will last for a long time as a fond memory of mine. I really enjoyed every aspect of it, from the organising, to cruising the club the night before and that "anticipation" of what just might lie around the corner... and then the relief of achiving a dream... Wonderful!

Well Well, I had grand plans of taking the next few weeks to myself, to relax and unwind from the last 12 months, and in particular the last 6 months where 6 guys (Brendan, Tosh, Carlo, Nick, Jez and myself) have spent the majority of our spare time contacting potential sponsors, driving half way around the state a couple of times, rearranging work and social commitments to meet and discuss different aspects of what in my opinion was A FARKING HUGE DAY. But it appears that after talking to Malcolm this afternoon that nothing appeared to sink in. It appears that after him talking to Brendan yesterday, nothing sunk in... We are the first to admit that we made some mistakes, we are the first to say that next year we want to do things better, we, the guys that when asked to volunteer our time to put this wonderful event on for YOU to bring your car to and display, were the first to admit that we had a HUGE learning curve. I believe my words to you this arvo before I assisted you in posting your "constructive criticism" were "that it was a learning curve that put Mount Everest to shame." I really feel that you could have rethought your words and taken on board the conversation that we had this arvo, hell your asking us to do something that you are clearly not interested in doing. Please feel free to speak with Jo-Anne, I have done all that is possible to rectify the issue for her and Powerplay, and I will go only as far as to reiterate what I said to you on the phone this arvo. The Judges were given the instruction of "selecting the best car for each category in their opinion, ensuring that that car had entered that category." The judging panel consisted of; 1 x Mechanic for a Import company 2 x Writers for Imports and performance magazines 1 x Skylines Australia Exec 1 x Tuning Shop Owner 1 x Mingara Recreation Club Board Member. of which I would say that all bar possibly the Mingara board member had a good knowledge of the cars they were looking at. In future we will do things differently and I do hope that you attend the next one so that you can see that we are prepared to listen to feedback, and yours Malcolm will be taken on board (in amongst the attempted destruction and criticism of people that get NOTHING but the praise offered to them as a reward for 6 months of hard slog). Hopefully it may encourage you to take on board what people say to you also. I know that you said it might seem harsh, but FFS, that one takes the cake mate. To All the rest of you, I really do appreciate that praise that you have given us, the guys really deserve it, with out them this event would not have been the huge success it was. As I think I said somewhere else, this is a HUGE HGE step forward for the club and it seems that most people, even though we dropped the ball in a few areas, where happy with the day. I know that I'll be putting my hand up again to assist if not organise the next one and I hope that lots of other will too... even if it is just signing a entry form and bringing their pride and joy along to have it lined up alongside the best of the best... some say quality is better than quantity... I disagree!!! The Aim next year is to make the front page of a Sydney paper... "SKYLINE AUSTRALIA SHOW AND SHINE STOPS CENTRAL COAST" Till next time guys, Dan. [/color] P.S. I will put together a list of all cars that were voted for in each category, car numbers only I was thinking unless those that new they got voted for are happy for their names to be advertised?

Dino informed me a couple of weeks ago that Lisa is expecting their second child... Congratulations guys, we look forward to meeting another addition to the Skylines Australia community! Dan and Jody.

Do we need long pants, covered shoes, a long shirt and helmut pete???

Yeah I'll come at this stage... pending new Job. Christian... you coming to the challenge from some time back?

No issues Carlo, I was going to do the same thing. I will just add that a blue skyline was also reported to the police, and spoken to at the day. I do hope that Colin is ok as it is never nice to be hurt.

Tis gonna be HUGE Duncan, I already told you that we have to add the U this time to highlight just how big the day is gonna be!!! I can't wait guys and girls... will be awesome! Dan. PS. Taken from the BOM site (http://www.bom.gov.au/cgi-bin/wrap_fwo.pl?IDN10060.txt) Gosford Sunday Fine. Warm. Northeast to southeast winds.

Seems like a good point.

So am I. Just finished the signage so everybody can find there way in. Just look for our banner on a big fence, and then follow the A4 signs to where you need to go! See you all tomorrow! Dan. PS.Deserteagle, are you going to entry that beast of yours... or is she going to be left in the car park with the rest of the shit boxes! :P

What a GREAT idea... you should come to Show and shine Pete!

Guilty, it is called throttle control mate. insetad of floring it "feed" the throttle in. ie. dropp the clutch at 3/4 grand and then as momentum build slowly increase the amount of throttle you have on. the tyres your running also plays a major part in the amount of throttle you can feed and how quickly. Hope this helps.

Thanks Sonic. See you Sunday mate!

Diff in (don't know if I like it though... might just need to learn how to drive it? Sux BAD at low speeds) Suspension in and aligned. Tune engine and I think I'm ready to go! Pete I'll flick you a deposit next week!

I will have to come and try this whole drag thing one day!

Lazy arse!!!

Yeah, no good luck guys... hopefully your luck is better than my luck with picking dates... if only we chose last weekend... hell there wasn't even a track day interstate that weekend! Oh well, hopefully we have better luck next time. And hopefully the Skyzers Own all on the weekend at Jamboree... I know we will be stopping the Central Coast on Sunday! Dan.

I was... but obviously I was making time in acceleration away from the lights!

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