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oh no! whats the plan then? on tenterhooks here mate.

willing to go group buy on the QFMs, though i have had bendix ultimates in for about six months now and they have been fine (though i really should bleed the lines at some point..)

what was dick like other than the speeding?

Thanks again John, always amazed you can ignore my lame jokes and get straight to the point but still in a helpful and friendly manner. Obviously a lot of dealings people have with the police depends on the person in the uniform but do you find the training and culture changed you in anyway? made you more suspicious generally? less tolerant? more appreciative of free time and relieved when you can go out in public on a day off and not have everyone staring at you? just some wild guesses but? oh and love the cop speak in this i would like to think im a person of firmness, reasonable firmness even. would anyone care to check? /sorry couldnt help it // /// slashies

yeah blame game was kind of exciting and dramatic but def time to move on, cruise is on 19th right? when is the raffle draw that is going off your chip in account? maybe at a BBQ cruise a fortnight after the cruise? that way peeps will get their donations in while emotions and sympathies are still running high. Not to sound cynical but some will move on while your stuck with all that metal in your driveway, fingers crossed the car doctor gives you the thumbs up for some affordable repairs and we can get the ball rolling. oh and hey when its fixed everyone who helped out should sign the old rear quarter before it goes on the clubhouse wall as a conversation piece/ artifact ?

i know, not being a dick just a little anal as eric said not to reply to this thread at all. glad to hear you had a good experience with PP though.

eric do you ever get the feeling no one is paying attention to the requests in your posts? i did have some things to say actually but im too lazy to PM anyone and actually read your post. sigh.

hehe yes sorry i think i can take a tiny amount of the blame for the thread derailing but hey, im sure someone will see the topic and jump in with an angry tale of race baiting cops in a bright coloured Falcodore with shiny rims trying to drag them off at the lights or tailgating them. In fact speedwhore (or Sid in RL) had just that happen on the way up to wakefield last friday night, apparently the guy sat right on their bumper for miles and only took off when someone flew past them at speed. Seen this complained in the letter pages of car mags now and then (so it must be true not apocryphal..right?) and i dont know, i sure wouldnt brake test a cop but i would slow right down so he had to pass and take down his details, therefore allowing me to, yes, write an angry letter! anyway back to threadjack, cop seemed pretty clear about moving me on. More of a direct order than a request and there was enough of them for me to comply quite hastily (plus im generally quite meek and compliant with authority for all my internet bluster). Wasnt a big deal though it was just a little odd and made me wonder how far that power extended..could they tell you to move on just because they didnt like your shoes/car/stupid hair? Actually i woudnt have a problem with that last one.. Eitherway John just cleared it up with his example of the car blocking traffic etc, good to see someones applying the law appropriately. (though seriously you really should consider booking people for bad hair, its getting crazy out there..almost zoo like).

guess u can grab the footage off them for your mini movie? now if only you could find a way to work 'epic thread' into your mini movie it would be mini epic movie..

jesus that link is a long read, got some way into it though and basically yeah. as long as your not filming upskirts on the westfield escalator your pretty much free to 'document' away. I might have to be a smart arse next time i see a transit telling people to delete perfectly legally filmed footage. Otherwise they could be opening themselves up to legal action if the hapless activist suddenly found they had deep pockets and plenty of free time. they have already demonstrated they have the latter so.. oh and whats with this offence 'disobeying police directions' how far can that go ? I had a cop tell me to move on when i was typing away on my laptop at town hall station while on a break one night on a back shift. Wanted to to get some air but not miss on the SAU forum shenanigans, it was past midnight and apparently i would be a hazard due to my laptop attracting thieves! get their logic but again and just curious here, could i have pushed it and stood my ground? dont you hate pedants like me?

thats cool, maybe it will get lost in the mail? bet every day you get to drive the skyline is that much sweeter knowing it might be your last..hey u gotta look hard for the silver lining sometimes.. oh and i wonder if a defense like this guy used might have helped? http://swns.com/scaredy-prat-motorist-escapes-ban-because-he-was-frightened-of-foreign-lorry-081018.html

er sorry ben meant to plus your post and accidently hit minus. anyway big plus one from me and can someone fix that? not that anyone pays attention to the damn things i didnt even see that re. the ripple strip then attempting to 'turn out of it' crazy stuff trying to justify that as a legit racing move.

lol classic. though im sure it feels like a bit of a zoo out there sometimes, especially on a full moon? yeah not surprised you can bring mates along with all the OH&S/liability issues these days but it was worth a shot. speaking of being watched, do you know the rules on filming you guys? i had an incident on the train the other night where a passenger was wrestled off for not having a ticket. Took six transits and eventually a few cops to drag the well dressed drunk kicking and screaming to the lifts at Eastwood. (last train to Wyong at 0015 on a friday, always entertaining) anyway some tourists pulled out their iphone and crowded around giggling and recording away, eventually a transit cop peeled off and told them to 'P off' but not before making them delete the offending footage. this reminded me of a female cop a few months back who got in some bother for chasing off a bystander for doing same, her expletive ridden rant went national i believe. anyway i understand how annoying it would be to have some noob in your face with a camera like that but can you really force them to stop/delete footage? just curious

yeah if he hadnt tried to pin it on eric with the pit lane thing it would have been a lot classier sure he says but then goes on to say little bit of a contradiction there me thinks, as for risking the turn instead of kitty litter, arent professional racers meant to look around the corner to beyond the apex? might have seen erics car if he did that and reconsidered..then again it was all in a split second and of course the guy didnt want to hit anyone just. Seems like a series of errors eg, old/low quality brake fluid and simple mistakes mid corner. It was painful hearing about that Porsche owners expensive shunts and it certainly puts this one in perspective, still it seems a lot of aggro here could have been avoided if Richard had been a little more conversational on the day and outlined his postion with a little more tact rather than a dismissive 'too bad, wheres my coat?' Still some lessons learned on both sides it seems, certainly shoving a writ through the window of the next person who rear ends me on the track might not be a good idea but i hope i would be able to sit down with them and hash it out afterwards with some measure of civility. anyway main thing is we are all behind Eric in his quest to get the wifes little dream car back on the road and i for one cant wait for the first fundraiser..19th of march anyone?

oh yeah my flatmate works at a mazda dealer too, lead sales rep. not sure how it will help re parts but you never know.

yeah what are his chip in account details?

lol...bewbs... anyway yeah that sucks, the americans at least have that on us. Only dealt with US cops in Hawai and they were very cool, not quite 'five-O yo' but nice guys nevertheless. will have to make do with more tales of paper scissors rock and blind drunk, nine month pregnant speeding P platers. See how quickly this stuff gets exaggerated? gotta love the interwebs..

how about contacting the sponsors re the bad press? i certainly wont be using 'sureflo exhausts' for my extraction needs.. oh and like the idea of a gran turismo comp. i can turn up with ps3 and screen if a LAN party was in the offing?

how about a ride along? do they still do those? someone might accidently see what came up on the screen then i guess, plus im curious how well this camera that picks up all the nearby unreg cars works. very Sci fi stuff!

Eric, your back. We have. anyone seen breaking bad? basically dude gets cancer so he quits his job as a high school chemistry teacher and cooks meth on the sly so his family has some fast money when he dies. While im not suggesting you go to this extreme to rectify your current financial woes (though wait.. Terry u know chemistry right?) his son starts a charity site linked to a paypal account and raises quite a bit of money that way. If this was done i would match Adams effort and im sure others would follow, otherwise this movie night at the club house sounds fun. Social cruise on the 19th might be a good venue for some kind of BBQ related shenanigans too? ok best of luck!

yeah just one more reason to be confident about them. cant wait to have the cheddar to be browsing his wares properly..

just thats where someone told me u were in wagga, guess he was just going off your forum info but im making out you have agents running around confusing people as to your whereabouts. much more interesting that way.

will be there with bells on, gotta meet the mysterious 'john' if thats his real name but mainly to see Terry dressed up as serpico, i will go as John Mclane if its famous cop dress up day..

oooh very sneaky, and extra credits for having people going around disseminating said false information at track days. Your a ghost man...a ghost! as for Terry in a serpico outfit..will that include the black muscle shirt and mullet? now that i gotta see!

is this a skylines forum? why is everyone applauding a switch to the darkside? the bimmer looks great and im sure its very fast but wheres the loyalty?