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i'll be in Bondi perving!!! missing out on a xmas party organised by my friend with lots of tope st girls apparently (some here might know what i'm talking about)

The fishing waters around the Kinglake/Kangaroo Grounds/Diamond creek area is much cleaner than say around Ringwood or other eastern suburbs like Kew. The catches in the bushes also tend to be fatter, bigger fish you'd have confidence in eating...relatively : P We were being stupid (and drunk) one night and threw a few lines into the yarra river along alexandra parade in the city. Surprisingly we still caught fish but one look and you'd tell they weren't edible... If anyone is interested in going to the rivers, drive along doncaster williamson road until you pass reynold's road. Keep going straight until you hit the plenty road roundabout. Do a u-turn on the roundabout and then immedately on your left about 200 metres up the hill you should see a small area for you to turn left. The nature track there will lead you to the river.

I've been to Promax Auto next to Blackburn station and Alan or Max there decent guys for standard repairs, service or bolt on work. I can't really attest whether they are good for anything more as I havent tried - they could be tho its a big shop. They tend to do a lot of uni student/young cars, heaps of JDM sports cars there all the time. Pricing is reasonable too.

Provided they're alive (obviously) - yes it does. Fish gills are filters, so give them clean water to swim in and eventually they'll spit out all the accumulated dirt. Haven't really found the need to do it for saltwater fish, but for freshwater/river fish I'd highly recommend it. Naturally caught murray cods and eels will brown your whole bathtub with dirt over night with all the stuff they spit out. It makes them cleaner (not sure about healthier) and the meat definitely tastes better as it reduces that "muddy' aftertaste. Just be careful with eels as they will jump out of the tub... best put a lid on whatever tub u using.

hell yeah! I'm asian and I eat anything that swims, walks or crawls we usually put them in a bathtub or eski filled with water overnight (still alive) as this makes them regurgitate all the dirty yarra river water in their system. Should actually do this twice to make sure the fish is clean. Then steam with soy sauce, black bean and spring onions.

hahahaha i so agree man. its much better by the bay or something where u have a big sky to light things up, but in the bushes those tree stumps look suspiciously humanoid. And then u start getting paranoid that every sound si somehow sinister... but still the eels bite friggin good in the yarra... its almost a guaranteed catch

This sounds weird but in Docklands you can catch some pinkies and garfish with surprising consistency. Very weird considering its basically in the middle of the CBD but honestly have a go. Otherwise I found the nameless creeks and rivers in diamond creek/warrandyte area are very good for eel fishing in the middle of the night from 12 to 5am. Only problem is that you have to walk through some light bush to get to the river most of the time (no more than 100m off the "track") and at night it can get very Blair Witch project so I dont usually go unless i have a group of at least 5 hahahahaha bait for eels - go to safeway and buy the nastiest most revolting dog food (the ones in the freezer) you can find. The eels love it. Wear gloves.

Alot of suburbs have "bad" spots, but some areas are more "dangerous" than others. As far as general crime goes I used to be in the legal industry and the really "bad" or "dangerous" in relation to violence and car theft were in rough ranking: 1. Melbourne CBD 1. City Inner - Abbotsford, Richmond, Collingwood, Port Melbourne 2. Springvale 2. Footscray 3. Deer Park 4. Noble Park 5. St Albans Box Hill used to be really bad as well, but about 3 years ago the police started a big job of cleaning out the "Asian Gangs" (I'm Asian as well so by all means I'm not being acist here) in that area with increased foot patrols.

well i hope no one was hurt but seriousness aside does this remind anyone of the movie Speed? "Theres a Bomb on the Ford Explorer - if you slow down it will blow!!!"

I go up Mt Dandenong through burwood highway, up sassasfras, turn into mountain highway and go back down to boronia about once a week. An alternative drive would be from warrandyte to kinglake, also a nice relaxing drive that takes around 1 hour or so. Thing about these roads is that you don't have to be breaking any laws or hooning to have a little fun. Keeping to the speed limits, you can have a nice drive that still lets you appreciate teh dynamics of your vehicle and be safe to all other drivers around you. I wouldn't mind a small cruise of around 5 cars of good sensible ppl, but large cruises i've been on in the past have inevitably ended in red and blue lights

hahaha this just became my favorite car forum ever cos theres a moderator telling people to HTFU. Omfg I'm used to moderators telling people not to swear or give opinions, siding with traders instead of "norms", telling people to search and providing broken links or links to useless threads. But here on SAU VIC i get HTFU you little pansy fairy!! but back on topic - Tiger's wife is awesome but the fact remains you can get bored of it if its the only and one thing you do. And the others are half decent and probably dying to hold his 9 iron.

lol apparently theres a picture of TIger holding his nine inch iron on the net... I averted my eyes but my gf was like WTF!!!! last nite when someone sent it to her. and no we arent talking about the golf club.

hahahahahhaa true... but seriuosly would you really hit a woman? I can't even imagine it as corny as that sounds. But women hitting me? hell yeah thast happened a lot...

I totally agree.... The "Wife is Better So I Won't Cheat" theory doesn't work. A car analogy. Lets say you drove a Ferrari / R35 GTR / NSX-R (yes VTEC yO! I can't get over Hondas shoot me ). She's beautiful, sexy, fast, intelligent, does everything you want her to. But you would still probably enjoy driving a WRX just for a day for something different, cheaper, easier to park, less to worry about at the parking lot. Might only be for a day, but it'll be a nice change of pace. A mate i knew got with a pretty average woman, who were shorter but somehow weighed 30% more than his gf. He epitomises this old joke: "What's similar between an electronic scooter and a fat chick?" - - - - - - "its all fun and games until your friends catches you riding one"

I've had really good experiences with Jack from Real Tune in Clayton. Reasonable prices, honest guy and won't get you to replace something you don't need to replace. He'd actually take active steps to use your current parts rather than buy replacements to make his life easier. Call him on 0433180517. I guess you can tell him i sent you... I been taking my car there for years. Errr.... tell him Gary who used to drive a silver EK4 and now a Black DC5.

My personal take on it: 1. Handle it "Privately" I don't blame the media for latching on or feel sympathy for Tiger that his life is on display. He is after all a public person, who earns money from publicity and therefore should expect a lack of privacy. It comes with the job as they say. 2. The Women I'd tap it 3. His Wife I'd tap it twice 4. Why??? Well to be honest, you can have too much of a good thing. A combination of greed and boredom usually makes men cheat. Chinese people have a saying: The Wife does not compare to the Concubine The Concubine does not compare to the Courtesan (ie: Prostitute) The Courtersan does not compare to the lady stolen (ie: stealing someone's girl or otherwise having an illicit relationship) So overall i fully understand why Tiger would cheat... I might or might not agree with his morality but my only question is.... why he didnt get better quality??? Surely with that amount of $$$ you'd be able to pull someone better than Megan Fox.

Thanks for all the advice and welcomes guys. Heres a bad picture of my car after a late night car wash from an iPhone. Anyways, CAI, coilovers and some advanti wheels are in. Didn't really want to spend $3K on a set of JDM wheels to reduce unsprung weight atm, have plenty of more BFYB mods to do for that sorta money. Next mods will be front and rear sways from either cusco or whiteline, followed by probably nolathane bushes all round. I took the car to King Lake and Mt Dandy on the weekend and found that the car had significant body roll, so hopefully those mods + lowering a bit more should help. She's also very nose heavy compared to a Civic/Clio sport or even WRX and brakes are another weak point. Already looking for a set of brembos off a JDM DC5R to address that... Anyhow feel free to comment hope to see u all at a track day soon.

I could be mistaken (and beleive me i could be wrong) but the theory is that with FWD is that the rear wheels should follow the front ones around, kinda like ragging an unwilling, unturning pair of ugly stepchildren around. Hence more grip at the front than rear, hence wider at front vs rear... and stiffer suspension at back vs front. I welcome and standy ready to be corrected though

hahahahahhaa... i was thinking about wiring it to teh speakers to play an explosion when it does. VTEC bOOMMMMMMMMMMM. Alright guys, coilovers and CAI is in, car runs a lot smoother now. I now have an additional $1000 to get track ready. Not relaly looking to be competing at the moment so what are some suggestions for how to spend this money? Tyres were initially on my list but i didnt want to go that way because i'm getting wider rims in future and it'd be just a waste ot get tyres now. So i was thinking: 1. Used set of wheels , 17x8 and 17x9 staggered with some good road/performance tyres (Falken 615s?) 2. Rear sway bar, strut bars and a camber kit 3. Exhaust I'm not really partial to further body bracing at the moment as the car's power hasn't been increased to the piont where it surpasses factory provided bracing. So wheels seems my preference atm. Exhaust would sound nice but again it doesnt make big diff. Planning to turbo in future so again long term goals don't match that short term mod as i'll be throwing away the headers/catback in favor of a turbo manifold and bigger turboback piping. maintenance wise i've arleady done the services and valve adjustments so should be ok. Also got my chain belt tensioner checked and its fine so no need at the moment. Suggestions?

hahaha thanks guys. Well this weekend the CAI, Coilovers and HIDs are all going in. Can't wait to see the car truly become "mine" once the customisation starts. Next week should see the various strut bars and sway bars and other reinforcement coming. I'll take some pics of the car after the lowering and post them up, pretty stock looking but the key thing here is that my lady friend won't know naything has been done to the car until its too late Its really good to hear that SAU has such a diverse member base. I been on a few other forums/clubs over the years and haven't really seen anything like it.

Thanks for the welcome guys I heard this one one of the best and active clubs in VIC as well, and one of the few that actually does events as opposed to only taking fotos of cars.... I'll definitely become a paid member asap so I can start attending some events. Right now the car needs a few things done to it, with suspension (previous owner had king springs which I think are chopped) being the main priority. So I bought a set of Tein Basics and a CAI (for the VTEC yO! scream you know....) and will be installing them this week. After the xmas season I'll probably look at start attending some sprints or timed laps. Probably won't be able to do full races for a while, at least not until i do something about the brakes, which fade pretty quickly and are frankly unsafe after even a 20 min spirited road drive within speed limits. Hhahahahahaha i think Hondas are great if you know what they are... and don't worship N/A to the point where you start making unrealistic claims. Having owned 2 forced induction cars (S15/WRX) i'm all for FI... and would eventually hope for a Jackson Racing Super Charger in the Dc5 sourced from capa or USA. So hopefully i'll see u all in 2010 at a track somewhere... just making my car track ready so that the VTEC doesnt fall off...

Hi All, I recently bought a DC5 Type S following a 2 year break from car modifying and was looking for a forum/club that held regular open invite trackdays and was CAMs affiliated and found SAU VIC to be pretty much the only one around for JDM cars. Given the name of the Club Skylines Australia, I wanted to ask whether it is an appropriate club for me to join? I've had a history of owning JDM "sports" cars including a civic, WRX and s15 and am looking to just have some track time with the car with some like minded people. And no i don't believe a B16A is faster than a RB26 because of VTEC yO!...But i do like Hondas Considering that someone will inevitably post a picture, thought I'd save everyone the trouble: