Jump to content
SAU Community

Recommended Posts

After going for a really fantastic drive in the Country today (without the bowling hat LOL) it got me thinking about some of my favourite stretches of road, and some of the driving enjoyment I have had. Tell us your stories about driving enjoyment in your Stags, and roads etc that others might enjoy driving....

I will start it off with todays drive in the Stag.

A beautiful day in Canberra today. Woke up in the morning, a thick fog covering the neighbourhood :P . Made some preparations for a trip to Wee Jasper with the kids for the day. After checking all the vitals, we loaded up the back with all sorts of stuff, eskys, picnic baskets, clothes for the kids etc etc (Those with kids will know what I mean), then headed off with the sun breaking through the fog (and the Sun Roofs) to reveal a brilliant blue day.

Headed down to Uriarra crossing, and up the back road through to the Wee Jasper Valley. The Stagea was brilliant on the road, with the extra weight in the back giving a much better ride on the shocks. As we cleared the edge of Canberra and started to cruise, the roads started to clear of traffic, and the Stagea really came into its own. During the 55k drive, there are many varied road conditions, from slow climbs, long uphill sections through to some serious twisties, linked with some well graded gravel roads overlooking some beautiful high country. The split dump really makes a difference in providing smoother power, especially through the hills. The Attessa working brilliantly as we powered out from some of the twistier sections, with my appreciation of the Stag as a great touring wagon growing all the time :) .

Arriving in the picturesque Wee Jasper, and stopping in at the general store for a steaming mug of coffee, I realised that I had just added another section of road to my "favourites" list. :no:

Link to comment
https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/130092-favourite-drives/
Share on other sites

...headed off with the sun breaking through the fog...

We've got kids (3) and we know that either 1. you packed the car the night before and had the kids sleeping in the car, or 2. you got up before the crack of dawn, or 3. Your kids are old enough to pack themselves, or 4. you're pulling a swift one on us.

Either way it is a sweet ride with the kids - they squeal with delight when you go fast around the bends. I was fully loaded (aka Silverback style) and still managed to keep with an XR6 turbo from the Gateway Bridge toll booth last Sunday.

My favourite stretch of road...any one with my wife holding my hand.

(not so tight baby, I cant hold opposite lock when you cut off the blood flow)

We've got kids (3) and we know that either 1. you packed the car the night before and had the kids sleeping in the car, or 2. you got up before the crack of dawn, or 3. Your kids are old enough to pack themselves, or 4. you're pulling a swift one on us.

Either way it is a sweet ride with the kids - they squeal with delight when you go fast around the bends. I was fully loaded (aka Silverback style) and still managed to keep with an XR6 turbo from the Gateway Bridge toll booth last Sunday.

My favourite stretch of road...any one with my wife holding my hand.

(not so tight baby, I cant hold opposite lock when you cut off the blood flow)

Actually, 3 is correct, but the fog didnt lift till 10.30 this morning!!

Recently did Adelaide to Perth. To bring the stag home :)

Great stretch of road...and well worth it.. A once in a life time trip (have done it 3 times so far) :(

Non stop from Adelaide to Port Augusta...Not even 30mins out of Adelaide and I had to dodge a golf ball size rock from this truck!! Then a bird flys into my windscreen... Crap, great start!! Drive past Snowtown - that was a bit spinny I thought!! Arrive in Port Augusta for a wheel alignment and ended up with 4 new tyres!! **&^$

Port Augusta to Ceduna... one fuel stop and pull into Ceduna 6pmish for the night.

Ceduna to Cocklebiddy... Can't leave Ceduna till the fog clears and the roo's take a hike into the bush... a couple of stops for fuel and food and batteries for the GameBoy!!!! See our first Kangaroos 20kms out of Cocklebiddy... phew, glad we're here!! Sleep time!!

Cocklebiddy to Kalgoorlie...Get over taken doing 120 by a P plater in a commodore, hmmm, OK.... Fuel stop at Balladonia, take happy snaps, stretch the legs..Quarantine Check at Border Village, carry on to Eucla for fuel and food stops!! Continue on to Norseman... not long to go now...pull into Kalgoorlie around 3pm :) Stay with a friend for a week..

post-30699-1155478758.jpg

Kalgoorlie to Perth... 6hrs from my comfy bed...can't wait!!... fuel stop some 550kms from Kal... 2hours to go till home!!

The Great Australian Bite... post-30699-1155478468.jpgpost-30699-1155479757.jpg

I had some fun doing 'fishies' in the mud, which evidence is still underneath my car :)

Some of the wildlife, dead and alive post-30699-1155478579.jpg

Love driving, and although it seemed a really long tedious drive, it was over before it began... I remember looking out for the big sign that reads... Nullabor.. the longest stretch of road ...but I missed it... :)

Don't ask me how... I did take some photos driving along though...

post-30699-1155478267.jpg post-30699-1155478884.jpg post-30699-1155479176.jpg

Edited by StageaGirl

the Clyde and Brown Mt are awesome during the summer. i regularly head down either one of these to the south coast from canberra. nice windy roads through rainforest. can be a bit hairy in winter with thick fog, black ice and so on. stagea loves it however, it was built for that!

the Clyde and Brown Mt are awesome during the summer. i regularly head down either one of these to the south coast from canberra. nice windy roads through rainforest. can be a bit hairy in winter with thick fog, black ice and so on. stagea loves it however, it was built for that!

Been up and down those two more times than I can remember, both are fantastic. Coming out of Bowral and down through Kangaroo Valley is awesome too.

the Clyde and Brown Mt are awesome during the summer. i regularly head down either one of these to the south coast from canberra. nice windy roads through rainforest. can be a bit hairy in winter with thick fog, black ice and so on. stagea loves it however, it was built for that!

Brown Mountain is an awesome drive :happy:

The Great Ocean Road, I live on it and it has the lot, even an 80km/h speed limit now! Theres still plenty or road that doing 80k's is just a crazy idea, even on a bike! So it's plenty of fun, just keep your eyes on the road, nice view but there's not many straight bits...

...not in summer though, try crawling along it at 40k's due to extremely bad drivers and heavy traffic, that is not the time of year to enjoy it at all...

Any drive is a hoot.

As Ska knows the hillsof Mt Tamborine are an experience. Even in a stock S1.

But I had a great run with my 13yo up to Queensland Raceway last Saturday.All country, nothing fancy, just under boost most of the time, purred like a pussycat.

Watched my 18yo S13 drifting, smelled the smoke. Listened to the squeal of tyres. Had a couple of Cokes and PlutoPups, strolled the pits, checked out the mods. What a great day.

Drive back in perfect weather, no dramas. The Stagea is so easy to drive.

Hit 3and a bit for a while. Big Macs at Beaudesert, then home for a few beers and a barbie.

Hugh, you have just described the perfect day.

Well done.

LOL

heheheheh sorry. The perfect day ALWAYS ends in a bl*wy. lol.

Id love to describe some of my rides, the best road is the Bull Creek rd... from Clarendon to the turn off to Strathalbyn / Victor harbor. An amazing road, but I cant put my antics in writing on a forum. Sorry.

LOL

heheheheh sorry. The perfect day ALWAYS ends in a bl*wy. lol.

Id love to describe some of my rides, the best road is the Bull Creek rd... from Clarendon to the turn off to Strathalbyn / Victor harbor. An amazing road, but I cant put my antics in writing on a forum. Sorry.

Been there, done that and Ska slapped me on the wrist.

If you talk revs, say 31/2, say "but I was in second" lol

Yeah Hugh has the best home location I reckon. I dont know how many times I went up and down Mt Tambourine in my r33, but it is a BLOODY nice drive, (one night I put nearly 250kms on the clock), I have not been up it in the Stagea yet, mainly because I didnt get a chance to before we moved up here :)

But still Hugh has it good! And when you get bored of normal twisties, there is always the goat track, which goes down the south-western part of Mt Tambo, it's even TWISTIER and one lane..... BUT IT IS NOT FORGIVING!!!

Still when you want to adopt me Hugh, I have all the papers all drawn up >_<

Hugh, you have just described the perfect day.

Well done.

Was looking at an old post "The Three Essential ESSES"

You mentioned the drifter, the S13, it wasn't then but it is now.

Nissans give me Goosebumps! :):D:):no::no::no::(

Edited by 66yostagea

my favorite drive/ride is only a short bit of road through steiglitz park between ballarat and geelong in victoria, all really nicely cambered sweepers with virtually no traffic where you can top it out on the 4klm long straight if you want to whether its on the bike or in the car.

best time is mid morning on a weekday it is glorious to see THE BLOODY SPEED LIMIT! on the speedo of the bike or THE BLOODY SPEED LIMIT! on the pivot meter of the stag.

very "hoonish" of me but meh i only do it alone on the way to work

EDIT BY Ska: FFS People please think before posting........ :)

sorry guys i got edited cos i didn know bout the big brother aspect.

i got past the speed limiter with the pivot speed meter, its a trick little bit of equipment as it not only gets round the speed cut out, but also indicates what your actual speed is,and can also track your 1/4mile times as well as a few other things like peak/hold of speeds and times.

once aagain i apologise for posting things about illegal activity/s

and shall refrain from doing so in the future

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now


  • Similar Content

  • Latest Posts

    • Power is fed to the ECU when the ignition switch is switched to IGN, at terminal 58. That same wire also connects to the ECCS relay to provide both the coil power and the contact side. When the ECU sees power at 58 it switches 16 to earth, which pulls the ECCS relay on, which feeds main power into the ECU and also to a bunch of other things. None of this is directly involved in the fuel pump - it just has to happen first. The ECU will pull terminal 18 to earth when it wants the fuel pump to run. This allows the fuel pump relay to pull in, which switches power on into the rest of the fuel pump control equipment. The fuel pump control regulator is controlled from terminal 104 on the ECU and is switched high or low depending on whether the ECU thinks the pump needs to run high or low. (I don't know which way around that is, and it really doesn't matter right now). The fuel pump control reg is really just a resistor that controls how the power through the pump goes to earth. Either straight to earth, or via the resistor. This part doesn't matter much to us today. The power to the fuel pump relay comes from one of the switched wires from the IGN switch and fusebox that is not shown off to the left of this page. That power runs the fuel pump relay coil and a number of other engine peripherals. Those peripherals don't really matter. All that matters is that there should be power available at the relay when the key is in the right position. At least - I think it's switched. If it's not switched, then power will be there all the time. Either way, if you don't have power there when you need it (ie, key on) then it won't work. The input-output switching side of the relay gains its power from a line similar (but not the same as) the one that feeds the ECU. SO I presume that is switched. Again, if there is not power there when you need it, then you have to look upstream. And... the upshot of all that? There is no "ground" at the fuel pump relay. Where you say: and say that pin 1 Black/Pink is ground, that is not true. The ECU trigger is AF73, is black/pink, and is the "ground". When the ECU says it is. The Blue/White wire is the "constant" 12V to power the relay's coil. And when I say "constant", I mean it may well only be on when the key is on. As I said above. So, when the ECU says not to be running the pump (which is any time after about 3s of switching on, with no crank signal or engine speed yet), then you should see 12V at both 1 and 2. Because the 12V will be all the way up to the ECU terminal 18, waiting to be switched to ground. When the ECU switches the fuel pump on, then AF73 should go to ~0V, having been switched to ground and the voltage drop now occurring over the relay coil. 3 & 5 are easy. 5 is the other "constant" 12V, that may or may not be constant but will very much want to be there when the key is on. Same as above. 3 goes to the pump. There should never be 12V visible at 3 unless the relay is pulled in. As to where the immobiliser might have been spliced into all this.... It will either have to be on wire AF70 or AF71, whichever is most accessible near the alarm. Given that all those wires run from the engine bay fusebox or the ECU, via the driver's area to the rear of the car, it could really be either. AF70 will be the same colour from the appropriate fuse all the way to the pump. If it has been cut and is dangling, you should be able to see that  in that area somewhere. Same with AF71.   You really should be able to force the pump to run. Just jump 12V onto AF72 and it should go. That will prove that the pump itself is willing to go along with you when you sort out the upstream. You really should be able to force the fuel pump relay on. Just short AF73 to earth when the key is on. If the pump runs, then the relay is fine, and all the power up to both inputs on the relay is fine. If it doesn't run (and given that you checked the relay itself actually works) then one or both of AF70 and AF71 are not bringing power to the game.
    • @PranK can you elaborate further on the Colorlock Dye? The website has a lot of options. I'm sure you've done all the research. I have old genuine leather seats that I have bought various refurbing creams and such, but never a dye. Any info on how long it lasts? Does it wash out? Is it a hassle? What product do I actually need? Am I just buying this kit and following the steps the page advises or something else? https://www.colourlockaustralia.com.au/colourlock-leather-repair-kit-dye.html
    • These going to fit over the big brakes? I'd be reeeeeeeeaaaall hesitant to believe so.
    • The leather work properly stunned me. Again, I am thankful that the leather was in such good condition. I'm not sure what the indent is at the top of the passenger seat. Like somebody was sitting in it with a golf ball between their shoulders. The wheels are more grey than silver now and missing a lot of gloss.  Here's one with nice silver wheels.
    • It's amazing how well the works on the leather seats. Looks mint. Looking forward to see how you go with the wheels. They do suit the car! Gutter rash is easy to fix, but I'm curious about getting the colour done.
×
×
  • Create New...