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lol @ lizzeh

nice one steve, your just lucky I wasnt there :P

and I know your poopra isnt shite!! thats why u should bring it to bathurst man!

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Well I am officially out.

I've left it to the last minute to try and make it but it looks like the earliest i can get the car tuned and ready will be on the Saturday of the event. Not fu(king happy!!!

Now does anyone know of any other track days before Xmas? :-)

Well I am officially out.

I've left it to the last minute to try and make it but it looks like the earliest i can get the car tuned and ready will be on the Saturday of the event. Not fu(king happy!!!

Now does anyone know of any other track days before Xmas? :-)

Aww that suxs!! I so wanna go but have other club presentation dinner on :)

Yeah come do the driver training day (Luffy Day) with us on 20th at OP!

Spewing Bobbeh :P

Tell me about it mate. I was really REALLY looking forward to it!

Jess, I'm trying to get a spot at the Circuit Club day at Wakie the week before and if that falls through OP it is!

If worse comes to worse I'm taking a day off and doing a speed off the streets day at Wakie, cause i will definitely be doing a track day before the years over!

Tell me about it mate. I was really REALLY looking forward to it!

Jess, I'm trying to get a spot at the Circuit Club day at Wakie the week before and if that falls through OP it is!

If worse comes to worse I'm taking a day off and doing a speed off the streets day at Wakie, cause i will definitely be doing a track day before the years over!

Aww Brad is doing that one I will be in Adelaide at that time so missing out :P

HAHA Nice!!!

Tell me about it mate. I was really REALLY looking forward to it!

Jess, I'm trying to get a spot at the Circuit Club day at Wakie the week before and if that falls through OP it is!

If worse comes to worse I'm taking a day off and doing a speed off the streets day at Wakie, cause i will definitely be doing a track day before the years over!

What's the Circuit Club day at Wakie? Who's running this one?

What's the Circuit Club day at Wakie? Who's running this one?

The Circuit Club are running it Michele http://www.circuitclub.com.au/

It's on 13th December but I think its full as I was lucky to get Brad in on that day there days sell out fast. :)

They run regular days and are great bunch of people and have there own magazine they publish each month :P

Michele, the CC day is their 5th anniversery - I think it's the 12th?

That's the one Chubbs, the 5th anniversary day. It's definitely full but I'm hoping someone pulls out last minute :-)

I'm pretty sure though it's the 13th. Cause the 12th is a Friday.

I don't see myself putting money down to get my car on the track so I think I might go watch. :teehee:

Tell me about it mate. I was really REALLY looking forward to it!

Jess, I'm trying to get a spot at the Circuit Club day at Wakie the week before and if that falls through OP it is!

If worse comes to worse I'm taking a day off and doing a speed off the streets day at Wakie, cause i will definitely be doing a track day before the years over!

I'm going for a Speed off the Streets day at Wakie on the 11th of Dec if you want a Skyline to be faster than :(

So why are you pulling out Steve?

Cause i dont like kids

lol, ok ill be serious;

Supra is on bald, and i mean bald tyres. Its crying for a wheel alignment, exhaust to be fixed, new brakes all round, needs a new fire extinguiser after deca

All that to be done and not enough time, anyway i really only wanted to hold the space for the r32

You know me im happy to drive with a few things in mind (like remembering it will mildly understeer and oversteer from stuffed tyres at times etc) but the car overall is in need of the work to be done before driving it fastish again, the brakes are the biggest concern, the warning light comes on everytime i use the brakes. Needless to say ive been using the commodore a lot lately and the supra's gathering dust. One car in the workshop at a time is enough IMO

Im getting tired of the supra being so stock at events like this aswel, the r32 is what i want to use at these sort of events :P

Ill 99% be spectating though

I don't see myself putting money down to get my car on the track so I think I might go watch. :)

I'm going for a Speed off the Streets day at Wakie on the 11th of Dec if you want a Skyline to be faster than :P

If you remember Matt, drop me a PM a few days before.

Don't know about being faster though, haven't been on the track since the SAU day earlier this year and that was in a V35.

It'll be my first time out in the GTR :-)

When are you guys travelling up? We'll be camping at McPhillamy Park from Friday night, prolly get there around 7ish to set up.

At this stage, Mark will be a few hours behind me in the GTR, so if anyone wants to help set up tents and get the car out... I won't say no LOL




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