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V35 drivers don't 'cruise' in wet weather??

I drove to Sydney 2 weeks ago (in the rain), went on a cruise with 22 other Stagea owners (in the rain) and drove 8hrs home (you guessed it, in the rain) :happy:.

Hail is what I am scare of, Leon. :P

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Hail is what I am scare of, Leon. :P

Ahh, OK, say no more. It would be a real downer for everyone to get caught in a hail storm. There's been a bit of that going around lately, at least down my way, so it will pay to be safe.

Pretty sure on Thursday they said Logan looked like it was hit by a snowstorm because there was so much hail.

Yes, it was Sheldon. My work area (Crestmead) got spared.

Speaking of weather, it rained heavily in Waterford area early morning until about 8am. Now, it's fine. Cruise can go ahead if it stays like this until afternoon. Please check back then just to be sure.

Also, anybody from Gold Coast area experiencing rain this afternoon, please post up. Thanks.

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Yes, it was Sheldon. My work area (Crestmead) got spared.

Speaking of weather, it rained heavily in Waterford area early morning until about 8am. Now, it's fine. Cruise can go ahead if it stays like this until afternoon. Please check back then just to be sure.

Also, anybody from Gold Coast area experiencing rain this afternoon, please post up. Thanks.

what time is the meet and what is happening ? Rain is no longer happening. from what i can see anyway. Stopped raining this morning or last night. Sky look pretty clear

I cleaned my car yesterday thinking i'd better do it because if its raining this morning i'm screwed. Just went outside... It appears my car is crazy dirty again. Thanks rain / wind / dust. I hate you.

I think i may be a little bit late and it looks a bit grim outside i hope it clears up

Hey Joshua, meet is at 3pm at car park in front of Beenleigh Marketplace shopping centre, and departing at 3:30pm to Gold Coast. If you still have my number, let me know if anything. I will call you if you haven't arrive by 3:30pm.

See you soon.

what time is the meet and what is happening ? Rain is no longer happening. from what i can see anyway. Stopped raining this morning or last night. Sky look pretty clear

Hey Nate, meet is at 3pm at car park in front of Beenleigh Marketplace shopping centre. Weather's looking good so this is going ahead. I will see you if you can make it.

Where's Cobey by the way?

I cleaned my car yesterday thinking i'd better do it because if its raining this morning i'm screwed. Just went outside... It appears my car is crazy dirty again. Thanks rain / wind / dust. I hate you.

Hey Sheldon, mine's quite dirty too. Just got it back on Wednesday from repairing the front lip and haven't wash it yet. :P

I gave mine a quick dry clean :) no idea where all the dust came from suddenly. My car went from pearl White to almost gun metal overnight :P

edit: by dry clean i dont mean i got it dry cleaned. Haha. I just went over the exterior with a dry cloth :P

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It's not looking good here at Underwood. Got this warning SMS earlier today.

QLD Severe T'Storm: Large Hail, Damaging Winds. All of Southeast Coast and Wide Bay districts at risk next few hours AND AGAIN this afternoon. www.ewn.com.au

just 4 of us turned up....but it was good with the small crowd as we got to know each other better and some fun driving on the motorway.....cheez sheldon your exhaust is loud....thumbsup.gif.....thanks victor....hopefully next time it would be nice for forum users to put up post if they cant make it to the meet....

Here's a pic I took of all the cars at the Currumbin meet point this afternoon.

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Where was everyone else?

Hi Leon, sorry I thought you wouldn't come if the weather turn bad. Plus we got stuck at Pacific Fair undercover car park and couldn't pm anyone because no connection in car park.

So sorry, mate. The weather just turned ugly and couldn't go out anywhere from Pacific Fair until 5pm.

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