The long Trek to mecca

marcus · 27 Dec 2002, 02:40 (Ref:457934)

well , we've all probably done it at least once before in our lives , packed the car up grabbed either the family or a few mates and set off up the highway to bathurst on a non race weekend.

Ive done it quite a few times and in about an hours time Im doing it all again , just for something to do , Ive got my new car and we decided we should see how it goes on a long run , so weve packed the car loaded the family up and we are heading for the Bathurst hills.

so I will catch yas later when I get back in the next few days after i go and pay homagge to the greatest race track on earth

CHEERS
Marcus

Crash Test · 27 Dec 2002, 04:15 (Ref:457944)

Hehe, that's the spirit!

I know I'll often do silly things like drive people down the coast so I can do a few laps of the Indy track, or go up to Strathpine to have a cruise down Spitfire Drive...

mtpanorama · 28 Dec 2002, 02:27 (Ref:458588)

I guess i could pack the car the kid and wife for the 10 minute drive to go for a lap of the mount.

Crash Test · 28 Dec 2002, 06:11 (Ref:458674)

Red card, panorama.... no more bragging will be tollerated

marcus · 28 Dec 2002, 09:23 (Ref:458725)

LOL.

well im back safe and sound and enjoyed every minute of it , I was looking out for ya mount but then i realized i have no idea what ya look like , so i just started asking perfect strangers if they were mount Panorama , now that got me some odd looks LOL

great place , top time will be back next year for the 1000 , I cant wait

Amaroo Park · 28 Dec 2002, 10:47 (Ref:458785)

I am heading up there on Monday to have a look at the track and take a freind to up so she can see the Museum.

Crash Test · 28 Dec 2002, 10:52 (Ref:458787)

Did you stop anywhere and pick up some souveniers from the 24hr? There'd have to be some car parts lying around the track somewhere...

marcus · 28 Dec 2002, 23:02 (Ref:459228)

they still had all the 24hr signs up and stuff like that and the marks on the walls were still nice and fresh , but I couldnt see and parts , must have already been snaffled by someone else

DAVID PATERSON · 31 Dec 2002, 11:01 (Ref:460802)

I 1994, when I was in Sydney for a week visiting my sister, Dad and i made a day trip out of visiting the museum and doing 1 or 2 or 12 laps of the circuit. We took Dad's VN HSV Berlina, so it was a rather enjoyable trip.

Until last October, it was the only tome i had driven on the circuit. Oh boy, i have to go back!!!!

Airhead · 31 Dec 2002, 12:14 (Ref:460843)

I've been looking for a place to take the Turbo when it arrives. Why not Mount P has a lounge room - and a fridge.

mtpanorama · 31 Dec 2002, 12:50 (Ref:460866)

No probs,
As long as i can do a few laps, with your licence

Airhead · 2 Jan 2003, 03:37 (Ref:461804)

But it wouldn't work that - now would it. When you were pulled over the cop would see you behind the wheel - but a good looking fella's picture on the licence!

**GTRMagic** · 2 Jan 2003, 03:55 (Ref:461814)

The magic trick with the licence is to get one in foreign parts, and if the officer wants to see your licence, show him a Kiwi or UK version.... you get a fine but points cant come off something in a different jurisdiction, now can they

Not that I am condoning speed of course, but the car has to be run in somehow now doesnt it...

V8 Fan · 2 Jan 2003, 04:42 (Ref:461824)

Watch out for fixed speed cams

**GTRMagic** · 2 Jan 2003, 05:43 (Ref:461836)

The fixed speed camera near me is broken, it takes shots of cars doing under the speed limit. The drivers dont seem to be getting fines ( I was snapped twice doing <50km/h in a 70 km/h zone because of traffic and I havent got a ticket, despite being flashed) but is this the new way to scare motorists into slowing down... faking a catch??

Sounds like something kids used to do with the flash unit of an SLR camera... not that I would know anything about that of course

PVDA · 2 Jan 2003, 12:15 (Ref:461938)

Yellow VK Commodore

, a hair dryer and the Hume Fwy about 15 years ago springs to mind.

marcus · 5 Jan 2003, 04:43 (Ref:464148)

a hair dryer ????????

whats that about then ?

**GTRMagic** · 5 Jan 2003, 04:52 (Ref:464158)

They looked like radar guns, the hand held things...

A friend of mine once used a timing light because the shape was better

marcus · 5 Jan 2003, 04:56 (Ref:464160)

oh yeah

should have realized that shouldnt I LOL

well its my last day of freedom before I return to work , so I may have had one too many beers

**GTRMagic** · 5 Jan 2003, 04:59 (Ref:464162)

At least you had a break, which is a good start

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