July 5 - AstinaGT NSW Drive

[bRaDiNhO]

Ok bois..... reading other topics, it looks like ppls are motivated to go for a drive again.

July 5 is first Sat of July, any complaints? Chosen as hopefully everyone will be able to come if we book a date long in advance. Keep it free. Brad/ Jynx's Berry/ meat pie idea sounds good. Otherwise we can meet Dural, up through Wiseman's Ferry (although ferry not good for low bars), up to somewhere between Terrigal and Newcastle so the coasties can meet up, and back down via Pacific Hwy. Twisty the whole time.

Suggestions.....

~the other Brad~

[bRaDiNhO]

And apologies already..... we now have gals that can tag along. Kitty/ Kitty?

[MrShadow]

yo, if youse is comin to the lurvley Central Coast, I'll meets ya's around somewhere. can't gurantee I'll be able to carry on to Newcastle, but if you stop for lunch/coffee, I'll be in on that.

Ciao

[JynX]

Im going to be in Qld for that week. How about the next?

[Toyboy]

Yeah i wont be able to make that cruise :oops:
There is another cruise ill be attending on that date,and for the whole weekend,mmmmmmmm alcohol :twisted:

Carch ya :D

[Critter]

If you can make a date that works for every one then I'm there !!!

Only weekend around then I have a prob with is the following one 12/13th July. Working with the ProCars at Oran Park that weekend.

[Aaron]

I post this as a word of caution and not anything more.
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A few of the Clio owners have been doing similar drive days in the past and one of them read the 'fine print' of his insurance policy only to discover that the policy did not cover accidents/damage that occurs on organised drive days on public roads.

He did what you or I would do and that is scoffed at that and rung the company in question and sure enough they'd refuse a claim that was made on a 'drive day' or organised club event involving travel in convoy etc!

I know that my insurer (AAMI) doesn't have this provision, but it'd be interesting to see if anyone here is affected or wether its a model specific thing.

[pr1mo]

the shifty bastards proabrly scour boards like these finding out what on, where, with who and when too!


shifty bastards!


sorry, just had to get that off my chest


cheers mike 8)

[KittyKatSmack]

And apologies already..... we now have gals that can tag along. Kitty/ Kitty?

No need to apologise, I know what you mean..... :wink:

No can do for this Kitty, for some reason that date is ringing bells....

Will keep you posted, but the insurance issue is something to think about too......

I am with Western QBE so they can be pretty tough although I must say they haven't failed to pay up and they have had the best premiums for me, that's why I stay with them.
If they're tough on everyone, we all benefit in the long run with cheaper premiums it would appear.

That's my bit.

[bRaDiNhO]

In regards to dates.... it was only a suggestion. It will be nearly a year since the Gong crooze where about 12 of us were the last time i went out! Need to get something going. I'm happy any weekend in July.

In regards to insurance - the point of the drive is not to act like we're in the GTP series, its simply a fun day out, nothing too illegal (memories flash of Mal's Astina and Eric's MR2 going for it on the freeway to the Blue mountains.... the first time i saw a turbo astina move.... :lol: ) and certainly aint planning on crashing into each other. Run off the road, and u say noone else was around. Hit someone else, well, drive day never happened. :wink: Sometimes it doesnt work that way tho unfortunately.

How about the weekend around the 20th? Nobody has said no to that one..... yet.

Cheers

Brad

[JynX]

Eric has an Audi TT doesnt he? Or is this another car.

[sik astina]

he has the TT , Mr2 and the astina

[MrShadow]

yo peeps, I'll in on any date. I don't have anything booked in July (yet). SO bring it on!

Gaz

[Critter]

At CAA we "get around" the "no cruising insurance thing" by not having "cruises".

All events are "meets", then we agree to "meet" at another place and then another. Funny enough as we go from place to place we tend to find ourselves on the same piece of road at the same time :)

20th sounds good

[O-LYM-PIC]

yeah that day sounds alrite so far. the w/end after is out and i think the first w/end is booked up 2, but the 20th sounds good.

i mite b workin tho. i'l try get outa that when we make the final date.

ohh yeah, and its the day b4 my 21st!!!

manuel

[Critter]

20 July is in my diary :)

All good, bring it on!!!!!

[MrShadow]

*bump* This still on? Who's going?

[Dazz]

i might be in on it but i dunno if im playing footy on that sunday so ill find out,
sounds good though ive never been on a cruise before what are they like?

[MrShadow]

sounds good though ive never been on a cruise before what are they like

That's a good question, I've never been on one either.

[bRaDiNhO]

I'm still up. Keep the date free and I'll put together a map/ route later. I got exams and then pissing it up on the coast for a few days so next weekend details can be out. How many central coast/ newcastle ppls and how many gong/ south? Will affect which direction we head.

[LOW 626]

Id be interested too if you guys dont mind letting your bigger brother the 626 tag along, as long as it heading up to the central coast though, im heading up that way on the 5th for a party so i gotta be up there anyway...

[MrShadow]

Ahhh, hasn't the date changed to the 20th? If it is the 5th, I can't make it. :? :?

[LOW 626]

oh.. re-read the posts and yeah it looks like the 5th is out, 20th it is then, wont know if i will be able to make it till the week before, my work is crap like that, only hand out rosters a week in advance, so i should know on the tuesday 16th

[JynX]

Ok time to kick this thread up a bit.

20th July is not good.

We should shoot for the 12/13 or 26/27. Please register your interest now so we can get organising.

Considering most of us are either going to be coming from the Sydney CBD (or there abouts) and Canberra CBD then we should probably try to organise somthing where the two groups can meet up in the middle.

I was thinking possibly somthing like Ulladulla which is roughly 3hrs south of Sydney and would be roughly 3hrs from Canberra. Should be able to find somewhere in ulladulla to cook up some lunch. Snags and rolls sounds like a plan.

The other possibility is half way down the highway to canberra but this is quite a boring drive.

We might want to consider making it a weekend event as a 6hr round trip is a bit in one day. Not impossible but somthing to consider. I personally dont mind the trip, the road south is quite enjoyable.

Show of hands please kids and please post your thought, suggestions and leave the funny business in some other thread :)

[BigMal]

Yes both those weekends suit me but the 5th and 20th Dont.

Let me know

Ta

Mal

[Toyboy]

My opinion on this is that i think there should be a cruise held north for a change,ive travelled south for every cruise now,and i think it would be fair if we had 1 this way for a change guys :wink:
Maybe around the Entrance/terigal/gosford area,its a really nice place :D

[JynX]

Id be happy to go Nth. Some nice windy roads that way.

[bRaDiNhO]

I'm easy with direction and date - Uni break till end of July.

I'm in Hornsby / north-west sydney so north is better as dont have to trek across all of Sydney. Pac Highway from Berowra to Gosford is still my fav stretch of road, but gotta be careful on weekends with bikes (push) around blind corners and more traffic. That way we can pick up coasties at Terrigal, and continue up to newcastle somewhere unless Theo (and others) wants to meet us down there too and head inland somewhere.

[MrShadow]

Yo peeps, I'm also on Uni hols after Tuesday, and back from Katoomba on Sunday, so anytime before August is fine. As I come from the entrance/terrigal/gosford area, I would defiantley prefer to have the cruise North of Sydney. Not necessarily on the Central Coast, anywhere between Sydney and Newcastle is fine with me, oh, wait that pretty much IS the Central Coast, oh well ;) . SO basically:

* Anytime after next Sunday (provided it's a weekend, not weekday). How about the 12 and/or 13th of July? That seems to be a commonly available date?
* Anywhere between North Sydney and Newcastle, just not too far West ;)

[Dazz]

yeah i think the weekend of the 12th sounds good to terrigal or the entrance just let us know when the exact date will be

[MrShadow]

OK, despite the fact I'm not really organising this, I'm making an executive decision. Mainly because I'll be out of touch for the next week, so I can't cop any flak for it ( :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: ).

The date is the 12th of July. Destination will be ... up to you lot to figure out! I'll just tag along. Oh, just had a thought, if any of you are one of the coffe drinking set (like me), I know a GREAT place to stop, parking cold be difficult though. Ceasars, along (222) The Entrance Road at Erina, great coffee.

Ciao, I'm off to do my last exam, then to freeze my balls off at Jenolan Caves for the rest of the week.

[LOW 626]

ID prefer to go north too, but dont mind going south, 12th is good for me but like i said wont know for sure with work if im working or not so ill know the tuesday before hand.

[Critter]

12th kills me as I will be at MAS.......

[Rupewrecht]

12th kills me as I will be at MAS.......

come over and say hi!

[Dazz]

the 12th is good, are we going up north?

[Cosmo Dude]

This could be an excuse for a Critter-b-q.
Chance to say g'day to the Melbourne crew. How is your schedule?

Rod

With luck Dan can bring his car, under its own power :P

[Critter]

At this stage I have this:

When: Saturday 12th July 2003.
Time: 12:00pm
Meeting Place:Bell Street McDonalds- Cnr St Goerges Rd & Bell Street, Preston
Why don't some AstinaGT guys come join in?

With the crew at ACAP, heading off to Jeff's shed for MAS, prob the bulk of the arvo I guess. There is a tentative evening at a Greek restaurant, dunno at this stage whether that is for Friday or Sat nite, likely Sat.

Sunday......who knows.

Will be in Melbourne Friday but have some appointments lined up from 10am into the arvo.
I'll be staying at Nunawading.

[kyra]

Nunas goes alright... that's pretty close to Dan, Trav and myself.

Not sure about meeting up at bell st maccas. if you go inside to get some food, your car will be on bricks when you get out! that or you will have a canary sticker for having .005 mm of tread under the limit.

[pr1mo]

im keen for a trek out east :) rod will probarbly be up for that too :")

[pr1mo]

friday night perhaps :)

[JynX]

When did this thread become a Melbourne gathering LOL

[Rupewrecht]

With luck Dan can bring his car, under its own power :P

ah no, it's entered in Autosalon :lol: :lol:

[Toyboy]

Yeah take your **** back to the melbourne thread bitches :twisted:

[Dazz]

i think i gotta play footy on the 12th now but ill find out, i wanna go on a cruise though

[Cosmo Dude]

When did this thread become a Melbourne gathering LOL

Good point, I think it was my fault.
I'll start a Critter-b-q thread.

Rod

[BigMal]

Why dont we move this till the 26th so that critter and others can do
both MAS and party with us.

Mal

[TDK]

26th is good for me too. I haven't been on a cruise before, so hopefully this will be my first.

[dfvadr]

26th sounds good for me would like to get out an run up sum k's an meet u guys if u dont mind me tagging along

[MrShadow]

Having made the decision for this weekend, I'm more than ahppy for the 26th as I now have uni work on Saturday (I have a full year subject :( ) and won't be able to make it! SO, 26th sounds fine to me.

PS Thanks for getting me out the ****! :wink:

[Toyboy]

Hey guys it just so happens that the fordlaser boys have a cruise planned to Wisemans ferry on the 26th aswell,could have a big meet up,what do yas recon :P
Could be an awesome day out :wink:

[JynX]

I think my car will be outta action for this one... might ride with mal if hes goin.

[Toyboy]

Is this cruise happening or not?its less than a week away :shock: If not for those that still wana go you could hook up with the fordlaser/323 boys who are having a cruise to the same destination :wink:
Details here-------->

http://www.fordlaser.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=7062

Catch yas :wink:

[JynX]

My car is in the shop so wont be there on my wheels. Mal are you going or do you have other obligations to attend to?

[Andrew_SP20]

Hey all... Haven't been on an AstinaGT cruise before, would love to come. Is it still going for the 26th?? If so, how many ppls roughly, what's the time & place??

I'm also keen to see how it stacks up against a NissanSilvia.com cruise i was a passenger for last weekend...

[Toyboy]

I take it this is a no goer anymore :roll: Oh well if any1 here is still keen to cruise on that day just goto the link that i posted a few msg's earlier and get the info from that,all is welcome :wink:

[dfvadr]

sorry guys im out now car is still in bits an tail lights have not arrived yet i will work my ass off this week end to try an finish it i really want to cum for a cruise an meet the people behind the screen cheers rod