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kyra
28-06-2003, 09:34 PM
Hi All,

I'll be the first one to post... top cruise today. A very big thanks to Mikey and his girlfriend for the great food and top location for the BBQ, and also for organising this event.

Everything went smoothly on the way down to Torquay. We found it very amusing hearing cows on the princes fwy all the time!!! That air-horn was the funniest thing on the road! Also funny seeing Dan's hands clinging onto the camera out of the car window taking pictures at 100km/h!

Pity about the traffic heading into Lorne, although we made it amusing enough for each other.

We detoured down to Eastern beach for an ice-cream and to stretch our legs, then down to Williamstown for some dinner. Nice finish to a great day.

I have pictures of most cars and some good ones of the road...esp Dave's car.

Yeah, I'll try load them up somehow!

Bring on the "Wretch is finally on the road cruise"!!!!

Cheers,
Bill

Dogo
28-06-2003, 10:36 PM
yep thanks for organising. it was a great day.

lol @ cows. There was also a dog on the back of a ute that was getting pretty freaked out by some mysterious barking !!

great, i need some new photos of my car :D havnt taken any for a while. its about time i got myself an avatar again.

it was really good to meet some of the newer ppl.

i've got a 3 photos & a few dodgy videos i took with my phone on the freeway. lense had pocket fluff in it tho so i dunno how they turned out !


Dave

CityEnd
29-06-2003, 09:03 AM
ARGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WTF????????????????

HOW COULD I MAKE SUCH A BIG MISTAKE LIKE THIS???

for some reason I thought it was on SUNDAY!! it's 10AM now, and i was about to head off!!!!!!!!! thought i just check the forum one last time!!!

DAMN DAMN DAMN DAMN DAMN DAMN DAMN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Man, I'm all ready and excited to go NOWHERE now, what a crap day this turned out to be.

i was so looking forward to coming...

mrpayner
29-06-2003, 11:04 AM
HOW COULD I MAKE SUCH A BIG MISTAKE LIKE THIS???

D'OH!!! No worries mate, we'll post up all the pics for you shortly... I'll be working on them today and uploading them..

Yes, it was a fantastic day.... A big thank you to Mike and Dani for the food, and Jeremy [Dutchy] for the slab of coke! :D

It was rather entertaining along the "GOR" on the way to Lorne.. some of us decided that there were some good areas to pass the slower cars that were sight seeing along the way.... Jimmy_Z was behind me in the black Jap-spec V6 and I loved that passing of the 4WD when there was a Prado coming the other way :lol: :lol: :lol: She took some nice defensive action and nearly ran herself off the road!

Only 2 piggies were spotted, which was surprising.. And there was also a mention of a fixed speed camera but heading back there wasn't any obviously positioned so that we could see them.. I guess some of us may find a pressie in the mail in the next week or 2 [i]if there was even one there. :shock: :roll:

I will advise of when I have put the pics I took up...

Cheers
Adam

Cosmo Dude
29-06-2003, 04:59 PM
Again,
Thanks to Mike for organising the day. A job done well is a job done well, it was a great day out.

Sorry that you guys got caught behind the slow (oooooooooooh look, there is another tree) traffic. I was lucky enough to get about 60% through before some 4wd sucked the fun out of the road by putting along at 30km/h.
Just at the end a Lazer (honary Astina) and I broke free and raced another 15km. Passing cars 3-4 at a time needed to be done as 60km in a 100km zone was not acceptable.

Fun, fun, fun!
More, more, more!
Now, now, now!

Rod

mrpayner
29-06-2003, 06:18 PM
Alrighty then! My Digital photo galleries are now up! Go to http://au.geocities.com/mrpayner/astinagt.html to see them... If clicking that link doesn't work, copy then paste it! There's mostly photos of when the cars are parked, but there are just a couple of the twisties too! I am looking forward to seeing Dan's photo's as his camera spent a lot of the time out the side of Trav's car window! :lol:

Enjoy them...

Adam

Cosmo Dude
29-06-2003, 06:57 PM
Mmmm,
My strange console,
http://au.geocities.com/mrpayner/astinagt/cruise019_big.jpg
Top; Jap-spec Climate control. Aussie-spec car, almost workin'. (Kiddies don't try this at home)
Middle; Standard Factory Radio :(
Bottom :oops: ; Mx-6 CD player :?

A bit of a mixed bag but what else would you expect.

Rod

Crolla
29-06-2003, 07:14 PM
Damn guys....looks like a great time.

Cosmo Dude
29-06-2003, 07:44 PM
Damn guys....looks like a great time.

Darn tootin'

You should've been there :D 'ts only seven hours to Melbourne.

Rod

Crolla
29-06-2003, 07:48 PM
Tru that!
My car's in the shop though.

Hopefully you guys can come hit up Canberra again at some stage!

mrpayner
29-06-2003, 07:52 PM
Oh...yeh....Rod. Geocities doesn't allow remote linkage unfortunately. I may need to put that pic onto another server so it's viewable on these pages.. :(

Adam

Toyboy
29-06-2003, 08:12 PM
Looked like an awesome cruise guys,well done,nice pics :wink:

joely
29-06-2003, 08:17 PM
You guys have some great looking cars!!

This is a great web site too everytime i have a read here i learn something new :roll:

A lot of unique features on the cars in those pictures too.

Fuzzy dice
29-06-2003, 08:17 PM
Looks to have been a great cruise, and a good showing of cars as well!!

plus you guys had the best weather on sat. for it too!!

l'll be at the next one for sure! :):)

SehnKhan
29-06-2003, 08:19 PM
I am really disappointed that you didn't fit the rear springs Adam, you really could have gone the boy racer launch look as seen in the before & after pics:

BEFORE SPRINGS:
http://www.amihotornot.com.au/album/photos/18969-2003629212111.jpg

AND AFTER SPRINGS:
http://www.amihotornot.com.au/album/photos/18969-2003629212032.jpg

:lol: Would have been a sight :lol:

Mr_323
29-06-2003, 09:19 PM
helloooo astinagt members
excellent cruise!
thanks to Mike and his girlfriend :) for the BBQ & organising the event, good stuff guys :lol:
yeah im the one with the air horn and animal noises :D
cant wait for the next cruise

Dogo
30-06-2003, 06:44 AM
nice photos Adam :wink:
lots of pics of my car in there !! thanks !! i've been needing some good photos :) now I can start filling up my Readers Ride. If that's ok ?

my car,
my sills,
my bonnet,
my dvd player,
my tv,
my rsm,
my wheel,
me doing laps around the round-about :?:
and my car's ASS :shock: :lol:

love them !
your pics now Dan !! im hanging to see the videos u took.

Dogo
30-06-2003, 07:18 AM
3 pics from my camera.

http://www.davesole.com/photos/June03Cruise/

I still have to grab the rest off my phone...

kyra
30-06-2003, 09:25 AM
Great pics guys... i am going to try and load mine up tonight... i was unsuccessful building a quick website yesterday (tripod has f'all bandwidth!!), so i'm going to try on geocities, seems Adam has a bit of bandwidth there.

:Jear:
30-06-2003, 09:43 AM
Gday everyone, thanks guys for the cruise, sorry I piked and didnt come to lorne as i had to be back in melb early, was good to meet you all (didnt get a chance to meet everyone but ill get around to that next time!) and thanks for the photos they look great (but then again astinas are very photogenic).

Jared (the dark green BG)

sik astina
30-06-2003, 11:32 AM
Great pics guys, :D

hey Adam, what Camera did u end up getting? is it the 2.0 or the 3.1? , i see its a Kodak ;) :D



-Mick

mrpayner
30-06-2003, 11:40 AM
hey Adam, what Camera did u end up getting? is it the 2.0 or the 3.1? , i see its a Kodak ;) :D
-Mick

Heh, I got the CX4230 2MP camera.. I opted for this one over the 3.2MP as the latter only had 2x Digital zoom. The 4230 has 3x Optical zoom and 2x digital zoom which is much better. I hardly use the digital zoom at all.

nice photos Adam lots of pics of my car in there !! thanks !! i've been needing some good photos now I can start filling up my Readers Ride. If that's ok ?

Yeh mate, go for it. You're welcome to do whatever with them.. I actually have a few more taken inside the car on the way back home, but some of them didn't come out too good... :?

Adam

Rupewrecht
30-06-2003, 01:59 PM
Cruise was great, had a good time hanging out of Travs 4x4 Astina. Nice to meet some new faces etc too

will have my 57 pics up soonish LOL

kyra
30-06-2003, 02:23 PM
http://kyrasp20.tripod.com/


it's very dodgy at the moment, but i'll do my best to get it looking pretty tonight... and also scrub some numberplates too. still got more pics to upload.

Bill

mrpayner
30-06-2003, 04:26 PM
Damn bandwidth... I'll try again later

Adam

SehnKhan
30-06-2003, 08:21 PM
nice photos Adam :wink:
lots of pics of my car in there !! thanks !! i've been needing some good photos :) now I can start filling up my Readers Ride. If that's ok ?



I'll be glad to take credit for some of those photos of your car Dave, was like the camera had a fetish with your car when I was taking the photos :lol:

All in all, a great day and good cruise location, had a great time. Except for Adams sometimes dubious passing manoeuvres :roll:

Dogo
01-07-2003, 02:05 PM
astinagt photos are up.

These photos were taken by Dan ( rupewrecht ).

http://www.astinagt.com/melb_0603/index.php

there should be some videos coming soon too!

Dutchy
01-07-2003, 02:45 PM
wow...... no wait WOW!!!

the cruise: Awesome
the Cars: AWESOME
the pics: awesome
the weather: awesome

i just dont understand, how did it work so well..... it worked like... like... an astina! :D

thanx mike and gf for food those snags were ... well Awesome haha..
thanx everyone for great fotos and generally a great day. im p'd off for not bringing my mates digi camera! :? oh well, next time

it couldnt have turned out better :D
we must organize another for the near future.
it was a great opportunity to meet everyone and check out all the cars.
and like i said some mint fotos there. just wish i coulda washed it. actually now that i think of it the next morn when i got up it had rained all night and the car was cleaner than the previous day!!!! :shock: go figure?


WOW!!! :D

Jeremy

mrpayner
01-07-2003, 04:21 PM
HAHA!! Love that new avatar Dave! That's great.. :lol:

Those photos are great too! Can't wait to see those movies...

Adam

Cosmo Dude
01-07-2003, 05:16 PM
Bugger,
http://www.astinagt.com/melb_0603/photos/20030626_012.jpg
Now I've got to lower another car :x

Rod

:D

mrpayner
01-07-2003, 05:27 PM
Heh! There were more standard height astina's there on the weekend than lowered ones.. I thought that was very interesting..

Could be setting a trend! Nah! I don't think so.. :P

Adam

kyra
01-07-2003, 05:37 PM
haha, not just that Adam... I counted 1 car with a full exhaust on it (not just a tip)... that is worse than standard ride heights!!!
Great pics Dan, i love the 'action' shots of the SP20... it actually looks good with the new springs!

Cosmo Dude
01-07-2003, 05:45 PM
Was that the only hardtop :oops:

May bring the Cosmo next time, should be in line for best sleeper. But why take an HB Cosmo to an Astina Cruise???

pr1mo
01-07-2003, 05:55 PM
or you could always bring dans car along

http://www.astinagt.com/melb_0603/photos/20030626_051.jpg

Dogo
01-07-2003, 08:25 PM
lol I like number 55.

http://www.astinagt.com/melb_0603/photos/20030626_055.jpg

can anyone spot the hidden speed camera ?! :lol:



Dan, I notice the filenames look like dates, but the date is wrong. It says the 26th. Maybe your camera's settings are wrong. :?

Cosmo Dude
01-07-2003, 08:34 PM
or you could always bring dans car along

Yeah, the Cosmo does have a towbar :P

Rupewrecht
01-07-2003, 09:17 PM
LMAO i was just about to post that pic up :lol: :lol:

and no idea about the dates...odd.

apparition
02-07-2003, 12:13 PM
Hi guys!
Sounded like a awesome cruise! Sorry that I didn't reply earlier whether or not I could make it. or not.. had a horrible month of June with exams, and the death of a family member. :( Wish I could of come, but had something on that afternoon. :(

Anyways, when would the next Melbourne cruise be on? Hope to be part of the next cruise!

Cheers;
Daniel :D

mrpayner
02-07-2003, 05:03 PM
can anyone spot the hidden speed camera ?! :lol:

HHmmmm, yes, some other members had me worried about a speed camera.. :? There isn't a camera there, is there?

Cosmo Dude
02-07-2003, 08:18 PM
can anyone spot the hidden speed camera ?! :lol:

HHmmmm, yes, some other members had me worried about a speed camera.. :? There isn't a camera there, is there?

Only time will tell :lol:

Dutchy
02-07-2003, 10:24 PM
doot daa doot daa dooooooo :oops:

yes i do apologise 4 my crazy driving! haha

but like we said we'll wait and c :?

Trav
07-07-2003, 08:52 AM
great day !!!! sorry for my late reply, but I have been on Holidays :D

Some really great pics by everyone - I like the ones from the trip home Dave - Now I do like my choice on wheels now I have a photo going at *cough* 100kmph *cough*.

Oh Dan - thanks for the photo of my gauges - note my speedo is off by 15kmph or so ;)

Thanks for the great BBQ Mike, and hopefully we can have a few moer for the next one - don't forget to use a diary peoples ;) you don't want to miss out again :)

Rod - was that an offer to lower my car I read before ;) :P

Again, congrats to the organisers, thanks to the paticipants and photographers :)

pr1mo
07-07-2003, 10:39 PM
caould someone in the know post up a list of all participants! would be great!

cheers mike

Trav
08-07-2003, 08:00 AM
Going from some of the pictures:

Cosmo Dude
Trav (+ Rupewrecht whoring in back seat)
Dogo
Pr1mo
MrPayner (+ SeHnKhan whoring in front seat)
Kyra
Jet (I think that was the guys in the white BG with weird sounds from the bonnet :P)
Dutchy
jim_zzz
red-zoom-zoom
:Jear:

BigMal (in Spirit)

Dan - you might want to add to this, as you are more in the 'know'...

:Jear:
08-07-2003, 02:13 PM
*cough* :D

Trav
08-07-2003, 02:30 PM
sorry - fixed :)

Rupewrecht
08-07-2003, 02:40 PM
you organised this mike - you should know! :roll: :P

Kyra - Bill - 2002 BJ Astina SP20 - Brilliant Black
MrPayner - Adam - BA Astina 1.8 Hatch - Sparkle Green + SehnKahn
Trav - Trav (der) - BA Astina 1.8 Hatch - Noble Green + Rupewrecht
Dogo - Dave - BA Astina V6 hatch - Sparkle Green
Pr1mo - Mike - BA Astina 1.8 Hatch - Noble Green
Cosmo Dude - Rod - BA Astina 1.8 Hardtop - Passion Rose
:Jear: - Jared - BG Astina 1.8 - Dark Sparkle Green
Dutchy - Jeremy - BG Astina 1.8 SOHC - Sparkle Green
Mr_323/JET-323 - the guys in the white BG
red-zoom-zoom - BA Astina V6 Hatch - Classic Red
jim_zzz - Jimmy - BA Astina V6 Hatch - Black Japspec

i think there's one more, as i'm sure we counted 12 at one point, yet there's only 11 in the photos, and i'm pretty sure i didn't miss anyone

Trav
08-07-2003, 02:54 PM
i think there's one more, as i'm sure we counted 12 at one point, yet there's only 11 in the photos, and i'm pretty sure i didn't miss anyone

I can't figure ny more, but like posted on previous page, the 12th man just had to be BigMal's Spirit (no not your scotch on the rocks either Mal :P )

kyra
08-07-2003, 03:02 PM
better change 2001 to 2002 Dan... don't sell me out like that! hehe.

Rupewrecht
08-07-2003, 03:13 PM
i always get your year wrong for some reason - i've updated my records now :lol:

pr1mo
08-07-2003, 03:48 PM
just did the recon mission for the next one :lol:

cheers mike

mrpayner
08-07-2003, 04:41 PM
Hah! Where are we off to this time??

Adam

pr1mo
08-07-2003, 09:13 PM
hehehe,
twas a good drive, will probarbly organise it for a saturday again as it seems to work better than sundays! will leave it for a good 8 weeks or so too. people could get all cruised out otherwise :P


cheers mike

pr1mo
09-07-2003, 03:47 PM
ok guys,
hows this sound

Cranbourne - Inverloch via Leongatha fairly decent drive :) i know cuz i did it yesterday. sussed out all the bbq options and everything looks like itll work well.

as for a cruise date.the start of september? the 7th maybe!

i can organise free accom for folks from out of town too just muinites from the meet point!

let me know what the rest of u think!


cheers mike

Asterix
09-07-2003, 04:15 PM
WHAT THA?!?! You gotta be jokin' Mike!!! :( Look man, if ya don't want me on your freakin' cruises just say so man!
Last one fell on a 21st.
This time it's my sisters 30th in Sydney!
I'm buying a Laser or something where I'm more appreciated! :lol:

JynX
09-07-2003, 05:33 PM
Could be somthing to shoot for a NSW crew turnout. Id probably be interested...

mrpayner
09-07-2003, 05:40 PM
Where the flippin' 'eck is that? :roll:

Adam

SehnKhan
09-07-2003, 07:48 PM
Dunno, but mebbe if we want to get the NSE crew involved we could organise a halfway meet somehow, perhaps Albury / Wodonga (hey, it's _only_ a suggestion :roll: ).

JynX
09-07-2003, 09:07 PM
A HalfWay could be cool. Turn it into a weekend event. Find a relatively empty caravan park or motel and book the whole place out.

Nice

pr1mo
09-07-2003, 10:44 PM
i agree,
weve been talking about something like a border meet for agges! could possibly work best closer to summer if camping is involved tho :P something to definetly plan ahead for tho! however the inverloch cruise will hafta do until then : P


cheers mike

JynX
09-07-2003, 10:53 PM
get out the woolies... its warmish around sept/oct

Dogo
10-07-2003, 08:49 AM
lol if we're going to albury sum1 else can drive my car so i can play the ps2 on the long drive up :wink: hehe

kyra
10-07-2003, 09:37 AM
Mikey,

I am 100% in for an Inverloch cruise... such a nice area... but i'm thinking the end of august (30th), as the footy finals start the next weekend, and i'll be at the collingwood matches! hehe. I don't care, whenever people want to go, i'll be coming along... not sure about albury though...what a boring drive!!!

maybe you should start a new thread!

Cheers,
Bill

mrpayner
10-07-2003, 11:27 AM
as the footy finals start the next weekend, and i'll be at the collingwood matches!

Heh, that's assuming that Collingwood even makes it that far!!! :P :P :P

Adam

Rupewrecht
10-07-2003, 12:12 PM
****EN COLLINGWOOD!

i have no respect for you now :P :lol:

kyra
19-07-2003, 09:12 AM
http://www.digitalpose.com/mbr/1/22019/p/353634_8588314090466679137_vl.jpg

kyra
19-07-2003, 10:09 AM
cool...now that i can upload, i'm putting up my pics from the cruise a few weeks back!! sorry for the delay guys!!
i'll post up some MAS pics too... hehe.

http://www.digitalpose.com/mbr/1/22019/p/393784_2420164054217175001_t.jpg

http://www.digitalpose.com/mbr/1/22019/p/393787_8808071175551401111_t.jpg

http://www.digitalpose.com/mbr/1/22019/p/393788_6290321700084227711_t.jpg

http://www.digitalpose.com/mbr/1/22019/p/393786_7618544811988197579_t.jpg

http://www.digitalpose.com/mbr/1/22019/p/393785_1146671337831961732_t.jpg

kyra
19-07-2003, 10:12 AM
http://www.digitalpose.com/mbr/1/22019/p/393744_1941611513425623241_vl.jpg

http://www.digitalpose.com/mbr/1/22019/p/393756_6152262344398527039_vl.jpg

http://www.digitalpose.com/mbr/1/22019/p/393755_711603693592206123_vl.jpg

http://www.digitalpose.com/mbr/1/22019/p/393773_895323569178722594_vl.jpg

Dutchy
21-07-2003, 09:53 PM
nice pics kyra

Just gotta love those chrome mags what size are they again?


Dutchy

Dogo
22-07-2003, 08:24 AM
mine ( sparkle green , last pic ) are 18" x 7.5".

They're Diavoletto Rims imported from Italy.

good thing i cleaned them that morning :lol: the pics turned out well.

Dutchy
22-07-2003, 03:26 PM
nice what sorta rubber have u got on those babys?

dutchy

Dogo
22-07-2003, 07:01 PM
215/35/18 Falken Tyres

My wheel place could only find 3 different tyres available in that size :?

a Toyo, and 2 Falkens from memory. i got the best i could. at $300 a tyre :(

info is in my readers ride (http://www.astinagt.com/readers/ride.php?userid=Dogo)

Trav
23-07-2003, 08:36 AM
Dave - Just looked at your readers ride..

You know, thank god you put up the diagram on how to attach the rear parcel shelf...I've been trying to work that out since I got the car man :lol: :P :lol:

mrpayner
23-07-2003, 11:37 AM
HAH!! That's fantastic!

You're welcome for the photos too Dave.. :wink:

Adam

Dutchy
23-07-2003, 09:39 PM
WOW :shock: 300 bucks a pop.

holy **** now im happy i got mine for $110/tyre

do they hold on pretty good?