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Old 05-23-06 | 05:52 PM
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Ill take an Aston Martin any day of the week over a merc or ferrari.
Ahh yes, the DB5 would be my choice, beautiful looking car.

Although to be honest, I have a soft spot for Lamborghinis.
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Old 05-23-06 | 06:00 PM
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i work in the same building as PAG ( fords premier arm) and theres always jags, aston martin + other exotics floating around. i remember when we were 1st moving in to theoffice i looked out the window and saw this stunner getting into a aston martin. i was in love! ( shhh dont tell mz hdt! )
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Old 05-23-06 | 06:00 PM
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cars, cars, cars... who needs 'em...

painting a bike? I am now an expert. Did about 6 layers of pink on my daughters bike this week, looks superb and it isn't even glossed yet. Will be touching up the black and then finishing it up with clear gloss.

Some light sanding went through to metal in about 3 passes, was super easy.
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Old 05-23-06 | 06:04 PM
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Pshaw is wondering if you can hook his bike up for a respray to match his nicks! ( make sure you include the flames....)
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Old 05-23-06 | 06:11 PM
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Yeah, with all the 80's revival happeneing at the moment, I'd be happy posing in a Countach.



Although, when Fifth Gear tested the latest Lambo, they hated the traction control and thought the 4wd took a lot of the fun out of the car. I honestly believe what everyone is saying about Ferrari is wrong in a modern context. I love watching car shows (height of irony) and the general concensus seems to be they they absolutely rock.

Did anyone see the addition of Fifth Gear where the woman presenter got to test drive the latest Aston, and when she started it up, she gave it some, turned the steering full lock to bring the back end around, and one of the cam/timing/whatever belts came flying off?!

Of course, they made it out that it was her fault (insinuating she doesn't know how to drive because shes a woman clearly), but I tell you what, she's an incredible driver and she stuck it up them pointing out an obvious design flaw and they weren't happy. So what did she do?

So she did it again!

Still, Lambos might not be the final word, but who cares when they look like this?

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Old 05-23-06 | 06:26 PM
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Off to hospital for 6 week checkup tomorrow. Hopefully I'll get clearance to resume full body contact sports like cycling...


wish me luck, I'm so friggin sick of sitting around
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Old 05-23-06 | 06:38 PM
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mid / rear engined cars will do that to you. many porsche owner has discovered how to put their new car instantly into the spin cycle when picking it up from the dealer on a a rainy day....
Like the dude in the Ferrari who pulled out of a fancy hotel on the road that surrounds Loch Lomond, gave it the gas and 360'd into oncoming traffic, killed a woman motorbiker

FWIW, My brothers 944 cab (TWICE) had the water under his tyres freeze and the car slid down the driveway into a wall! ahh bonnie Scotland!

I got a drive in a DB6, old not very well recond....and drove like crap.
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Old 05-23-06 | 06:40 PM
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Vicki completed her first motor sport race at the age of 12 in a 100cc kart and was a racing instructor at Brands Hatch and Silverstone by the age of 17. She currently holds a Race National A licence as well as a Power Boatsracing licence, and recently became the first woman to win a Maserati Trofeo race. She is a serious driver who has humbled many a big-mouthed boy racer round a track.
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Old 05-23-06 | 10:02 PM
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https://www.pureluckdesign.com/videos...3Doff%26sa%3DN

Couple of vids there for yas.

Oh, hello, what's this? A frame box? I wonder what could be in it....
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Old 05-23-06 | 10:16 PM
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Couple of vids there for yas.
Liked the guy in the Ferrari on the drag strip...Cause punching the air will make you feel better!

I was at a racetrack in Scotland watching a "hot hatch" day, when they had a demo from the Porsche owners club. Well the first lap was pretty boring as they were all under control compared to the sketchy idiots in their mums escort cosworth.

Anyway, we're at the bottom of a downhill into a right hander when we hear the roar of someone giving it big licks... comes over the hill right/left into the big right and proceeds to 360 the 911 Turbo into the kitty litter and tyre wall right next to us. Poor guy gets out wearing a porsche leather jacket and driving gloves to the sounds of 100 pi55ed idiots shouting "I'll gie ye ten quid fur yer motor pal"

Tow truck came & uncerimoniously dragged it out by the nose looking decidedly damaged.
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Old 05-23-06 | 10:20 PM
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One of the perks from my days with JRA was when I was made foreman for Lotus Australia (didn't get a pay rise, just a title) and was able to take an Esprit demo out for a day, and occasionally fer a weekend.
This was me around 1990... gawd, what a tosser... Did have some fun though


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Old 05-23-06 | 11:25 PM
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Lambos and Loti arenice, but cmon, we all know that nothings as good as the good old natural power of heinz baked beans!
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Old 05-24-06 | 12:14 AM
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RHCP Stadium Arcadium - ???? how many funk ballads can one band produce??? Keidis can't sing 'em that well. get back to the rock'n'roll boys !!!

You Am I Convicts - tops album as usual.

The RHCP disappointment was covered by You Am I, also picked up the new Saints album (yes, the original Saints for those who can remember), NOFX, Mudhoney and Pennywise.
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Old 05-24-06 | 12:23 AM
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stadium arcadium i think is a good driving CD, kind of put it in and forget about it. a couple of songs are repeat melodies off other albums which gets a bit annoying. I liked it more when i 1st got it, which is normally the sign that i wont like it in a month! my fave albums are the ones that take 3 - 4 listens to get into. Actaully, i like that this album is less rock, their last album was a turn off cause they lost the funk. im also not huge on fruschante (sp) as a guitarist. ironicly the RHCP album i like the most is one hot minute (with guitar god dave navarro) which is considered the least funky of the lot...

Convicts is fantastic, hasnt been out of my cd player for more than a day! ( actaully im stoked that somone else out there actually likes you am i!)

Pennywise, i have about 4 of their albums and dont see the need to get any more they are a bit samey. NOFX, while a good band annoy me with the overdubed vocals all the time.

SWMBO is going to the UK on the 7th and ive prebooked a couple of albums including the arctic monkeys new EP. their album was absolute gold, so im hoping the EP lives up to it.

mudhoney is still producing albums??!! is it still the same lineup?

im hanging out for the new Rancid DVD + album next year....
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Old 05-24-06 | 12:31 AM
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for those who live on the coast and work in sydney, is it a PITA to get from somwhere like gosford (or even further?) to work? SWMBO and i anre starting to weigh up the housing purchase options and the coast with the most looks quite exciting. ( i guess i wont mention it to her that its nice and close to ourimbah XC + CCCC road and Crit races )
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Old 05-24-06 | 12:40 AM
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RHCP, what an album chockers full of radio freindly unit shifters. They only had one good album in them I'm afraid to say.

You Am I? Australia's most overrated band, or maybe that's just Tim Rodgers? I dunno.

Pop-punk? You can keep it. I'd rather listen to DRI or Stiff Little Fingers. Descendents is as pop-punk as I get.

Mudhoney is indeed still around. +10 Superfuzz Bigmuff!
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Old 05-24-06 | 01:02 AM
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for those who live on the coast and work in sydney, is it a PITA to get from somwhere like gosford (or even further?) to work? SWMBO and i anre starting to weigh up the housing purchase options and the coast with the most looks quite exciting. ( i guess i wont mention it to her that its nice and close to ourimbah XC + CCCC road and Crit races )
Depends on how you plan to get to work and where exactly work is. Hubby used to drive in to William St, and that was a real PITA 'coz the traffic on the Pac Hwy absolutely crawls in peak hour and then there was the hassle of getting into the tunnel. Tried a couple of variations to approach the city - Ryde Rd/Epping Rd/Gore Hill Fwy and also via St Ives/Chatswood (Bobbin Head Rd/Link Rd/Eastern Arterial/Penshurst St/Willoughby Rd/Warringah Fwy) both pretty crap when the traffic is heavy. After putting up with it for a couple of years, he went to telecommuting.

I would seriously consider the train if you are based in the city centre. We have started doing that for trips into town since petrol got so stupid and it works surprisingly well.
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Old 05-24-06 | 01:07 AM
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You Am I? Australia's most overrated band, or maybe that's just Tim Rodgers? I dunno.
IMHO that honor goes to powderfinger. 1 good album - lets re release it with different words 5 or so times and hope no one notices. also that solo album by fanning was the most god awful piece of drivel since ben lee.
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Old 05-24-06 | 01:21 AM
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You Am I over-rated? I thought they were hardly rated. They're not exactly top billing in Oz unless I missed something. Have they been on Sunrise yet?
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Old 05-24-06 | 01:30 AM
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Old 05-24-06 | 01:55 AM
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IMHO that honor goes to powderfinger....
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Apparently Wendall Sailor & John Hopuate (sp?) were going change careers to form a band of the same name.....
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Old 05-24-06 | 03:20 AM
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HDT, a better option might be to look at something around Berowra/Berowra Hts while prices are still on the lower side of exxy. Less hassle (no F3 dodgem car race, train lotteries, communal diseases, etc.) and you've got so many more options for racing coz you're only an hour from anywhere.
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Old 05-24-06 | 03:35 AM
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Best commercial acts in Oz: Easybeats, LaDeDa's, Billy Thorpe, Daddy Cool, Kevin Borich Express, Aussie Crawl, Ted Mulry Gang (for persistence at least), The Mentals, Angels, AC/DC, Rose Tattoo, Oils, Shihad-- no wait, Pacifier -- no, Shihad, and Air Supply (just fkidding)
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Old 05-24-06 | 03:41 AM
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Pioneers (M83 remix) by the Block Party is a song im diggin at the moment.
RHCP have sold out. Stuff up to and including Californications is insane.
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Old 05-24-06 | 05:35 AM
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shihad are good on CD, but were way too wanky for their own good when i saw them live. like cmon, they were playing manly fishos, but carried on like it was wembley stadium......
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