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The Snell M standard is not listed by CAMS as an approved helmet of use at a CAMS permitted event.

Alexandra speedway NASR Try these.

A number of dirt speedways (like Avalon and Alexandra) run "banger races" as supports for the sprintcars, these races usually involve getting a old falcon/HQ/valiant/etc. and welding some rudimentary safety bars into them. The races usually involve contact, and run over about 20 laps for a small cash prize.

Thanks everyone!!!! The older kids are more work atm than Inara, but I'm sure that it will all change soon enough. Yep, bought an X5 35D last week, doesn't get here until September though...

Naomi and I are proud to announce the arrival of the latest member of our family, Inara Mei. She was born late Friday evening, weighing in at a hefty 4.710Kg.

They have struck problems with this pipeline coming into Yarra Glen, in that with the two possible options for the pipeline, one goes through the site of the former Yarra Glen hotel, that was burnt down about 100 years ago in a major bushfire, and has been placed onto a historical conservation listing, and the other option goes through an ancient aboriginal burial site. This has lead to the site being shut down for the last week or so, but the workers still attend each day for their allotted shifts, and then just sit around on our tab. They also had to build a "S" bend into the pipe, involving going under (ripping up) Steels Creek road three times in 500meters, to avoid damaging a heritage listed tree, however, when it was realised that the site needed more toilets, the tree was removed to allow the toilets to be delivered...

2010 FIA spec F1 car spotted... From here.

Rodeo's are rebadged Isuzu's actually.

Drivers are bundy boys, and bush cops are usually found in the passenger seat...

Definitely avoid the D22 if you want to avoid the feeling of driving a boat, they are lousy cars to drive daily (oversteer at the drop of a hat, usually with understeer at the same time) They also are rated as light commercial vehicle when it comes to things like the tollways and rego.

Might see if I can drag my arse down, I might even have some photo's of the new addition by then.

It's from a movie called "Downfall"

Damn double posts..

There's a bunch of these "Bundy Boys" around my place, one has setup his commonwhore ute with stacks, and has had a diesel injection system installed into the headers so that he blows black smoke out of the pipes...

They can be, but to get them to be the same strength as a steel one they need to be made of quite heavier gauge material that negates a lot of the weight saving of the material. They will also suffer more from fatigue and electrolysis compared to steel as well, especially at the points were there is steel to alloy contact, or electrical current run.

I thought that they where curb feelers...

Opening and old thread here, I'd go a full face helmet as well, even in a closed top car. I hit a seagull dead centre in the windscreen at over 200kp/h on the main straight at PI a few years ago, this shattered the windscreen and sprayed glass all over me. If I hadn't had the full face helmet on, I most likely would have had serious eye damage, as well as major facial cuts. The glass hit the visor hard enough to gouge the material, so I would hate to think what it would have done to my skin.

I had the heavy duty tow pack on mine as well, but I still had tyre wear issues when towing. I also used a load balancing system with the car. The Falcons are popular due to having good low end torque, and a live rear axle mounted with leaf springs, so they do not have to toe/camber change issues that IRS cars tend to have.

Of feeding the termites.... My house that burnt down, had had a whole corner of the house eaten out by termites, and that was with treatments being done every two years, and the frame being made from treated pine.

Thanks, but I prefer diesel for my cars, and I'd have to get a new one for tax purposes.

Touregs are nice cars to tow with, same as the X5's. I've towed race cars with a Subaru Outback (2.5l), VY Holden Berlina International (Wagon version), Nissan Navara D22 ST-R 3.0TD, Toyota Landcruiser Cab/Chassis 4.0D and a Chrysler Voyager. Of these, the X5 (4.8l V8) was the best, except for fuel economy (30l/100k's) and the Toureg (the V6 diesel version) towed the caravan (not mine!) quite easily, but it had a really bad pitching motion on the springs, that I wasn't sure was car or van related, as I only drove it with the van behind. The outback coped with the Datsun 1200 and trailer quite easily (about 1 ton all up), same with the Berlina, however, with the STi on the back of the Berlina, I chewed through a brand new set of rear tyres ($700+) on the drive from my place (Yarra Glen) to Philip Island and back (about 250k's) as the rear suspension goes toe out under load. The Navara could cope with the load once under way, but due to the massive torque hole below 3000rpm in the thing, you had to constantly row the gearbox to maintain speed, and slip the clutch massively to get it moving of the line. The Navara's are also very tail happy (esp. in the wet) unless they have a bit of weight in the tray. The Landcruiser absolutely sucked, and struggled to maintain 60kp/h on the road, as well as being so noisy that I needed to wear hearing protection. The Chrysler actually wasn't to bad, considering that its FWD, but it definitely needs load balancers with a heavy trailer on the back. I'm actually looking at a Ford Transit van as a replacement for the Navara, the one's that I have driven seem to be pretty good.

I'll be rebuilding my house that burnt down in the black Saturday fires using steel frames. I'm trying to reduce the amount of timber used in the construction of the whole house to reduce the fire risk as well as the damage caused by the termites, as the house is in the highest risk area for them in the state.

Turns out that Cam was the last guy to ever drive an "official" Honda F1 car as well.

Apparently that where getting on track results with the 09 wing that didn't match up with the CFD/wind tunnel results, so they put a know quality 08 wing trimmed out to match the 09 downforce levels on to the car to get a new baseline for the testing that they where doing.

Ash, That comment was so far out of line that it wasn't even funny. I lost a house in the fires on the weekend, I have spent the last two days on the phone almost constantly trying to find out if friends of mine, my wife's or especially my children were alive, as they lived in areas like Kinglake, Steels Creek, Dixon's Creek, Toolangi and Healesville. We still do not know if some of them are alive, or if they have homes to return to or anything. I have also been awake for most of the time since the fires started to burn, making sure that my current home does not have the same thing happen to it as my other house. I have been up in the burnt areas over the last few days, I have seen the dead bodies and spoken to people who survived the fires coming through, the fires that hit Kinglake crossed over 20k's of state forest (that the f**king Greens have prevented ANY preventative maintenance being done to since the last fires went through) in less than 15 minutes, there is no way that anyone could have expected that situation to occur. Most of the people that have been killed in the cars where doing the right thing, by getting out of the danger zone, little did they know that the fires would be travelling much faster than they could drive. If the local councils and state government had not gotten so obsessed with the green vote of late, I would say that the number of people who died in these fires would be much lower than it currently is, mainly because since the Green Wedge Zones have come into play, the ability to remove hazardous materials from more than 3 metres away from your house has required a planning permit, including reports from environmental engineers on the impact to surrounding wildlife, environmental impact statements, etc. Failing to do this results in fines and other punishments. These permits have also been very difficult to obtain, and usually require going to VCAT for resolution. Most people who live in the area do know the risks, but our hands have been tied by these laws, and it's making it more and more difficult to maintain a safe environment because of it. At the same time, the local CFA stations have been warning the councils and governments of the dangerous levels of ground matter and scrub on public land (in some of the areas near me, it's built up to over 2~3 meters deep in the bottom of gullies), but nothing is done about it, so when we have days like Saturday, it becomes a tinderbox, that just needs some fruitcake with a match or cigarette to light it, and there's an instant wildfire. If you want to have a go at anyone, blame the latte drinking wannabe greens in Albert Park and the like who keep on voting in green idiots to power.