GoldZilla

Bad = new, unexpected noises. Good = having a ball! Micah and I dropped into Duncan's on Saturday, and I saw Andy on the way home from there and had a brief chat. Who's up for a mid-week meet-up with Micah while he's down here in Sydney?

LOL, I should park my Stagea outside a Funeral Director's place and take some shots - lots of people say they look like hearses. Car looks great, by the way!

No way, I spotted rb26stagea and Duncan today too! I was actually on my way home and had just left Duncan's.

As many of you may be aware, two of SAU NSW's members were involved in an accident last night on the Old Pacific Highway. Unfortunately neither of them survived the accident. Gerard and Tom were great guys and valued members of our community, very close friends with many of the people here. Lots of our guys are in deep shock today at what happened. As I'm sure many will attest, they were both very nice people, which makes the news all the more saddening. There are fuller details on news sites, but essentially they were involved in a collision with a truck late last night. The driver of the truck is OK. Gerard and Tom were returning home from one of the informal thursday night central coast catch ups. Our condolences go to everyone affected by this terrible accident. Please everyone reading this....remember this sort of senseless accident does not have to take place. Treat every moment you are on the roads as dangerous, and always follow every rule. We do not know the circumstances of this accident but if anything good can come from this it would be everyone driving a little more carefully out there. Before this is blown out of proportion, let's please remember a few things: * first and foremost, until ALL the facts are available, let's please NOT speculate on the situation. * there are going to be a lot of people visiting this thread in the immediate future (including, quite possibly, the media and police), so please be VERY careful what you say here. If you even think it might not be appropriate to post, re-read what you have written, change it if necessary, and THEN post. if it's not going to be something nice, or something based on the facts presented so far, then DON'T post it. SAU NSW organises driver training, skid pan days, track days and controlled cruises exactly so that we can all enjoy our cars safely - please take advantage of these opportunities. For anyone that needs to contact the SAU NSW executive committee, please PM: President: Neil (Neil) Vice Presidents: Goldzilla (Nick), DR-DOOF (Steve) The forums will of course be heavily moderated for any insensitive or inappropriate comments - expect zero tolerance.

Ouch...

Same uni, different campus, Tom.

I'm keen to catch up, Micah. And if you're still here Thursday, I'm usually the only Stagea at the Coastie Cruise that Craig linked to. Hopefully we can gather a few of us up if you're still here for that. Added bonus: If you choose to drive home that night, you'll already be about 2hrs closer already if you come to the meet! Win-Win situation!!!

I am, Craig, but I'm heading up early to hit the shops then get a feed before the meet.

THAT is gold, Hugh! If you ever find out who did it, shake their hand for me please!

My cousin works as a personal trainer at a gym there - not sure what facilities there are, but I *think* it's one of the bigger gyms in the area. Don't forget "Stir Crazy" at the Plaza - a good, cheap feed there! Oh yeah, I'll have to get out to the Joan Sutherland Theatre for photos one night... It's changing, slowly, as lots more people are moving away from the denser areas of the Sydney metro areas.

Exactly - the best option is to get permission from whoever owns the land, set some basic rules for attendees, and make sure that everyone understands those rules. Anyone who breaks the rules and causes trouble and problems gets reported to the police, etc. The weekly Coastie meet has been going strong for over 4yrs now!

Steve-O's funny!

I drove this dark green Stagea today, and it rocked!!!

Hot!!!

Yeah, but maybe for the rest of us our eyesight will recover, dude!

Hmm, the Exif data says that the flash was fired for that first shot. If you're using Firefox, try this program and take notes of what settings people are using for various photos: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/5673. It doesn't work on all photos, but it should help you out.

I think he was joking, Aron!

Also, please use some punctuation in future posts...

Dude, if you've read the forum rules, you would KNOW that you CANNOT publically badmouth any businesses here. Considering you've only just signed up here, these rules should be fresh in your memory!

Spotted a gold M35 AR-X (rego MGC00K) this evening parked near the new Norwest Hospital, and I left an SAU business card on the car...

Kacey, Sunday the 6th of June is the proposed date for Marsss' regular (and very popular) Pizza cruise - it's good fun, you guys should all come along! Link: http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/Br...ay-t317249.html

Hey, welcome to SAU... This is a repost, but it's all good. The thread that was started a while back is here: http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/St...on-t302653.html

Hey Cara, that first photo could have been a bit better with a smaller aperture, longer exposure and lower ISO, with no flash. Were they taken hand-held? If they were, using a tripod or mounting the camera somewhere stable would have helped massively! I'm not sure how long you've had your camera, but I'm slowly learning myself, so I know it's not easy to remember it all. The other two shots are pretty good though (despite my dislike of cats)!

Nice work, Sam!