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He did? why would he do that? he had so much to live for... +1 the neon car effect is teh awesome

gorgeous, also perfect for the naaw why you so cute thread!

LOL true that re leaving some to become undrinkable dregs, definitely a crime. In my defense your honour..it WAS fairly crap light beer!

oh and the open container thing, not looked it up but the charge was 'driving while drinking long neck' so its probably more that your not allowed to physically consume alcohol while operating a motor vehicle.. The thing was i was only picking it up out of the centre console cup holder while at the lights to see how much was left in the bottle, car was not moving, bored look around and hey i didnt know that was there kind of thing. Next minute im being waved over and told i had been seen 'drinking beer' and to wait for an RBT unit etc etc, sat around blocking a busy bus lane in peak hour for over 45mins while they dealt with me and eventually drove off with nothing but that ticket. Was a little mad at the ridiculousness of it all hence ticking the court option box. So glad i did

hmm some actual replies, i will have to go back on friday. I havent listed my plates yet as im not sure as to the best website to sell them on and i actually havent been hassled since January so will see how i go, one more big reaming by the cops for no apparent reason other than having admittedly stupid plates and i will get more motivated though. I could get all free speechy but its a bit like when the chaser boys were wandering into convenience stores with pantyhose on their head for lulz and people were freaking out, of course your allowed to do it..but your kind of asking for it. As for 11, the guy seemed genuine so im not sure why she didnt give him much of a go regarding the ambulance moving him out of the way, the ticket was reduced but i would have thought a section 10 the fairer option. 16 was waived due to his long sob story about taking his wife there and being too stressed about her condition to be worried about some as quote 'trivial as parking' Also he was a little pathetic in his tracksuit pants, wrinkled suit jacket and crazy Einstein hair. Unemployed, bi polar etc etc, guess she just felt sorry for him.

So i finally had my day in court for the 'drinking while driving charge' i copped the day before my suspension. It was a long wait considering the ticket was in early january and im not sure i should have bothered considering the result but I did get to sit on a hard wooden bench in a stuffy overheated, overcrowded courtroom all day and listen to other people moan about how poor they are and how much they need their license to visit their sick mother/drive eleventy miles to work. so it was ALL bad! anyway i did actually get a little bored while waiting for my case to be heard so jotted down some notes on the results of the other 20 or so matters that went up before mine. Wasnt sure whether there would be interest in reading about them in detail but will jot down the cliffs and depending on the response go back on days off and do a little more research.. oh and my matter? All she wanted to hear about was why I have the number plates HOONS and do i think thats why i was pulled over..I answered in the affirmative as thats what the coppers actually told me on the day. The young female judge smirked and with a glint in her eye said 'well maybe the first thing you should do when you get out of here today is change them?" There was some sympathy for the ticket based on my plea of a) ignorance of the law regarding open containers b) no record of alcohol related offenses c) no ACTUAL alcohol in my system or BAC on the day Still it was basically tough shit, you asked for it with those plates, that car and we all have to follow the same rules so deal with it.. Im not really that upset about it as i expected as much but she did reduce the fine somewhat so with court costs i pay about the same as the original ticket would have cost me $265. RESULT! anyway heres my notes from the day, feel free to skip them etc 22nd may 2012 Downing centre local court First defendant 15 second burnout near taylor square recorded on video by oncoming highway patrol vehicle Lawyer working pro bono for mid eastern defefendant / plead on ground of professional driver who has done an advanced driving course. Says car is now off road for defects and is very cash strapped, two mortgages, wanting to start family. Car used to be drag car, second time driven only so not used to it. Judge not sympathetic at all, believe fine was reduced somewhat to 330 Plea for section 10 big time by his mate lawyer Refused with Judge judy style terseness * 2nd defendant Female driving 76 in roadworks (cross city tunnel entering from edgecliff), normally 80 zone. First offence Plea for section ten refused but judge reduced suspension from 3 months to 6 weeks only 3rd Young male plea for section 10 for doing 129 while on Ps Excuse was overtaking to avoid dangerous driver, radar trap just as he got past. Suspension reduced to 6 weeks (3 months already served for demerits, contesting 3 month speed suspension) 4th Littering fine for a few hundred bucks Dismissed 5th Bipolar L plater done for not displaying plates on motorbike Was also carrying passenger Wants section 10 refused, court costs of $81 no fines. Conviction and demerits applied Traffic matters do not take mental illness into account, driver has poor history and shook her head at how many pages the RTA fact sheet was. Needs to see parents who are in nursing home, already 6k n fines etc but tough luck buddy 6th\ Park in school zone, $2000 fine Littering for dropping ticket (slammed the wet ticket into rangers chest- it fell), another fine! Was raining, sick kids etc Older single eastern suburbs mum with a hysterical demeanor was upset that ticket inspector ‘ordered her to pick up ticket or cop a fine’. Couldnt believe how 'rude' he was. Rants about parking zone being there, judge tells her to take it up with council $200 fror each ticket $160 in court costs 7th No parking fine in front of school Claims sign is obscured, school agrees to fix signage Max fine is $2200 but the offender is on carers pension. $300 plus court costs his ticket had been only $260 lol. 8th Admitting to red light, did traffic offenders program. Rant about being shocked by stories of crashes and beating chest about how good he is for not doing a stat dec or sending in cheque with more than the amount on it. Court fine could be $2000 but a section 10 is given, no points or fine, $81 9th Postal worker with chinese interpreter charged with double parking Dismissed as postal vehicles are allowed to double park. ..but wait, prosecutor says NSW legislation trumps the Australian legislation in this case...this goes back and forth all day with new interpretations of the law needed by the judge from half a dozen different experts. eventually its found it is an offence but he is given a section 10 anyway. 10th elderly white dude driving in bus lane. Pleading for reduced fine which he got $150 11 Red light camera Ambulance coming up behind him and moved aside to let it past stting off camera Fine reduced to $200 12 Old dude with no seatbelt because his wife had called him with ‘distressing news’ reduced to $150 13 Chinese dude sells smokes to 16yr old girl, cops 2.5k fine instead of possible 11k 14th case 73yr old doing 50 in school zone, long list of speeding fines behind him. Fine stands. 15th Loading zone, clearway and clearway tows and tickets for guy who kept parking in the city and disappearing for weeks, no signs warning of impending zone changes.fines withdrawn, just 81 bucks court cost for each ticket 16th Stopping in hospital car park emergency vehicle zone for most of night, went to maccas and noticed ticket on return. Fine waived section 10 as he hadn't 'noticed' the sign 17th Truck flies through red light as fully commited anyway. Fine stands including costs. 18 Stop zone tickets for taxi driver in city, one reduced and one waived, judge sympathises with demands of his passengers but says he needs to obey the rules. pffft. 19 young student operating heavy vehicle gets into bus lane a little early to make a left, cops camera ticket. Section 10 20 Red light camera in pyrmont Pulled over to give wife medicine, was aware of camera but wanted to get out of traffic to administer her meds etc section 10 and dismissed ok phew, thats it each case took an average of 20 mins or so to get through so including all the adjournments and other guff it was a long day. Will go back for more if there is interest though

i venture he also wants to avoid the awesome publicity they would get from a dozen or so of their new halo cars being stranded all over the country when the owners decide to take them on a 'road trip' ala the Mercedes fail with their G wagen convoy which got stuck in the desert. The internet would make that kind of phenomenom very embarrassing for Nissan, much like the slow take up on ethanol due to misleading rumours, its not always the truth which is important, perception would be all James is worried about. good luck with the application Duncan, is it going to get SAU stickers as soon as you drive it off the lot? Be a good back up car for the texi too..

So your saying the Camry is NOT a soulless anodyne car artz? To me it typifies what Jeremy Clarkson and his ilk call 'white goods for the road', sure fully capable of getting you from A to B but as boring as batshiat and the Aurion is just a camry with a different grill. lol @ Cowboy being 33 and driving like an 18 yr old. . me too!

http://smh.drive.com.au/motor-news/car-maker-turns-down-buyers-20120523-1z3u0.html Electric cars eh? not normally fodder for SAU but i found the SMH headline amusing, wouldnt mind one as a daily to be honest if the price was a little lower and i had a power point in my garage..that was actually using my evil neighbor/ex wifes power supply. imagine not having to fuel up until you need to take your track beast out on the wknd? Noice.

LOL fatz was that you filming her and vica versa? if so then while your quicker off the line she is far and away a better camera operator! nice little pan down to the kid at the end jenna!

i was told to wait till i was at high revs before dropping the clutch before doing my last run, i think i was smoking the rears all the way to the first set of cones..feltgoodman.jpg

Same here, saw Eiji out there and decided to get on the gas a little early as i came out of the two corners after the jump, very very easy way to provoke oversteer i discovered. Almost made up for being so far down the timing sheet, will definitely be back for the next one to see if i can get into the 130's!

wish i had done that with my 33 turbo. ordered a Hypergear from melbourne, got boned on the installation costs and now I have a giant laggy as F@$# turbo that cost me a fortune and isnt that much faster around the track than NA Micras etc research, research, research. you cant do too much!

another boat doing its thing below. Was this supposed to be a time attack grip event? if so no one told Matt or i...

great stuff stinkypoo cried tears of joy when i saw this photo

+1 i was slow enough with the cones, adding more would take me all day.

not quite done processing as of this second but it is uploaded the go pro sessions, might move the camera a bit further forward next time...

yeah someone on the day suggested something like that, groups of 3 or 4 going off for a few hot laps so the tyres get a chance to warm up then sit out for an hour or two till its our turn again. I would rather one good session than a whole bunch of little episodic ones, worth a trial run anyway.. pity about the issues at St Ives, would be awesome to have a track that close. lol @ not oversteer..i would be sent home after the first corner

nice, do it! we would all love to see it, especially Alex, seems the boy has no shame. and yes, Youtube it. Sites ok except for the fact it kills any music i try and add to my videos..copyright farken!

yeah gotta admit, the kid is quick. He is spitting chips that my go pro failed to work on the run where he spun out, i cant even imagine where you would have room to do that on this course but he managed it. I can only imagine someone failed to hit the record button correctly re the go pro one but i got a few of my considerably less dramatic runs with it, will upload soon. im still looking for the pics of vids of me getting sideways, someone was recording/snapping up on the hill as i came around with some decent angle on one of those faster runs. Please whoever that was, share me the pics! use youtube? seriously though i have seen it done on here. anyone?

just noticed this, your asking about the cone strike? it was the 3rd set of cones, the gap had widened enough to roll straight through over the day and on the last run i didnt back off, saw the cone lying there and figured it wouldnt hurt too much if i risked nudging it. i figured wrong. heres another vid alex hall in his NA Supra, very quick for an untuned car and first time driver, as in first time in any event like this!

the rest of my runs that didnt get recorded sideways or upsidedown seem to be losing time all over the course, need to grow a pair really..

dodgy vid of one of my runs..gotta make sure the camera is wound on a little tighter next time..

quoted for coolness. lol at the drivers revving the shiat out of those things even if they only have about 10 metres before they have to stop again. Sort of an anti-social act but i know i would probably be doing exactly the same thing. ok not probably.. also haha at decibel levels issue, as if government gives a flying F how loud cars are..its all about cracking down on 'hoon's and getting cheap votes. Rich people in Fezza's dont count!

^^ meh, im sure James took one look at that broken splitter and thought..