Laurence

FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT.... Ahhh I remember my first argument with Rezz. I think I called him a technosnob or something like that. It was something to do with pushrods...

You used to be able to get copies on yellow paper from VicRoads. It is much better if it looks more "official", but I am not sure if they do it any more.

Yep... the rules are a bit weird. But good to know them. If you flash that printout under a police officer's nose they will have trouble arguing.

I suggest that BOTH MerlinTheHapyPig and xRHETTx have a look at the often quoted but seldomly looked at VicRoads website. http://www.vicroads.vic.gov.au/vrpdf/rdsaf...afe/vsi%208.pdf As for Skylinerz, well dude... I would be dotting my i's and crossing my t's with every single rule I could follow. Keep your car as legal as possible (print out the link above and learn the rules about mods). An R32 GTS-t is VERY cool car to have and sounds awesome, even with a legal exhaust, it looks cool even at legal ride height, it goes well even with just a few mods. 18yos these days are so lucky to be able to have cars like this as an affordable option. Be thankful and careful. There is no real reason to have an illegal car and remember that the cheapest speeding fine is more expensive than the drags at Calder or a trackday at Sandown and I know which one I would prefer.

Too many people use a wrapped up Herald-Sun for a brain these days. I bet 3AW was blasting out on his radio as well.

That's a bit strong calling the GT-R a family hack!!! :devfu:

Quid pro quo? I dunno, justs annoys me that people don't even try to work it out. I mean sticker number two... It screams it out loud in pink.

Dude, maybe start a new thread...

OK well this is not exactly relevant but TWICE this weekend I got pwned by the Japanese hand signal for "come here". Funnily enough once when I was parking.

Just copy and paste the column titles into bablefish...

GoJiRa@shfs --> g o j i r a @ o v e r s t e e r . n e t Yay Ni!!!!

Hmmmm... remind me, was there any plan to produce the Monaro?

Do you come with the car???? Anyway, looks nice... hopefully FR... V6TT would be a bonus!

Pink shirts are the line in the sand between metro and homo... Do not cross!

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Personally, I find it very difficult to read or watch your post, ever heard of paragraphs.

I was using Act of God in the legal liability sense rather than a religious sense. But basically this is the second widely discussed accident I have heard of where the magical crash fairies threw a car into a pole with their magical accident dust.

Act of God, act of God...

Reason for accident: Deus ex machina...

SYS328 - 10:30 AM - Fake reason he is a bad driver (real reason - Because I don't like him)

Hehehe, Yeah I liked that one too LOL we should find these car enthusiasts and give them what for!

And another one... Why are male teenagers risk-takers? October 6, 2004 Young men are three times as likely as young women to die on our roads. Kenneth Nguyen reports. Fuelled by a sense of invincibility and "the need for speed", men under 25 are the most likely to die on Australian roads. Three times as many young male drivers as young female drivers were killed in 2002, according to the Australian Transport Safety Bureau's most recent statistics. A Sweeney Research survey conducted for AAMI last year showed 19 per cent of young drivers had driven after taking recreational drugs, 19 per cent believed "It's OK to drink and drive so long as I feel capable" and 24 per cent exceeded speed limits all or most of the time. Psychologist John Cheetham said young men were drawn to risky behaviour by biological and mental factors. "They're full of testosterone, they're all pumped up . . . and they also have an enormous false belief in their own skill level," he said. A lack of self-awareness meant young men commonly acted on competitive urges without thinking of the potential consequences, he said. RMIT marketing lecturer Con Stavros also pointed out the impact of computer games, films such as The Fast and the Furious, and car marketing campaigns that emphasised speed. Although car advertisers are subject to a voluntary code of conduct that bans displays of unsafe driving, that code only applies to depictions of driving on public roads. Illegal street racing is popular among young men who find a sense of belonging and masculinity by identifying with particular cars. "Just as we're almost forced to pick a football team to follow at a young age, some are almost forced to pick a car racing team," Mr Stavros said. Easily modified Japanese models such as the Honda Civic have a strong following among young Asian drivers, car enthusiasts said yesterday. Caucasian racers are more often seen in "big bore street machines" such as V8 Holdens and Fords. Car enthusiasts also warned against a new dangerous practice known as "drifting". Popularised in Japanese motor magazines, drifting involves the driver causing the loss of rear traction around corners and holding the car in a sliding arc.

St Kilda speed strip claims two young lives By Selma Milovanovic, Mathew Murphy October 6, 2004 The stretch of Dandenong Road in St Kilda where two Melbourne teenagers yesterday lost their lives in what may have been a street race was notorious for illegal street racing, locals said. Neighbours XXXXX XXXXX, 18, and XXXXX Nguyen, 19, both of Essendon, died when the driver of the Nissan Skyline they were travelling in lost control and crashed into a pole near the Upton Road overpass just after 1am. The driver and front seat passenger, both believed to be in their late teens or early 20s, were taken to hospital with minor injuries. Police were investigating reports that the Skyline and a silver Honda Civic were travelling side by side, west along Dandenong Road, before the smash. Sergeant Ron Perrett, of the major collision investigation unit, said the part of Dandenong Road where the smash occurred passed through a cutting under St Kilda Junction and "had a history over the years of cars using this section of road for racing". Both families were yesterday receiving trauma counselling at The Alfred. Mr Nguyen's younger sister Wendy described him as a "generous dude" who was a "loving older brother". Frank Curtain said his family were trying to come to terms with their loss: "It's a very tragic thing that has happened but it makes us appreciate what we have got." Local residents called on the authorities to act to prevent more teenage deaths on the busy road they described as a well-known spot for illegal street racing. "Gerald", who lives within walking distance of the accident scene, told 3AW that races were a "nightly occurrence, from 10 o'clock at night right until the early hours of the morning". "It's been going for three years. It's because of the underground bypass between the two junctions. (It happens) every night of the week, till five or six o'clock in the morning," he said. Other residents told 3AW that groups of teenagers were often seen parking near the corner of Dandenong Road and Chapel Street and later participating in what appeared to be organised illegal street races. Premier Steve Bracks said the Victorian Government was considering mandatory defensive driving classes for learner drivers, and would investigate the effectiveness of the classes with the Federal Government and other state governments. "We don't want to get the message across . . . that somehow you are impregnable, that because you do the defensive driving course, you can take risks," he told 3AW. Attorney-General Rob Hulls said the accident was a tragedy, but any assumptions about the cause of the fatal crash were premature while the police investigation continued. Terry House, chairman of the Teenagers Road Accident Group, said passengers should speak out. "You can definitely say, 'stop this now, or I'll be coming to your grave site'," Mr House said. Ian Craven, assistant manager at Calder Park, said the accident should never have happened when there were places designed for people to race in a safe environment, such as Calder Park and Heathcote Park. "They are endangering lives out there," he said. "What if that car hadn't hit the pole and instead hit some woman on her way home from shift work?" The occupants of the Honda were helping police with their inquiries. The accident brings the state's road toll to 271. --------------------------------------- As with all "shocking" accident pics. It would have been good to see what the car looked like before the Fire Brigade went to town on the car with the "jaws of life"

So what you are saying is that you think it is worse for a person with three years experience to go from a low powered car to a high powered car than to have a person with zero experience go into a not quite so powerful car. riiiiight

Do you have 16cm of headroom? I remember there was an article in speed where one of the Adelaide basketballers had an R34 GT-R and said that he fit ok, but if I remember the article correctly he had to get the seat modified in his R33. I have one 200cm friend with a 260Z and he fits in that pretty nicely if you want another option...