JEDI-77

It'll be good to see the SAU group there again this year. We've (aus300zx) have only got a few cars on display this year, not as many as last year. Still should be fun, weather permitting Looking forward to visiting the skyline camp and checking out the cars. Hope you guys come over and check out our zeds as well. I'll have my new twin turbo on display, still needs a bit of body work though.. Oh, and I promise that the aus300zx group will stay till 4pm this time :D

Sorry guys, completely off topic here, but I just wanted to say: To Inline_6, sorry I cant reply to your PM. I tried to reply to it but it came up with an error message saying that I need to have at least 10 posts before I can send a PM. I've been a SAU member since 2004 (friend of mine used to have a blue R32 GTSt and we would cruise together, so I signed up here..). But yeah, I have stuff all posts, sorry..

Thanks for the kind words writeoff. Posts on club forums can always get a bit heated and biased. Its just the way of the things. Aus300zx is guilty of that too, and we have had a few threads in the past that have been questionable and quite silly and indicate that some of our members need to do some growing up as well. We sometimes see our cars through rose colored glasses. Thankfully, most of what I call the core group at aus300zx (the old timers, who have had their zeds for many years) just love motorsport in general and appreciate all makes. Many of us are part of NDSOC (Nissan Datsun Sports Owners Club), and compete in motorsport events, sometimes (as demonstrated with our trip to Loxton) happy to travel interstate for a few days of racing or spectating. One of our members who was with us at Loxton is a member here at SAU and has an awesome R32 GTR.... So yeah, there's plenty of room for skylines and zeds to be friends... Its just good to know that we are all passionate about our cars and club..

To be honest, our initial aim was to park the cars in an arc. But this was a problem from the start... Some wanted an concave, some wanted a convex.... finally we agreed on a concave arc, but not all the members were there at one time.... I think the heat warped a few of our brain cells on that day, because even parking in a concave arc was hard lol.. We're from Melb, its a lot cooler there.. Anyway, in the end, we just did the straight line thing.. Next year, I'm going to designate myself as "club car parking for displays" officer..

No hard feelings guys.. Look forward to seeing you next year...

As one of the members of the aus300zx group present at the Loxton show and Shine, I have read all your comments with interest. Just so people know who I am (if anyone cares), I am the guy that got the trophy for 3rd place in the Jap import category. This is my 4th attendance at the Riverland auto expo, where in previous years it has always been in Berri. As a group, most of the aus300zx contingent that attend the Riverland auto expo each year are from Melbourne and as such, we like doing the odd 700km trek to Berri (or Loxton this year) every year. Reading all the posts, I think the main issue that people have is with us leaving early. I'm not here to make excuses, because quite frankly, I dont have any. It was poor form for us to leave early and to be honest, I dont think we really knew why it happened. As a group we have discussed this, and have collectively decided that it was not a good idea. Make of that what you will, and continue to chastise us if you wish. We have learnt our lesson and wont be making the same mistake again and nor have we made that mistake in previous years at Berri. And yes, we were all present at the presentation dinner on the saturday night. As for the other comments made against us, well, really.... its all just sticks and stones. If you thought our halloween theme was crap, then so be it.. But it still got us the trophy.. And as for the comments about our "pretty slapper" cars.... well, I guess you're posting on a skyline forum and its in your DNA to hate everything 300zx... There has always been a "friendly" (or maybe not so friendly..) rivalry between all the nissan makes (skylines, silvia, zeds etc etc) so we dont care too much about your "slapper" comments.. At the end of the day, it would just be good for a change if everyone just realised we all drove nissans. As for your display, I quite enjoyed coming over and looking at the SAU cars. Quite a nice collection of skylines there, and if I'm not mistaken, you also had a 350z in your group? Anyway, top effort. We will be back next year with another display, but have no idea on what that will be yet. Hope to see some of your cars there again, and perhaps you wont give us dirty looks when you realise we are from aus300zx.. Goodluck with your display for next year!

Selling my zed front calipers as I have upgraded my brakes. The calipers are suited to fit 280mm x 28mm sized rotors. They are 4 pot aluminium calipers. Currently painted black and in excellent condition. If interested, email me at [email protected]. I am in Vic, put will post to other states. Sale price: $250. JEDI77

yeah i'll come not sure if the car will be ready then but i'll come for a look...

so you reckon they're crap waz??? heheh. Interesting... jealousy is a curse.....

about time you went on a cruise waz.. :D