Mackay, Qld, Australia

[89CAL]

lol yeah man, its a -4 fitting and has about a 10-12mm drain so yeah.... its about a quarter of the size. I'll soon know if my car starts blowing a heap of smoke out the back

[Seano350GT]

Just watched a video by a cyclone chaser and he basically said that the rainfall we're going to get over the next 3 days is going to be close to 1000ml.. meant to be 300ml today and tomorrow and friday.. Starting to get quite nervous about leaving my car parked in a potential flood zone and at my house which is the same story. Wish i had a garage fuuuuuuuuuu.

Edited January 22, 2013 by Seano350GT

[KING87]

Yeah make sure ya get ya shit up out of the way.

Bout time we got some good rain tho. I just hope I don't get stuck out here at work haha

[89CAL]

I should be at work but I'm still in town for training, so I'm hoping it does rain enough to close the roads out to work lol

[KING87]

Haha yeah they can flood after tomorrow I'd be ok with that. Could always give the new snorkel on the ute a test out lol.

[Nur33]

When I was living at the gooseponds I had to pack my house up everytime we had flash flooding it sucked arse, thank f**k i'm on a massive hill now

[The Mafia]

I got this shits with the last flood. Lost a few things, but was insured.

This time, I bought a high block house. Booom, problem solved, haha.

[Seano350GT]

I'm over it already, pointless us being at work going to have no customers when it's pissing down rain. My backyard was almost flooded this morning lucky i had my car locked up in the garage at work overnight

[Seano350GT]

farrrrk she's pissing down now

[Nur33]

My 2013 FJ Cruiser has been finally ordered won't be here March so time, have started ordering some parts for it. It will pretty much look like the yellow FJ below, except mine will be White and have slightly smaller tires. Can't wait to start tearing shit up.

Coming soon:

- King Shocks 2-3" Lift

- Road Armour Bullbar

- Mickey Thompson Classic Lock II Black 17x9 Rims

- Mickey Thompson MTZ 285/70 R17 33" Tires

[KING87]

Shit yeah!

[Seano350GT]

doin' it right Benny

[Nur33]

Got custom built shocks with all the fruit, compression adjusters and remote reservoirs grand total $3800

[The Mafia]

I'm actually looking at something smaller. Anyone got opinions of a Ford Kuga?

I know they are only a small SUV, but I just want a simple daily for now. They have the 5 cylinder turbo volvo motor in them, same as the XR5. 150kw and 300nm and AWD. Should easily hit over 200kw with an edit.

With a decent engine and AWD, I thought it might be a good setup.

and yes, I know Bennys FJ would probably run right over the top of it, lol.

[Nur33]

I was looking at one of those for the missus they look pretty good, probably wouldn't take it off road, good town car yes.

[The Mafia]

Definitely wont be taking it off road

Just want a decent daily for our f**ked Mackay roads and drivers

[Seano350GT]

Go for a Prado Jono.. 150 series (current model) a couple of years old with low km's is going to cost you mid 50's depending on the model. I would go for a GXL personally.

Keep in mind too a Toyota is going to hold it's value better than most other cars in the market and they are damn reliable. I have a few here at work mate.

[Nur33]

Prado is the same chassis as the FJ Cruiser, same engine etc. and the FJ is 50K new. All other Toyota's are over priced and they come with f**k all features compared to other car makers, only paying for the name.

Shocks and Bullbar ordered now i'm broke not a bad way to spend 6K, still deciding on rims its a hard choice, i sent a email to USA for a Set of TRD Beadlock rims, and Transit Tyres in Mackay wanted $480 a tire for MT MTZ .... f**k that can get BFG Mud Terrains for Tirerack.com for $200 each.

[Seano350GT]

I agree Ben, but i prefer the Prado interior probably the only thing i don't like about the FJ is the square windscreen doesn't feel like there's much vision out the front of the car but other than that i like them.

[89CAL]

Well my CAS wiring to ECU is all good so I'm pretty convinced I have an ECU fault. What a pain in the ass this has been