Sau:nsw 19Th Of March Social Cruise

[zeebs]

got to Ryde from campbelltown then saw the msg it was cancelled was devastated. Stuck in traffic pouring down rain. Not sure the BF was impressed either since he had a 12 hour night shift last night and i woke him up to go ha ha ha oh well

Anyone maybe up for a meet up tonight at krispy kreme Liverpool ???

Edited March 19, 2011 by zeebs

[dori34]

drove past that way today on the way back from fishing, horrible weather.

[hamiltonau]

sad to hear about the dramas with the car, which one?

mine is stuck on full blast heat no matter what i do, got a liitle hot today with the rain preventing me from doing the usual arm out the window relief.

that'll teach me for letting a mate install my new stereo head unit

anyway went for a blast up to the lookout today with 2 black skylines, looked pretty sweet, even got in for free with the inclement weather. bonus!

stopped raining by 330 pm and only started again about 420 when we took off again, nice roads but not that twisty, most of its off camber sweepers which is just fine with me. Got back to town hall just after five pm

will post pics after i can be arsed to go back downstairs to the car and get the camera

[US05LW]

alot of softies out their, only a couple of skylines went out, nice to see sum tough people bringing their cars out into d rain ! nice drive but ! should have another 1 out their soon

[Owens]

Was a shame this cruise was cancelled. Weather was atrocious coming up from south, sheets of water everywhere caused my car to drift alot. Was a bit scary at times.

On Heathcote road we passed a truck which lost control and drove half way up an embankment on opposite side of the road.

Cancelling was probably the best call made. Being overly precarious to stay safe in the rain and avoiding shit on the road would have taken the buzz away from the whole event.

I'm sure this will be rescheduled pretty soon. And hopefully will be a nice sunny day like the last cruise to kangaroo valley.

[SlowSkyline]

we got at the meet point and then checked here and saw it was canceled weather on the way home was seriously terrible!

Saw a few cars there, cruised with BOO5TN i think it was on the way there..

[eiresgaus]

Yeah was out at the meet point around 1.40pm met Cassbo? I think? And another guy in a silver 33 GTR and another guy in a light blue V35.. Think i saw hamiltonau's car in the carpark opposite a black R33 too, weather was absolutely shocking on the way back to the city, going over the harbour bridge I had water coming through the seals of my windows!

Did seem like the best decision to cancel, vision was fine but traction wasn't the greatest in some areas, even with near new tyres.. Oh well, next time!

[Longz]

soft.... i ran natio and mac pass tonight in the rain !

dam floods at mac pass....

[hamiltonau]

i saw hamiltonau's car in the carpark opposite a black R33

yup that was me and lovely guy in the black 33 but as usual i forget his name, we met 'hicas' in the cafe with some couple in a ..skyline of some kind. i have a shitty memory for names sorry. anyway all had a great chat, u should have checked in. i think u texted me meeting at central too eiresgaus?

[GTR-N1]

soft.... i ran natio and mac pass tonight in the rain !

dam floods at mac pass....

Mac Pass was closed earlier this week with an overturned car blocking the way > you then had to negotiate water on those cross-the-road drains > hopefully didn't get warping of the discs.

How was the Mac Pass run? Did you go up or down or both?

[eiresgaus]

yup that was me and lovely guy in the black 33 but as usual i forget his name, we met 'hicas' in the cafe with some couple in a ..skyline of some kind. i have a shitty memory for names sorry. anyway all had a great chat, u should have checked in. i think u texted me meeting at central too eiresgaus?

Yeah I did, got caught in slowest moving traffic ever! Should have had a look in the cafe, didn't occur to me at all where the owners of 2 parked skylines might be. slow...

[Aggroman]

Hey matt do a cruise for a day that I have off kthxbai

[hamiltonau]

+one for the above matt

oh and heres some pics, dont know how to hotlink from fbook

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=279262&id=511696536

[andymoocow]

yup that was me and lovely guy in the black 33 but as usual i forget his name, we met 'hicas' in the cafe with some couple in a ..skyline of some kind. i have a shitty memory for names sorry. anyway all had a great chat, u should have checked in. i think u texted me meeting at central too eiresgaus?

It was me Patrick, the Great Sir Andrew !!!!!!!! HAHAHAHAH

Was good to meet a few people and go for a drive up there. Bloody good timing the rain stopped for when we got to the lookout, it sure made up for it on the way home!!! Heaviest rain EVER!!!!! Saw a car that had spin off the road on Mona Vale road and go backwards into a tree at a decent speed, YIKES!!!!! Heaps of other cars had stopped. MASSIVE areas of aqua planing on the road too, not cool. but adds to the excitement!!!!!

Great to meet Patrick, Joel, Ed and Michael in the R32 GTR, plus briefly meet slow skyline (your car sounded PHAT when you left the car park, nice wheels too mate )

Got some good pics from the lookout will post up when i get the camera sorted.......

[Cassbo]

yup that was me and lovely guy in the black 33 but as usual i forget his name, we met 'hicas' in the cafe with some couple in a ..skyline of some kind. i have a shitty memory for names sorry. anyway all had a great chat, u should have checked in. i think u texted me meeting at central too eiresgaus?

Well 'hicas' would have been me, the couple would have been Joel (JoelyMoely) and Luoise

+1 on epic rain after the cruise! I needed to drop something off at Epping, on the way there I hit a massive puddle on Mona Vale Rd which sent my Subaru towards the nature strip! Apparently 4WD doesn't count for much when you don't have contact with the road

[hamiltonau]

hehe sorry Great Sir Andrew,Ed, Michael, Joely moely and Louise, i need to find some of those smart memory pills when they are invented.

plus 2 re epic rain after lookout, though it gave me just enough time to be a bit of a 'hoon' on the way out of the park, only came down properly once i got onto the proper traffic light/lane marked roads on the way back to sydney. Didnt see any decent accidents but i can believe they were happening, a Tarago in front of me aquaplaned for a moment and nearly slid off into a bus shelter.

exciting stuff.

ok bring on the next one with slightly less water please!

[Hiroshima Screamer]

Hey guys Eddie here...was equally as good meeting both you guys Andrew and Patrick will have to do it again, more cars less rain.

[SlowSkyline]

It was me Patrick, the Great Sir Andrew !!!!!!!! HAHAHAHAH

Was good to meet a few people and go for a drive up there. Bloody good timing the rain stopped for when we got to the lookout, it sure made up for it on the way home!!! Heaviest rain EVER!!!!! Saw a car that had spin off the road on Mona Vale road and go backwards into a tree at a decent speed, YIKES!!!!! Heaps of other cars had stopped. MASSIVE areas of aqua planing on the road too, not cool. but adds to the excitement!!!!!

Great to meet Patrick, Joel, Ed and Michael in the R32 GTR, plus briefly meet slow skyline (your car sounded PHAT when you left the car park, nice wheels too mate )

Got some good pics from the lookout will post up when i get the camera sorted.......

Yeah haha im surprised you guys went up there! On the way home it poured down major, so lucky i got new tyres last week!

Nice to meet you too, pity about the shit weather would have been a good cruise... Yep shes pretty loud

[SKITTLES]

the skyline or the excel?

Skyline.

he pulled out. I completely forgot.. i could have come T_T

[andymoocow]

Yeah haha im surprised you guys went up there! On the way home it poured down major, so lucky i got new tyres last week!

Nice to meet you too, pity about the shit weather would have been a good cruise... Yep shes pretty loud

Yeah i figured i'd driven all the way there so might as well have a look. Weather was clear at the lookout, but freaking terrible for the next 5 hours following! HAHAHAHA We took it mighty easy on the way up and back, few branches on the road but otherwise just soaked.

You car sounds tops, sounds very much like mine, nice and angry hehehehehe

Catch ya next time mate.

Andy