Sau:nsw Trilogy Dinner

[a20089]

Great to meet everyone.

[MBS206]

Just got home. Awesome dinner guys! Thanks for coming. I think we ended up with 16 people in total.

[GTRKat]

Big thanks to everyone that came to dinner!! Awesome foods and was nice to put a few more names to faces!

[r32-25t]

Was good to see who some of the people from Canberra were.

Oh and seriously, WTF was with the form one lane sections of road! I swear I thought I was going to die more then once

[GTRKat]

LOL yep they are everywhere here and as you have most likely seen, native Canberrans do not know how to merge!!

[r32-25t]

They can't merge here either and we get plenty on notice

[MBS206]

OMG! How awesome was the food... I loved it!!!

And I do have to say a HUGE thankyou to Kat for helping me out. While I started organising this dinner, Kat did so much work for me behind the scenes, checking restaurant availability, booking it.

And a thanks to everyone who turned up, I know I had a good dinner!

[rgb]

Me -> <- Everyone else

I wanted to talk in the events section but it looks like someone's locking down the threads. I was reading fresh comments, then they all disappeared as I went to reply

It was a good meet everyone, and the track day on Saturday was also awesome, and I think I am severely addicted now. So many new faces, if I start shouting out names I'm sure I'll leave someone out. So I'll just thank Eric and Kat for repeatedly boosting my car!!!!

So get this guys: when I didn't take the turn off towards Sydney, and accidentally followed Kat we pulled over and then my car died again just as I was going to turn around Kat, AKA basically working for NRMA now, heads off the source some jumper leads. An Irishman pulls over and he starts looking over the engine bay. I ask him if he's got cables, but he doesn't. Now, the bracket for the negative terminal is totally stuffed, so I assumed this was the problem, or some electronics inside the car grounding out. This guy freaking wiggles the positive lead and the car jumps back to life! Full battery, ready to start. That little red box on the positive terminal (contains a fuse, I guess?) was loose. FML! I was sitting there for a long time trying to roll start the poor thing. All is well now! Thanks everyone for a great weekend.

/End of novel.

[GTRKat]

Haha lucky you missed that turn! Glad to hear you got home safely!

[MBS206]

It sounds like you had a bit of an adventure Rob!

I hope to see you around at some more SAU:NSW events. Then I can pick your brain more on Montreal. LOL

[rgb]

Oh yeah for sure!! I'll be heading back to Canada in May (if plans don't change), so we'll for sure be in touch through SAU. I can have a welcoming committee set up for you when you land.

[Shell]

Haha "welcoming committee"... might not be what you expect Matty Matt!

Rob, we'll load him up with chicken salt to bring over for you

[MBS206]

Haha "welcoming committee"... might not be what you expect Matty Matt!

Rob, we'll load him up with chicken salt to bring over for you

If the guys are as friendly as Rob, and the girls as pretty as the ones I know... I say bring it on!!!

[GoldZilla]

Me -> <- Everyone else

I wanted to talk in the events section but it looks like someone's locking down the threads. I was reading fresh comments, then they all disappeared as I went to reply

It was a good meet everyone, and the track day on Saturday was also awesome, and I think I am severely addicted now. So many new faces, if I start shouting out names I'm sure I'll leave someone out. So I'll just thank Eric and Kat for repeatedly boosting my car!!!!

So get this guys: when I didn't take the turn off towards Sydney, and accidentally followed Kat we pulled over and then my car died again just as I was going to turn around Kat, AKA basically working for NRMA now, heads off the source some jumper leads. An Irishman pulls over and he starts looking over the engine bay. I ask him if he's got cables, but he doesn't. Now, the bracket for the negative terminal is totally stuffed, so I assumed this was the problem, or some electronics inside the car grounding out. This guy freaking wiggles the positive lead and the car jumps back to life! Full battery, ready to start. That little red box on the positive terminal (contains a fuse, I guess?) was loose. FML! I was sitting there for a long time trying to roll start the poor thing. All is well now! Thanks everyone for a great weekend.

/End of novel.

LOL, I've done that before - changed my battery in the car and still had issues, so me and my old man ran a second cable for the negative terminal, and the problem wasn't solved... Turned out the positive terminal was not getting enough contact.

If the guys are as friendly as Rob, and the girls as pretty as the ones I know... I say bring it on!!!

Damn you and your hot Canadian female friends!

[r32-25t]

Have to say also I love the fact that the 2 options for beer sizes were schooner or pint