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Sep 21st, 2003, 10:01 AM
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| The Silverado Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Sydney, Australia Local Time: 05:16 PM
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Offline | wow! i like the pics.. looks like a missed out on a good day! any more pics, comments available to tell me what i missed! thanks benno |
 
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Sep 21st, 2003, 10:21 AM
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| M2 Procrastinator  Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: sydney, OZ! Local Time: 05:16 PM
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Offline | wow... can't believe you beat me home harry, & you've even uploaded some pics! must've been a shorter trip to canberra than sydney afterall! it was a great first drive for leigh & i, even better when the sun finally came out as had been forecast! for all those that didn't do the mountain on the way home i can only say SORRY... it was absolutely brilliant!   congrats to brad et al for all the hard work, & i reckon the spurious directions just made it that much more of a 'mini adventure' [mental note to self - get sat nav!] we had an old-fashioned camera with us, so i'll post some pics once the film-processors do their thing! hoping to see some of those sydney mini garage faces on mini2 & future runs... & looking forward to seeing some now-familiar faces on november 30! .g Last edited by gazah : Sep 22nd, 2003 at 04:52 AM. |
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Sep 21st, 2003, 11:16 AM
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| M2 Procrastinator Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: sydney, OZ! Local Time: 05:16 PM
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Offline | & it was great to see 'cooper' the dog come along as carl's passenger! he should definitely be our fist honorary MINI2.CLUBS canine member! Last edited by gazah : May 30th, 2004 at 09:46 AM. |
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Sep 21st, 2003, 11:18 AM
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| MINI2 Regular  Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Sydney, Australia Local Time: 05:16 PM
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Offline  | Thanks! Sydney MINI2 Meeting 21 September 2003 << small gallery from the drive Video will appear in a few days... |
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Sep 21st, 2003, 11:35 AM
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| M2 Procrastinator Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: sydney, OZ! Local Time: 05:16 PM
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Offline | swamos... i actually noticed alex in your sig the other day, but unfortunately i thought it was a photo of a kangaroo!  sorry alex!nice photos nick... i actually checked your site as soon as i got home [it's usually the source of the first pics!  ], but the whole domain was unavailable! must've been while you were uploading stuff! |
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Sep 22nd, 2003, 12:56 AM
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| MINI2 Sponsor  Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Bronte Beach Local Time: 05:16 PM
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Offline | Hey NicK the pic's look great, Looks like you guys got a bit of rain  I will have the AVI's done by tomorrow of the cars coming under the bridge and going past the opera house for your video complie. Talk soon, Coop's. Last edited by Go Coop's : Sep 22nd, 2003 at 02:21 AM. |
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Sep 22nd, 2003, 02:32 AM
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| Beach Bum  Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Nth beaches ,Sydney Local Time: 06:16 PM
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Offline | Yep I would like add my thanks to Brad for ALL THE HARD work it has taken to Coordinate the drive day, JUST ONE MORE TOP DRIVE DAY I would also like the personally thank S4matt for the lift down and designer for the lift back to home 1969- electric blue-cooper  1972- brown mini clubman  2003- all electric blue cooper "s" |
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Sep 22nd, 2003, 05:24 AM
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| In love with my MINI  Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Sydney Local Time: 05:16 PM
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Offline |  Thanks for a great day Just wanted to say thanks to everyone for organising, running and taking part in a great day out. We really, really enjoyed ourselves. In particular, the spin up the mountain road was a total blast, though it was a little bit frustrating with an un-run-in S and Works Kit as didn't feel I could fully go for it. Maybe next time... Anyway, a top day, and personally I quite enjoyed the "scenic" drive back. Thanks again. Gav |
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Sep 22nd, 2003, 05:29 AM
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| MINI2 Regular Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Sydney, Australia Local Time: 05:16 PM
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Offline | Gav You needed to be in front! Due to a twist of fate, Avril and I were leading this leg, and it was a hoot The road was clear of traffic: as it was raining, no bike riders and no waiting for slow grannies doing the recommended speed around corners. ... now I am waiting for the speeding tickets! Nick |
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Sep 22nd, 2003, 06:34 AM
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Offline | Thanks for the great drive. We all enjoyed the day, although it was probably a bit too much for young Liam, will probably do the next drive without him. The photos came out well Nick and Gary (one R or 2, sorry if wrong). And Gazah, what's this bit about a camera with ?film? in it. A digital camera is the first addition to a MINI, much before a Whalen Shift Machine or an MP3 player  |
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Sep 22nd, 2003, 08:06 AM
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| M2 Procrastinator Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: sydney, OZ! Local Time: 05:16 PM
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Offline | gav... i saw that black wrx pull up next to you guys @ the lights around picton way, i'm sure he didn't realise there were a coupla works kits there [& he had a magna or something in front of him anyway!] & when you say 'un-run-in S and Works Kit ' do you mean your works kit fitted pre-delivery? interesting! |
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Sep 22nd, 2003, 08:57 AM
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| In love with my MINI Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Sydney Local Time: 05:16 PM
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Offline | Running In Yeah, I saw him too, and contemplated having a play, but think that my path was blocked in front and then suddenly the 2 lanes became 1! Had the Works kit fitted at around 1200kms about 3 weeks ago. As you know, JCW say keep it under 4,500 rpm till you get to 2,000kms. Funnily enough I hit 2,000kms right by a speed camera on the M5 on the way back last night so think I may now be free to stir it up a bit. Still gutted that I couldn't really go for it on the mountains yesterday. Was feeling very compromised all day with the 4,500 limit and then the last straw was Shaw having the audacity to take me at the lights in his S on the way home (judging by the tyre smoke he had obviously turned off his traction control as well)! So all in all, still haven't fully explored the Works kit, though even at under 4,500 rpm the extra torque makes it much more driveable so still happy. Gav |
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Sep 22nd, 2003, 09:18 AM
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| MINI2 Regular  Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Canberra, Australia Local Time: 05:16 PM
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Offline | Hah! Assuming that HarryMorant drives the Cooper S with NSW "CPR S" number plates, then i'm not surprised he got home quickly. He flew past me on the Hume Highway last night (Sunday) just before Canberra. I was in Sydney over the weekend and had planned on attending the drive, but had to pull out last minute due to an illness in the family. Look forward to hopefully going on the Blue Mountains trip! Sam Dark silver Cooper S with black roof, silver R85's, DSC, climate control, alarm, MFSW/cruise control, sunroof, gravity leather (panther black), xenon, park distance control, interior light package. |
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Sep 22nd, 2003, 10:30 AM
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| M2 Procrastinator Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: sydney, OZ! Local Time: 05:16 PM
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Offline | yeah, wasn't the best strip to take on the wrx... even shaw's little bit of intersection-racing came to an abrupt holt with the right turn 50m up the road! as for harry's race home... i was sure i'd held him up in the twisties, now i know for sure! |
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Sep 22nd, 2003, 12:23 PM
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| M2 Procrastinator Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: sydney, OZ! Local Time: 05:16 PM
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Offline |  alrighty, here we go... got some photos... i really should fork out the cash for a digital camera - the quality of these prints is just fantastic... but scanning & photo-chopping them is a bit of an ordeal! check out the full collection here... http://www.gazah.com/mcs/ here's my favs...  must say the EB's looked pretty fine on the day... but i still reckon BRG rules!   a damn-dirty works bum, check out the film on the windscreen!  waiting @ the bargo turn-off for the fuel-thirsty works boys! Last edited by gazah : Sep 27th, 2003 at 03:03 PM. |
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