I’ve had a few big dramas on the forums I run recently so it was a breath of fresh air to just get off the PC and head out to do some offline forum stuff.
The monthly VWGolf.net.au Pizza night was held at The Bavarian last night at Fox Studios. VWG’s developing a very clicky inner circle, heaps of laughs, great guys the lot of them.
Hey my old K20A powered Jazz! Photo by J_HUI
And also my old Jazz! New wheels but he’s still rocking my crazy custom exhaust + Nardi steering wheel too. Photo by J_HUI
Photos from yesterday’s stinking hot EOMM at JDMyard are starting to make their way online. Click here for more.
R35. Dirty, driven and used. So cool.
The new TOP ONE is 3 times bigger than the old.
Last Saturday my mate Ben was after an Alfa 147 which got me excited as I’ve owned one in the past (despite absolutely hating it at times…I loved it lots!). You’ve got to own an Alfa to really appreciate how amazing they are but you’ve also got to have the balls to buy one after hearing and reading about all the bad reviews.
I thought the best thing Ben could do is get an inspection done by Dedy at TOP ONE. Dedy goes all out when inspecting cars. If the car has been in an accident he’ll spot it, if anything at all is out of place he’ll let you know so you can make a VERY informed decision.
On the morning of the inspection Ben let me know that he completely whimped out of buying an Alfa and instead we were going to inspect a Mazda 3! We met up with the sellers at TOP ONE, the car was filthy, interior had been smoked in and what’s worse the entire car had been horribly resprayed (most likely a backyard job). The paint had a lot of dust in it and it was literally peeling off the rear 3/4 window. If Ben was to wash his car with a high pressure hose at a carwash we were pretty sure the paint would just peel off! There were a lot more issues with the car too, the funny thing was when Ben decided against buying the car (phew!) the sellers got aggressive on him. Bad experience? Yes. A little scary? Yup!
So we headed back to mine, hopped on carsales and hunted down another Mazda 3 to inspect. This time we went on vibes. A little more expensive than the cheapest cars listed, well written for sale description, nice area, nice guy on the phone and we were off to check out another car.
We got there and the experience and car was night and day, black and white completely different to the car we had checked out earlier. Great car, super clean, great seller, very honest. Everything just felt 100% right. I tried to play hard ball and drop the asking price by $2k by making a deal on the spot (I couldn’t help myself) but the seller had no intention of even dropping $500 on the car (tough!). I got a message from Ben yesterday saying he bought the car (and he got the $500 off) :)
Nice wireframe!
Hyundai trying so hard. This art car was done by Graff artist Beastman.
I wanted to not like it, but hey. I like it. Not anywhere near worth the $700k on looks alone though.
Caught my eye too. It’s going to be popular for sure.
So nice to see how small the car is in real life. I’m pretty excited about owning one of these.
A shot for Christina.
Finally, something worth seeing at the Honda stand. The kids are gonna love this.
I’m sitting there making a mods list in my mind for it already…
I was excited about seeing this car but once I sat in it I thought nothing good of it. What a horrible interior, so cheap, so nasty.
Tendy, Christina and I hit the motor show today (it was dead quiet being a Monday day). There were some great cars on display this year and I tried my best not to check the online teasers before today. I know a lot of car lovers hate the show but I’ve been going ever since I was a kid (Dad always took me) and I’ll continue to check it out for as long as I love cars.
My GT-R, driving it gets me high, every time – Photo by Rev 555.
Photo by Rev 555.
Last night VWGolf.net.au members were invited to a photoshoot at the UNSW by the UNSW Photoclub. There was a healthy turnout of both cars and photographers. My GTI was filthy so I planned to just jump in SUGA and take pics, but last minute I decided to take the beast out (and I forgot my camera!). Was a fun meet and a few of us hit up Korean BBQ for dinner afterwards too.
The photos haven’t made their way online just yet but be sure to keep an eye on this thread for updates.
Auto Obsession is officially launched. I designed the logo and the web site too (which I will be running for a while to get the boys going!).
Christina and I left a package in Nath’s car during Pizza night the other night and he kindly came over today to drop it off. There was another reason why he came over though, he wanted to show this off:
I heard him before he knocked on the door!
Made in Slovenia. It’s an Akrapovic exhaust. I just checked out their site, different!
Nath hadn’t had brekkie and Christina and I hadn’t had lunch so we thought we’d eat at Fratelli Fresh
Strange stuff: They had an entire wall dedicated to Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.
Oils ain’t oils!
I had the meatball pasta. OMG too good. TOO GOOD! I’ve been on a high ever since. So so happy. So happy.
VWG Pizza night last night at Made in Italy. Small group of 9 but a lot of fun :)
Pre-dinner beers at The Gaelic Club.
Frenchie’s R36 wagon. Looking so good.
Wagon Mafia!
Polo pizza was great.
Nutella Pizza!
Nath took us in and AP took us home in his 500HP R32 turbo monster (which was surprisingly smooth).
Sandra and Terence.
Last night Christina and I caught up with Melbournians Terence (we know him through the VWGolf.net.au forums) and his girl Sandra (who was in town doing work experience for Marie Claire). We had dinner at Kelly’s, which is always hit and miss. Unfortunately the food was a miss tonight but the company rocked out so much I wasn’t fussed! So good to meet genuinely good people.
