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Title: Went on a bit of a road trip late this afternoon......
Post by: rustynutz on October 01, 2011, 17:12:38
Went on a bit of a road trip late this afternoon......

For reasons I won't go into, I had to make a trip up to Cairns from Townsville late this afternoon.
Left at 3.45pm and arrived back at 1am. Total kilometres travelled was 722.
Did the trip in a 2002 Holden Barina....and what a let down that was after my diesel i30....
No cruise control for a start and the poor little thing felt like it was pulling a million revs at cruising speed.

Not sure whether I'd gone deaf or I'd just got used to the racket, as by the time I got back home it didn't seem nearly so bad...lol.

All in all, a pretty good trip. No dramas and hopefully no speeding tickets.... :D

Title: Re: Went on a bit of a road trip late this afternoon......
Post by: asathorny on October 01, 2011, 21:52:13
Went on a bit of a road trip late this afternoon......

For reasons I won't go into, I had to make a trip up to Cairns from Townsville late this afternoon.
Left at 3.45pm and arrived back at 1am. Total kilometres travelled was 722.
Did the trip in a 2002 Holden Barina....and what a let down that was after my diesel i30....
No cruise control for a start and the poor little thing felt like it was pulling a million revs at cruising speed.

Not sure whether I'd gone deaf or I'd just got used to the racket, as by the time I got back home it didn't seem nearly so bad...lol.

All in all, a pretty good trip. No dramas and hopefully no speeding tickets.... :D

No i30 either, so, what's up with your *REAL* car  :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
Title: Re: Went on a bit of a road trip late this afternoon......
Post by: Dazzler on October 01, 2011, 21:57:48
Geez you sure are a night owl Russ..  :Shocked:  Guess we won't see you 'til lunch time... :lol:
Title: Re: Went on a bit of a road trip late this afternoon......
Post by: rustynutz on October 02, 2011, 01:30:56
No i30 either, so, what's up with your *REAL* car  :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

That's back in Victoria, close to 3,000 kilometres away....and the Mazda 6 I've been using while here had to go in for some engine work under a "recall" and while there they discovered a CV joint that was about to fall apart, not good on a car with only 33,000k on the clock. (that's why I had to slum it with the Barina)

Geez you sure are a night owl Russ..  :Shocked:  Guess we won't see you 'til lunch time... :lol:

Ended up staying up until 3.30am local time, Daz.....Guess I was still on a "high"!
But as you can see I'm up before lunch.... :D
Title: Re: Went on a bit of a road trip late this afternoon......
Post by: 2i30s on October 02, 2011, 11:49:09
 are you practising for the canonball run Russ.?  :lol: :Drive:
Title: Re: Went on a bit of a road trip late this afternoon......
Post by: Surferdude on October 02, 2011, 11:54:20
are you practising for the canonball run Russ.?  :lol: :Drive:

In a Barina??? :scared: :faint:
Title: Re: Went on a bit of a road trip late this afternoon......
Post by: rustynutz on October 02, 2011, 13:43:55
are you practising for the canonball run Russ.?  :lol: :Drive:

Nah, had to rescue a damsel in distress.....  :winker:
Don't mind driving long distances though....been out of practice of late so was nice to get a trip in.... :D
Title: Re: Went on a bit of a road trip late this afternoon......
Post by: 2i30s on October 03, 2011, 11:40:38
are you practising for the canonball run Russ.?  :lol: :Drive:

In a Barina??? :scared: :faint:
well with all that engine noise and the long distance he travelled,i figured rusty was in a road race.  :idea: :lol: :rofl:
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