E34 Sydney Meet - Plenty of pics

[BigKriss]

Just a short writeup. It was hot today, about 35+ degree celcuis or 90+ in the old money. Romus, Bimmerman and Paul and I met Greg about 11:30am and Greg told us that we could get some photos done at the skid pan. The drivers club was only using the track so we ventured down there.

The threes car lined up for our first pics.

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We had plenty of area to play with and test the limits of our cars in a closed, safe environment. This area is normally used as a skid pan and for driver training.

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Paul let me drive his 525i

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Romus gave the 5 speed a bit of a whirl.

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more pics to follow...

[632 Regal]

okay...Im convinced, I need better sway bars even if I dont need them... hook a brotha up!

[BigKriss]

Not to be out-done I showed Romus how the car handled and later on in the day, I gave Wingman (Tony) an Zeuk in Oz (Bo) a ride also.

The car still doesn't bottom out
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Part of the skid pan area
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It understeers a lot, just no grip at speed.
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Enough of the foreplay, time to take some pics on the track.
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Still more pics to follow....

[Bimmerman]

Is it just me, or does romus look a bit scared in that second lot of photos with you driving...;)

[BigKriss]

Your camera takes excellent pictures Paul, look how clear they are! Thanks for taking them :)

[Bimmerman]

I cant believe we have to wait til august for the skid pan day! I wanna go again tomorrow:( Thank YOU Chris for "blowing out the cobwebs" in my exhaust, will be waiting to see what you do on the 'pan...:D

[BigKriss]

Myself, Romus and Greg

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Bo rocks up and we proceeded onto the main straight.
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Side view of the group
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We ran out of time, so we parked the beasts outside and Tony arrives.
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[BigKriss]

Its the last four pics for the day, we move onto the group shots.

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Nick and Matt, you guys didn't show up?

[GJPinAU]

Nick and Matt, you guys didn't show up?
Yeah, boo on you guys. You missed a great day.
Hey Paul, how's the sun burn??

P.S. spoke to Phil tonight, he sounds really good.

[liquidtiger720]

looks like fun!

[Bimmerman]

I slapped on the moisturiser, but F**K i'm sore :D Beer has soothed the pain though. Next time i'll remember that hat...

[BigKriss]

I got burned also, legs and arms. Just think of that nice healthy tan you will now get, the chicks will love you :)


I slapped on the moisturiser, but F**K i'm sore :D Beer has soothed the pain though. Next time i'll remember that hat...

[Zeuk in Oz]

What a great day ! Thanks Greg for the organisation - good to meet you guys - Greg, Kristian, Paul, Romus and Tony.

Appropriately this should be my 500th post so Kristian has shamed me into a sig pic - hope it works.

Once again thanks a lot guys !

( Just in case you were wondering, BigKriss is as enthusiastic with his driving as he is posting - thanks for the lesson on tyre scrubbing :D - Awesome handling though ! )

Cheers,

Bo

[mattyb]

ah fk!!!@!@ i thought this was tomorrow! fuk it, bloody hell!!!!!!!!

[mattyb]

Oh Man I Cant Believe I Stuffed This Up!!!!

[Paul in NZ]

Looks like a really good day.....Looking at those pics the classic lines of the e34 show out again.....its amazing how the different colours bring out or subdue some lines...Nice cars guys!Good to hear that Phil sounds on the mend too!

[romus]

Is it just me, or does romus look a bit scared in that second lot of photos with you driving...;)

haha "a bit" ;)

[Incantation]

i have never seen someone load up the suspension so much lol.. nice
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[Jay 535i]

Yeah, does that car have stock suspension? It doesn't look happy.

Ditto this one:

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[SharkmanBMW]

Armour-All on the side walls probably didn't help!!!!!

[GJPinAU]

ah fk!!!@!@ i thought this was tomorrow! fuk it, bloody hell!!!!!!!!
Hey guys, I picked it!
We knew you wouldn't miss us on purpose Matty.
We made an agreement to meet again in 6 months time at Eastern Creek. The car club is having a day on the skid pan, you guys should sign up for it.
I was at last years event and it was the only time I begrudged being a Steward and not a competitor.

[mattyb]

thanx mate. i'm spewin thati couldve been absent minded enough to have thought it was today. ive been driving my missus crazy lately cause i was so lookin forward to it. sorry guys.

[GJPinAU]

thanx mate. i'm spewin thati couldve been absent minded enough to have thought it was today. ive been driving my missus crazy lately cause i was so lookin forward to it. sorry guys.
I let Kriss take my car for a spin (??) now if you'd been there he could have compared the 2 cars. ;)
His only comment was "so, you gunna put a chip in it?":D

[mattyb]

did you get to go for a blast in his?

[GJPinAU]

did you get to go for a blast in his?
Ah, no! I was there in an official capacity ;)
No tom foolery for me (heh, heh)

[genphreak]

AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW, Shiiiiiiiiiiiiiittttt! Yesterday really wasn't my day. I was dead keen but simply couldn't get out of my commitments at work and home, there are days my girl (the e34) wishes I was single again, and ****, somtimes I wish I was too.... gee you fellas, it's clear you had a blast out there. I wish I could have been there too to see how the ol' girl's new M-suspension would have taken all those seriously sweepin' swerves.

btw. nice wheels Romus, good to see there was a red beastie there to balance the colour spectrum for the pics this time, last time mine was in pieces so I was there without her.

F@#$%*@#!@!!! I'm upset, am even more pissed now than I felt yesterday when I was imagining every moment I was missing whilst chewing through all the chores...

My apologies fellas, I am so sorry I couldn't make it. Consider me seriously in shamed in Greg!
:( <cries> :( Nick

[Traian]

What wheels is your friend Paul running? They look pretty sharp.

[Bimmerman]

What wheels is your friend Paul running?
BMW style 14's

[wingman]

I only got to spend an hour or so with the guys but it was worth the trip. In that time I got to take the Romusmobile for a spin (my first E34 manual) and the lovely M50 525i of Bimmerman even found its way into my temporary care. Big Kriss has spent plenty of hours and big bucks on his car and it's been worth it. The way that it does its stuff defies belief. You'd think you were in a 3 series, very 'chuckable'. Nice to meet all you guys but too short a meeting. I'll get there earlier next time.

[wingman]

Greg, Any chance of posting a pic or two of that M3 with the 'low profile' roofline? Ouch!

[BigKriss]

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[bahnstormer]

i'm glad no one rolled thier car =]

[Traian]

BMW style 14's
Thanks!

[GJPinAU]

Greg, Any chance of posting a pic or two of that M3 with the 'low profile' roofline? Ouch!
These are off my phone. Hope they look OK
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[GJPinAU]

Also, there was a guy with a new M5 on the track.
Problem was, he was sooo far up himself no one could care less.

[romus]

i have never seen someone load up the suspension so much lol.. nice
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:) thx

[romus]

Yes Jay, all stock.