Congratulations Jaguar!!!

[Sternjaeger II]

lol Bliss, you're doing exactly what I was talking about, you're measuring your driving skills on how long your list of tools is or how fast your car goes (allegedly...). That still doesn't make you a better driver than me. And to be honest I'm not in for a race with you man, my point was that your sort of addiction (as you defined it yourself) is just a translation of your small penis syndrome into having something that goes faster than people that can afford better cars than yours.

Some words about my experience: I don't have an alleged racing pedigree as you do, but my family has always been one of petrolheads. We regularly had Porsches, Alfa Romeo, Ferrari, BMW and Mercs in our garages, plus the odd British Morgan or Mini, and we all liked doing bit of tinkering with them. My uncle worked for Snap-On and that meant we always had a lot of quality tools around, nothing too fancy (I think the biggest piece of technology we had was a lathe!), but enough to do our own maintenance/experimenting etc...

I did some racing in my younger years, but it was amateur stuff really, done for the fun of it on mono-brand championship (where you measure the driver's skill, so the winner is not the team with more money, but the one with the good driver, all in all it's a sport), and boy did it teach me a lot!

At the moment I'm driving an Alfa Romeo Brera (had another one and swapped it for a 3.2 V6). It's 320hp (stock setup is 265), AWD and a pure joy to drive (and looks fantastic!). Then (and that hopefully shows that I am a real all rounder) I'm about to acquire a '68 Mustang with a stock V8, because I can also appreciate American classic cars for their beauty.

If I want to race I just go see a couple of friends of mine down at a place called Silverstone (I'm sure you might have heard of it..) where I can try the latest performance cars that they have available at their club and thrash mine around (talking of which, I just bought and installed a new set of brakes, pads and hoses for it, EBC Red Stuff is amazing! But I'm sure you'll tell me you probably forge your own discs right?).

So I think of myself as an all rounder, that can sit on a performance car or factory spec saloon and know how to drive it properly. Learning about stuff like the quirks of slip-diff or performance driving (the aforementioned heel-and-toe which you probably never used..) is what makes a good driver; wobbling your steering wheel left and right trying to keep straight a car that was not designed to put down all that power ("the thrill of being killed", seriously??) is just stupid and irresponsible, because I'm sure you do your fair share of racing mainly on roads..

So the crass, puerile, irresponsible driving of your kind is something I will never understand.

You drive a fugly piece of trailer park junk with a ridiculous bonnet and feel like the new Andretti, and you know what, good for you, we normally laugh at your delusional kind, but don't come around trying to teach me what makes a good driver, cos you certainly ain't one, especially cos you don't seem to understand that

1) it's not all about going on a straight line.
2) it's not about winning, it's about having fun. You sound like the Charlie Sheen of automotive delusion.

[scottnmegs]

I appreciate any car that is done right, however I would love to see a car such as 2500hp Mustang registered?? Definately not here in Australia, I would be waiting with defect book in hand! wink..wink..

A lovely car nonetheless, this is a real drivers car Datsun 1600/510, I am currently doing one up from a rusty old wreck, 100k on tools?? I can manage on about 3k? Biggest wallet, if I had a unlimited budget I would just go buy new Nissan GTR and just drive it, not talk about how good I am when I drive it.

Any car is good, just drive it!

[swiss]

Originally Posted by scottnmegs

100k on tools?? I can manage on about 3k?

Decent quality has it's price, those trollies alone are ~$1000 a piece.
It's also a matter of what exactly you want to do, for changing oil and tires 3k should easily do...

(If I were Bliss I'd keep the shop a tad cleaner and tidier tho, lol)

[scottnmegs]

Originally Posted by swiss

Decent quality has it's price, those trollies alone are ~$1000 a piece.
It's also a matter of what exactly you want to do, for changing oil and tires 3k should easily do...

(If I were Bliss I'd keep the shop a tad cleaner and tidier tho, lol)

I agree, decent quality has its price, if you class welding, engine rebuilding, structural modification, cutting rust out and basically building car from ground up as oil and tyre changing. Ok I probably used some bits from work, sandblaster etc.

I am a qualified marine mechanic and fitter and turner/welder.100k on tools is crazy!

If Bliss owns a shop I can appreciate the need for tools and quality, tools dont make the tradesman though! Bliss this is by no means a go at you, If I had access to all that I would be in heaven! Some more pics of what 3k (give or take) of tools and know how can achieve!

That was not my datto earlier, this is mine here in these pics, got a long way to go yet.

[Sternjaeger II]

you can tell a pro from how tidy his garage is. Well done there man

What's the engine config on that?

[scottnmegs]

Thats only a L18 standard motor there from later model datsun, I will be building one up with a L18 with twin su's and mainly head work. Not too worried about outright power, its the suspension, seam welding the whole body etc and brakes that will get most of love. 800kg go cart!

[Sternjaeger II]

Originally Posted by scottnmegs

Thats only a L18 standard motor there from later model datsun, I will be building one up with a L18 with twin su's and mainly head work. Not too worried about outright power, its the suspension, seam welding the whole body etc and brakes that will get most of love. 800kg go cart!

looks like a sweet little project you got there

You putting a roll cage in as well?

[Outlaw]

Originally Posted by Sternjaeger II

you can tell a pro from how tidy his garage is. Well done there man

What's the engine config on that?

You're completely out of intelligent things to say so now it's down to, "your garage is dirty so you suck"?

What a joke.

--Outlaw.

[Sternjaeger II]

Originally Posted by Outlaw

You're completely out of intelligent things to say so now it's down to, "your garage is dirty so you suck"?

What a joke.

--Outlaw.

HAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Go play somewhere else kiddo. A tidy garage is rule number 1 of professional mechanics, anybody that says otherwise is an utter clown.

[Skoshi Tiger]

Originally Posted by scottnmegs

I appreciate any car that is done right, however I would love to see a car such as 2500hp Mustang registered?? Definately not here in Australia, I would be waiting with defect book in hand! wink..wink..

A lovely car nonetheless, this is a real drivers car Datsun 1600/510, I am currently doing one up from a rusty old wreck, 100k on tools?? I can manage on about 3k? Biggest wallet, if I had a unlimited budget I would just go buy new Nissan GTR and just drive it, not talk about how good I am when I drive it.

Any car is good, just drive it!

OMG!!!! a Dado!

Six or so years ago The WA Charger Club went down to the Collie power house sprint track, One of the guys took his Dado down and put her around the track as a bit of fun.

Unfortunately he hit the gravel and rolled it and it turned out to be the beasts last trip!

It's good to see one looking so nice!