Jun 21 2011
So I got a sub installed in the colt, and also added a custom bonnet kitwhich uses pistons to open. Pics are below. I also bought Moog’s album, The Sea Brings Rivalry. Its got one our two god songs on it, but nothing I’m super enthusiastic about.
Still waiting on getting the diff installed, hoping for somewhere in Melbourne as there sure isn’t anywhere in Albury.
Feb 06 2011
Twas the night before Christmas, and caught at the lights
Was a domestic V8, and no cops in sight.
I will try, I will try with my small motor
…To beat this Charger, even with his big blowerWhen the lights go green I pull like no joke
While the Charger erupts in clouds of tyre smoke
Now Smasher! Now Revver! Now Stroker! Now Blitzen
These are the name of my four VTEC pistonsPulling ahead I am the star of the action
But I know I am in trouble when that V8 gets traction
Grabbing second I hear the rpm sing
My mirror is blocked by my shopping cart wingIt doesn’t take long before I hear the monster gaining
All I can do is keep this little four banger straining
In a second the shockwave hits with a blast
My stickers go flying, now a thing of the pastNow no need for third because now it’s too late
Just sit back and relax like you can relate
Looking up at the taillights getting smaller and smaller
The driver backs off just to give me a holler:“You can’t win them all” he said with a grin
“You mightn’t win any with that silly thing”
As I watch the Charger disappear in the distance
I pray to Santa for that turbo this Christmas.
Had to laugh. 
Nov 09 2010
Went to 2 great events over the weekend, the first being the Targa High Country, the second being the Bright Rod Run.
Targa event was amazing, I’ve never been able to just walk up to a car worth hundreds of thousands which has then been race prepared and look inside/talk to the driver and navigator. There was some great stuff, many of which I’ve linked on my YouTube.
Here’s a pic of the field:
There was so much more than that. Much more metal didn’t even arrive to stop and have food, they went straight to the next stage without stopping. Also, looks like we were lucky enough to see the last launch (or second last) of an Evo that was local to albury, I put the video of it launching on YouTube. It burnt to the ground a couple of stages later. We also saw an Aston Martin V8 Vantage, which from watching OzGarage online, I recognise has a MoTeC ECU attached to it and some other tweaks, theres a video of it launching here, and heres the video of HPF owner Rob Vickery working on the Vantage.
As for the rod run, that was epic as well, with a HUGE amount of cars there, the whole town was full and then some. Heresd a pic of the oval:
There was a guy doing stunt flying above the oval, live band playing swinging 60′s stuff and old rock, and so, so much to see. We walked around the place eating locally grown Strawberries, watching stunt flying and looking at hotrods in the sun. To say it was a good day is an understatement.
Tried to stay up and watch the F1′s from Brazil, but no even after setting my alarm and planning to watch it with a mate, I slept through my alarm at 2:30am and just fell back asleep straight away. Was so annoyed. Now hoping that Webber wins at Abu Dhabi and gets his championship, Im sure if he did he would retire at this point, and it would be a great end for him, finally getting all of this after such a fucked career of shitty reliability and now shitty teammates. You can do this webs. Cmon.
Nov 04 2010
I’ve gotta start having breakfast again, workmate had a bacon and egg roll thismorning and man I was jealous. Smelled so delicious. Only have myself to blame though, If I got up about half an hour earlier I wouldn’t be in this mess. 
Thinking about renewing my TopGear Aus mag subscription, but I hardly ever read the damn thing. I probably will though, just to support the TopGear franchise.
Tickets for the topgear live show in Melb are out real soon too, definitely going to that, so much easier than driving/taking a train to Sydney.
The gf is away on a work conference tonight so its a house to myself side from the fish. I’m thinking lazy pizza for dinner. >_>
There’s a bird (mudlark) outside my window at work that thinks it has a rival in my mirror glass window, its a never-ending cycle of my shoo’ing it away at it bats against the window. So annoying.
In closing, ITS GON RAIN!
Nov 03 2010
Colt is going great, its a lot of fun but super practical and pulls about 8L/100ks.
Thinking about taking it down to Winton to have a proper thrash at a fun day in december unless bills hit me first. (Which they might)
Thinking about doing some more study, but not sure yet what type and in what industry, many things interest me but not many I would consider as being good career choices. Things like cooking, mechanics, graphics design or even audio/multimedia work, but all of those suck as careers imho. :\ There needs to be a school for people who want to learn all of this stuff for interest, not careers.
Bloody cold in albury at the moment, no idea why. It’s november ffs. Until tomorrow or whenever this gets updated next I guess.
Aug 30 2010
Went on holiday to hamilton island in queensland which was awesome, going on a track day in the colt in the next couple months and probably going to renew the lease on the current place I’m living in now. Things are good basically. Tried out a few crazy drinks I found at the beechworth sweet shop too, dr pepper is as bad as I remember. Oh, go check out the band Sleigh Bells, they’re really good I’d you like noise pop.
Apr 15 2010
I definitely use this blog too much.
What’s been happening, well, since that last post, a.. lot since it was posted in February of LAST year lol.
Whats been happening? Moved house like 3 times, met the most amazing person I’ve ever met and got a new car! (See header for a clue as to what it is) – added a new blog theme, started a permanent job and havin’ a lot of fun. I don’t think I’ll update this thing as often as I have done previously, so make your own guesses as to when the next one will be.
- oodLes
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Feb 09 2009
And it was.
Grabbed a train up from Albury to Sydney at 12 midnight Saturday in first class with 2 others which worked out to be a winner, considering the number of passengers in first class:
Not bad huh.
Anyway that took us about 8 or so hours, with some people making us wait as they had to bus them down from Melbourne because of the Aussie heatwave. More of that later. Anyway we got in at about 8:30 and then hopped on a train straight to the stadium. (Acer Arena) Got there with plenty of time to spare and had a look around the motoring showcase. Pics are all uploaded here to the o-fLickr account (and are in slideshow on the left there too):
o-fLickr – TopGear Live Trip 2009
Vid of acer arena here too:
Plenty of good stuff to see, and the show was great. Favourite parts were definately car soccer and a surprisingly awesome sort of “taming” scene between a black HSV W427 and a martial arts girl with a staff. They made it seem like she was defending herself against a bull, and the W427 moved around the arena like an angry animal. Worked way better than I thought possible. Show went for about 75 minutes, give or take hilariously awesome live adervtisements for Hyundai (girl in a black helmet and red leather jumpsuit drifting around in a Hyundai) and Navman (who resolved a married couples quarrel about map reading in song) and then it was time for the flight home. Took a taxi to the airport after havingt o actually call for one rather than find a taxi rank for some unfathomable reason, and arrived in about 20-30 minutes. Checked in then had a quick bite to eat then onto the plane:
After an awesome takeoff (love pilots who give it everything as soon as they get the chance on takeoff, so much so that we were 5 minutes early) we had a pretty smooth flight back. Took a random pic out the side window I kinda like as we were approaching a big cloud bank (and the start of smoke from the crazy fires):
When we left Sydney, it was roughly 33 Degrees C and calm as could be. When we got to Albury, it was about 38-40 Degress, extremely windy and a hell of a lot of smoke. So much so we got the smoke-haze sun effect:
Astute people might notice that I’m not in the FTO in that pic. Reason being its now in the 3 month unregistered period whilst I try to find the tyres I want in this damn town at a reasonable price. Everything I’ve found has been ridiculously expensive for no good reason. Looking at Maxxis MA-V1′s or Federal SS595′s. Still haven’t been able to find anything yet though.
As for the current fire situation, a couple of friends of ours have recently lost everything. House & contents I’m sure. 
Hoping to save a little extra cash while the FTO’s off the road for those 3 months, as I want to get it lowered / other mods all done at the same time, including a full service. Then I’ve gotta pay for rego and CTP so its gonna be one expensive effort lol.
Think thats all for now. Will hopefully get the FTO up and running and get some pics up of it on its new shoes and springs.
Jan 28 2009
Another time when I’ve neglected the blog. Oh well better late than never.
FTO is going ok, new front bar fitted and full respray, the repairers completely botched a lot of things however. Still, after all that it looks like this: (Opens in a new window)
So, at least it looks good. New tyres and full service coming up soon.
Moved into a new place as well. Townhouse in the middle of Albury. Great location, huge garage and great rent for the the features. Really happy. Got all new furniture for there as well. New links for the blog too, such as Flickr and Youtube.
Works going good, found that I’ve pulled a heck of a lot of calls over the last 90 days, more than anyone else by at least a hundred, and my logging of jobs is at 96%, which is just slightly above exactly what the superiors have asked of me. Happy about that actually, really happy.
Future plans or goals at the moment are working towards a permanent position at work, and if that becomes a reality, then I’m working towards a CV8 Monaro. Best all-round combination of power, comfort, and functionality.
TopGear Live coming up as well, already booked tickets to train, plane and the show. Going with about another 6 or so people which should be awesome. I don’t know how much longer Clarkson is going to keep on with TG Live so I decided I definately needed to see him before he retires, whenever that may be.
I’m sure I’ll think of more to add as I continue updating the blagmatron.
May 14 2008
I just popped down to the repairers to check on how the FTO was going after I took her in for her complete respray etc and I’ve never seen the thing so stripped back.
She’s pretty naked huh. I also noticed what an absolutely awful system the thing has for an air intake, look where it goes around the front to the front bar. Soon as I get that change the better. As more repairs and details come to hand I’ll post them up. Shes going to look good!
