Oz Volvo National Meet 2014

calvintibia001;21628 wroteFamily Friendly means no skids ?

what you do in your underwear is your own issue

Families like skids too!

If anything it means more skids! It may be frowned upon by the head honcho, but my family is a skid friendly family.

jamesinc;21524 wroteHey guys I will try and organise something with the Station in the next few days so you can all call up and make a booking at group rates.

I'm still unfortunately on the fence. I'm trying to get the date locked down. If it clashes, I wont be coming as being paid typically trumps spending money.
If I don't come, I'll send some things to someone beforehand to take along.

Rob;21619 wrote

Raebird;21616 wroteIs this going to be a family friendly meet? Is anyone else bringing their partners/kids?

Yes, I will have a wife and 2 red-haired infants.

Raebird;21620 wroteCool, I should have the missus and little monster with me also!

How old are said infants and monsters?
I doubt my crew will come along, its probably a little far for them just yet.

calvintibia001;21628 wroteFamily Friendly means no skids ?

I'd say any sort of organized car gathering means no skids - unwanted attention is not fun.
Skids aplenty however if a track day type of excursion can be built into the trip.

James, used the link and booked for September.

Ex850R;21414 wroteSandown isn't a proper track anyway.....
I can't say yay or nay , I do know that even now a 3 hour drive on a Friday and the same back on a Sunday knocked me out for a few days so that trip may be out of my league.
Who knows by then , ATM my blood is not playing ball so its any bodies guess what's ahead.
Would love to get there and see you all.

Come up in one of the GT's

jamesinc;21666 wroteThere is a car museum 20min away in Forbes also.

It has some cool, random, stuff. The museum un Forbes has some cool stuff also and a fair few standing engines.

AshDVS;21653 wrote

jamesinc;21524 wroteHey guys I will try and organise something with the Station in the next few days so you can all call up and make a booking at group rates.

I'm still unfortunately on the fence. I'm trying to get the date locked down. If it clashes, I wont be coming as being paid typically trumps spending money.
If I don't come, I'll send some things to someone beforehand to take along.

Rob;21619 wrote

Raebird;21616 wroteIs this going to be a family friendly meet? Is anyone else bringing their partners/kids?

Yes, I will have a wife and 2 red-haired infants.

Raebird;21620 wroteCool, I should have the missus and little monster with me also!

How old are said infants and monsters?
I doubt my crew will come along, its probably a little far for them just yet.

calvintibia001;21628 wroteFamily Friendly means no skids ?

I'd say any sort of organized car gathering means no skids - unwanted attention is not fun.
Skids aplenty however if a track day type of excursion can be built into the trip.

My little monster is 3, will be closer to 4 by September.

Raebird;21674 wrote My little monster is 3, will be closer to 4 by September.

Rob;21678 wrote I have a girl whom is 6 and a boy whom is 4. ;)

Brilliant!
Dan & Rob, yours may very well make some new friends with eachother out of the weekend then.
Our little man is 5 months old next week. Likely a bit too far for him just yet.

Booked on the spirit for the 9th, couple of days in Melbourne & Sydney before heading up. Will then cruise up to Brisbane after the meet for an extended break. Hopefully transport process my mod plate application for the gt soon...

Should be there, only an hr away (y)

At the moment, I won't have a car ready , nor will I have funds to pay for fuel and boat trips etc...but, I have ticket money to visit family in Melbourne, abs I have family in Sydney also, so I have hatched a cunning plan.......

Maybe, just maybe....I could fly up to Melbourne, visit sis, then catch a lift with one or several of the Vic /Tas guys heading to the meet.
Then catch a lift with one or several of the NSW guys to Sydney, visit relatives there, then fly home from Sydney.
Would mean I could come to the meet for not much more than what my Melbourne visit us going to cost anyway....and include Sydney in the mix.

Anyone think that might be feasible?
Only way I can make it at the moment....between wedding, saving for junior, and sprucing up my house so someone will actually give me money for it, I'm not going to be able to prep a car and make it on my own...

Sweet...love it when a plan is coming together!

I think I'm good for this! Yay!

And, even better, I may even bring a Volvo.
Progress on the V70 should move forward in leaps and bounds in the next couple of weeks.