Great Ocean Road

Where are your favourite MX5 roads in the State that you live?

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Postby bensale » Sat Aug 02, 2008 11:36 pm

Yeah i'm in yr12. But they give me Wednesdays off, so as long as a I have nothing major due later on any given week Wednesdays are a good day for me :D
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Postby CheyneX5 » Sun Aug 03, 2008 1:59 am

cool :mrgreen:
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Postby Quicksilver » Sun Aug 03, 2008 10:01 am

bensale wrote:Yeah i'm in yr12. But they give me Wednesdays off, so as long as a I have nothing major due later on any given week Wednesdays are a good day for me :D


What - In year 12 with a MX-5? Bloody luxury! In my day we had half a bicycle without a handlebar and we used kid sister as the front wheel.....
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Postby CheyneX5 » Sun Aug 03, 2008 10:17 am

i got mine in year 12 too :oops:
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Postby bensale » Sun Aug 03, 2008 8:00 pm

Yeah, but my parents have not put a single cent into it, so I think I can say that i've earnt the right to have one! I know, perhaps its a little too nice for someone my age but I'm happy!
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Postby Quicksilver » Sun Aug 03, 2008 8:32 pm

bensale wrote:Yeah, but my parents have not put a single cent into it, so I think I can say that i've earnt the right to have one! I know, perhaps its a little too nice for someone my age but I'm happy!


Good on you Ben. Nice to see some Gen Ys make the effort to help themselves. You and your young friends are fine examples for all of us - even us oldies!

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Postby connico » Fri Aug 08, 2008 6:50 am

bensale wrote:Yeah, but my parents have not put a single cent into it, so I think I can say that i've earnt the right to have one! I know, perhaps its a little too nice for someone my age but I'm happy!


Thats really nice to hear, I had thought that most Gen Y had issues with responsiblity and general maturity. Glad to see the some of the youth of Australia are thinking productively. Sadly I have had alot of experience with lackluster Gen X as I was once headed down that path.

How did you guys go on the drive anyhows? Any pictures?
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Postby CheyneX5 » Fri Aug 08, 2008 9:48 am

we havnt gone yet, ben has a little issue with the engine but hopefully fixed soon, right buddy? :mrgreen:
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Postby bensale » Fri Aug 08, 2008 11:57 am

Yeh I should hopefully have it sorted next weekend when I take the engine apart and have a good look in there.

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Postby Moto » Mon Oct 13, 2008 9:42 am

I just spent 3 days in Lorne, and took the opportunity to do some serious driving! Spent a couple days flying up and down the GOR (Was a monday - wednesday, so not too much traffic but did run into some tourists, there's enough places to overtake to still have fun however!)

Also went for a blast along Deans Marsh rd, then through the country for a bit and through about 40km of twisties into the back of Apollo Bay, absolutely amazing drive! Except when I hit and killed a duckling :( Poor little fella was crossing the road with his mum, brothers and sisters as I came over a crest...


And whats better than an MX-5 on the GOR...?



2 MX-5's on the GOR!!

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Postby matt9111 » Mon Oct 20, 2008 5:10 pm

Did a run there on Saturday night.....actually Sunday morning, randomly decided at 2.30am it'd be a great idea.....i've got a couple of nice photo's....will post soon :D

Great drive, im learning the whole heal and toe thing slowly...lol
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Postby connico » Sun Oct 26, 2008 9:37 pm

I live in Sydney and its even a better drive when you only get to do it 1-2 times a year.

This Christmas will be the first with an Mx5... so yeah we'll see how I like it :)
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Postby Jace » Wed Dec 10, 2008 12:16 am

i've only recently started driving it properly.
i live in Geelong, so i'm going to take full advantage of that road while i can.
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Postby blue_na » Wed Dec 10, 2008 9:49 am

matt9111 wrote:Did a run there on Saturday night.....actually Sunday morning, randomly decided at 2.30am it'd be a great idea.....i've got a couple of nice photo's....will post soon :D

Great drive, im learning the whole heal and toe thing slowly...lol


I did an 11pm run once, couldn't stand the oncoming headlights, and less visibility. Oncoming headlights probably wouldn't be much of an issue at 2.30, but still prefer having the daylight of a morning run at 5.30am. 8)
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Postby matt9111 » Sat Dec 13, 2008 12:27 pm

Yeah, headlights weren't an issue at 2.30am lol.

I like 5.30am runs, but there are to many cars on the road at that time. I've done the GOR about 10-12 times since May between 1-5am, and it seems if you go between about 1.30-4am there are no cars. I think i've only ever past 1 car and it was an NA headed the other way (towards geelong).

Also I think I drive better at night, I take in to much information in the day and lose concentration, my lines are just cleaner at night.
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