Matt's MY08 NC Roadster.

PUR157 · Postby **PUR157** » Wed Apr 01, 2009 3:31 pm

Bah... don't listen to them...
I think it looks great as it is!

And if you don't belive me just ask Integral Kobe... :mrgreen:

CoffeeBoss · Postby **CoffeeBoss** » Thu Apr 16, 2009 8:29 pm

Easter Roadtrip
Had a fantastic Easter with the car. Friday began with an early morning run down 'the pass'

Then, we set off on our roadtrip - a nice drive around "Inner Western" NSW. Completed this loop:
Goulburn - Lithgow - Goulburn
(with plenty of side excursions thrown in).

The road from Goulburn through Crookwell still has some dirt sections, 3 south of Trunkey Creek, and one north of there. Highly corrugated dirt roads are NOT recommended for 2 seater cars with coilovers, really shook some fillings loose! Was down to 20km/h through most of those sections. Dust in one section was horrendous - it was a good thing that i clayed and waxed the car before i went away - all hosed away nicely once we got to Bathurst.

In fact, i'm taking credit for all the rain Western NSW received over the long weekend!

The pay dirt , if you'll excuse the pun, are sections of some of the sweetest winding b-road this side of the Oxley. Once they have sealed this whole stretch of road, it will be a must-drive.

On the Monday, we spent about an hour along one of the many great b-roads around Tarana in pursuit of the elusive "stirring the leaves" autumn car-shot. I've always wanted one of these! Quite happy with the results, it wasn't as easy as we expected.

CoffeeBoss · Postby **CoffeeBoss** » Thu Apr 16, 2009 8:35 pm

FoSC 2009
On Sunday, we visited Australia's Temple Of Speed, Mount Panorama for the second annual Festival of Sports Cars. There was a HUGE variety of cars present, we were there to check out the event and to show some solidarity for our fellow hairdressers

Spotted this red NC there, not sure who the owner was though:

This little rocketship will be familiar to Circuit Clubbers.... yes, it destroyed everything in it's path at 'The Mountain' as well:

Pat / Carco from Canberra had some of their NB's there:

And Chris from MX5 Racing had some of his NC's there as well:

FoSC is a fantastic event, and one that could rightly become Australia's answer to Goodwood. For now, it's a grassroots event with some truly rare and unique metal and what appears to be good community support (but not many spectators). The main drawcard, and one of the main reasons i was compelled to check it all out, was a genuine 1955 D-Type Jaguar. One of only 2 genuine D-Type's in Australia, this is a car Jag made for Le-Mans in the 50's - only 57 Le-Mans D-Types are believed to have been made. Not only did I get to finally see one of these cars in the metal, and at full noise out of turn 1, but i also had a great chat to Sandra, half of the husband and wife team who have owned this car since 1967.

Incidentally, the D-Type was listed just outside the Top 10 most valuable cars in the world in a recent issue of Motor (the one with the RX8 SP on the front cover).

In summary; FoSC, don't miss it!

Charlie Brown · Postby **Charlie Brown** » Mon Apr 20, 2009 1:47 pm

The red NC is Red Baron's (aka John Burgess).
We have yet to meet at a Club event as the Baron has been otherwise disposed with home moving.
I'm looking forward to the challenge as I have heard there are many go fast bits attached to his NC.

Jeo · Postby **Jeo** » Mon Apr 20, 2009 2:38 pm

Looks like a decent weekend away

Jimmy · Postby **Jimmy** » Mon Apr 20, 2009 5:25 pm

Isn't the D-Type such a gorgeous car. Simply stunning. Sounds like you had a fantastic weekend

rockitman · Postby **rockitman** » Mon Apr 20, 2009 5:49 pm

Jeo wrote:Looks like a decent weekend away

I watched the saturday afternoon events. Great fun!

Surprised by the relatively small number of spectators. Plenty of seats and good viewing spots.

Besides the MX5s I loved the green Morris Minor. That's a classic!

Great weekend away if you like sports cars. (and Morris Minors).

CoffeeBoss · Postby **CoffeeBoss** » Tue Apr 21, 2009 10:08 am

RE-Xtreme wrote:Matt, Did you run around the track? Steeper than you think.

Hey Russ,
unfortunately i was only present in a spectator capacity. I have been around the track a few times over the years as a passenger whenever the family passed through Bathurst, but have yet to lap it in anger. One day! Certainly, it is much steeper than it appears on TV.

Charlie Brown wrote:The red NC is Red Baron's (aka John Burgess).
We have yet to meet at a Club event as the Baron has been otherwise disposed with home moving.
I'm looking forward to the challenge as I have heard there are many go fast bits attached to his NC.

Heh heh - he looked pretty good out there actually. Likewise Phil we have yet to meet... hopefully the stars will align sooner or later, my NC is itching to make some friends with some other NCs!

CoffeeBoss · Postby **CoffeeBoss** » Tue Apr 21, 2009 10:12 am

Jimmy wrote:Isn't the D-Type such a gorgeous car. Simply stunning. Sounds like you had a fantastic weekend

YES!!!! I honestly thought that if i ever got to see one, i would undoubtly be sitting in a museum. It was a real treat to see it, hear it, and talk to the people who have owned it since 1966. It's one of only 2 genuine D-Types in Australia, and was imported into QLD in the 60's for racing purposes. It had a full restoration in the 80's, so is only used for special events now, and spends the rest of it's time parked inside a bubble!

rockitman wrote:
Jeo wrote:Looks like a decent weekend away

I watched the saturday afternoon events. Great fun!
Surprised by the relatively small number of spectators. Plenty of seats and good viewing spots.
Besides the MX5s I loved the green Morris Minor. That's a classic!
Great weekend away if you like sports cars. (and Morris Minors).

Indeed, at times i was overcome by the urge to don a tweed cap and break out a pipe. But the mixture of metal is really quite good, not often you get to see these kinds of match-ups:

CoffeeBoss · Postby **CoffeeBoss** » Fri May 08, 2009 9:15 am

40'000kms Service
The Roadster went in for it's 40K service this week. All good, no software upgrades, and the car always feels great after fluid changes and a nice torqueing too *bom tish*

Was a little concerned about leaving my car at the mercy of a dealer service when it had it's McGuard lug nuts on. I instructed them that under no circumstances should rattle guns be used on the nuts, otherwise they could be buying me a new nuts and a new adaptor as they can strip easily. The guy dutifuly wrote it all down on the job card, for what it was worth. But in the afternoon when i came too collect, car was washed, cleaned, and all the nuts looked ok. Apparently they had actually supervised the removal & replacement of the wheels to ensure no rattle guns were used. It's a busy workshop at the quietest of times, so i was somewhat impressed by this.

MX 5 Club - Wisemans Run
Did a run down to Wisemans Ferry with the club last week. Across to Mangrove Mountain, down to Yarramalong Valley and then back up to Peats Ridge, jump on the freeway briefly, and then up the dual lanes to Pie In The Sky in time for the monthly Coffee & Lies meet there.

Truly a great run (as always!). Many years ago i passed the MX5 Club on Mangrove Montain while out with another club (Renaults?). So it was great to finally drive through there in the Roadster with dozens of other MX5's along as well. I've been doing recreational drives through there for so long now, and it was great to rediscover that road in the Roadster with other like-minded 5ers!

Only took a few happy snaps, having too much fun behind the wheel.

CoffeeBoss · Postby **CoffeeBoss** » Thu May 21, 2009 8:14 pm

Couple of snaps I took in the dying light the other day

CoffeeBoss · Postby **CoffeeBoss** » Fri May 22, 2009 9:41 am

MX 5 Club - Bathurst Run
So Sunday was the second running of Stefan's Mountain Madness - i had to pass on the last invite i received to this great run, so with Roadster in hand, i was not going to miss it this time.

Sunday turned out to be a perfect day. We assembled at 8:30 AM at Penrith Maccas, and after the time honoured splitting of the group earlier on, we all headed up Springwood Road to Blackheath. After a quick regroup there we continued over the mountains towards Lithgow, taking a couple of very nice b-road detours along the way. We then detoured down through Tarana (yes where I was over the Easter longweekend) and then on to Bathurst.

A little unfortunate, but when we arrived at Mount Panorama it was partially closed as there was a hillclimb in progress - a local Bathust Motorsport Club i believe. Some people seemed genuinely upset about this. To be honest, i thought it was great because, really, Mount Panorama is not the same without the sights and sounds of Motorsport. And there was some really varied and eclectic metal coming up the hill, including a phat sounding Auto Union replica!

More piccies in my Flickr album here. Most of the in-car shots are Karl (Storms_Of_Fate) handywork - thanks Karl!

StanTheMan · Postby **StanTheMan** » Fri May 22, 2009 2:39 pm

CoffeeBoss wrote:MX 5 Club - Bathurst Run
So Sunday was the second running of Stefan's Mountain Madness - i had to pass on the last invite i received to this great run, so with Roadster in hand, i was not going to miss it this time.

It is actually the fourth time this run has been held. :mrgreen:

Slammer came up with this run when he was the Club Captain a number of years ago. Garry then decided to run it a few years later & it was again a huge sucess. I've now run it twice But I'm not really comfortable with calling it my own. Really all the credit should go to Slammer.

The one run I can claim my own is the Putty Run. A good friend of mine & I used to do it in his wifes WRX & decided we should make a club run out of it. He is now overseas so I can claim it as my own. :mrgreen:

But apart from that I had the pleasure of Driving Coffee Bosses car on the Bathurst run. What a pleasure of a car it is to drive. If ever I have enough money to upgrade to an NC. Whatever Coffee Boss has done to his car I would do to my own.

Coffee Boss you shoud be proud. What a fantastic ride you have.

STM

CoffeeBoss · Postby **CoffeeBoss** » Fri May 22, 2009 6:37 pm

Ah... thanks for the history lesson! Hey... mny thanks for the comments, really.

You know i'll always have a soft spot for your red beast, afterall, i popped my NA MX5 driving cherry in that car. It was awesome then, and is still awesome now. Ever since i have craved the raw appeal of an NA!

Here endeth the gushing!