Last Friday of the Month Mt Nebo/Mt Glorious Night Run

Steampunk · Postby **Steampunk** » Sun Mar 06, 2016 10:32 am

Abra-Cadaver! I bring ye to life!

Due to the invention of Cars and Coffees early morning first Saturday of the month, it's has been suggested that we should revert back to LAST FRIDAY of the month for our Nebo runs.
Same meeting place & time.

So see y'all on the 25th March.

cookie · Postby **cookie** » Mon Mar 07, 2016 3:10 pm

This works as the mini club is 1st week. Not that I have a currently.

apegrip · Postby **apegrip** » Sat Mar 12, 2016 9:17 pm

would be keen, will probably be driving real slow due to all the crap happening up at nebo with police ect.

Vat · Postby **Vat** » Sun Mar 13, 2016 9:45 am

apegrip wrote:would be keen, will probably be driving real slow due to all the crap happening up at nebo with police ect.

Indeed - there was another fatal up there on Friday night (March 11, a bit before midnight) with a young fella in a WRX. Don't know any circumstances other than he's ended up down an embankment and there was talk of the car coming back on a flatbed with the glasshouse crushed to the windowline.

http://mypolice.qld.gov.au/blog/2016/03/12/fatal-traffic-crash-mount-nebo-3/

Steampunk · Postby **Steampunk** » Sun Mar 13, 2016 11:44 pm

There's a recent editorial from some old fart bitching about all the so called hoons ruining his motorcycle rides.

His term for them is "doof doof drivers"

Intellectual giant with an extensive vocab.

MattR · Postby **MattR** » Tue Mar 15, 2016 7:18 pm

It happens pretty much at least once a week up there and it can be any night of the week.

I here modified cars head up the hill after 9:30-10:00pm and odds on around 30 minutes later I'll hear the sirens from the firies and/or ambos heading up the hill in a hurry.

About the only time you don't hear sirens is after hearing a flat plane crank 8 or a V10 or 12 or a few together heading up the hill, maybe those with the really expensive cars are better skilled or actually don't do stupid speeds up there so as not to crash.

apegrip · Postby **apegrip** » Mon Mar 21, 2016 10:55 am

So who's actually going? I'm 90% sure I will be.

Steampunk · Postby **Steampunk** » Thu Mar 24, 2016 6:14 pm

See y'all tomorrow night

Steampunk · Postby **Steampunk** » Sat Mar 26, 2016 9:55 am

Encountered the galaxy's slowest driver. Apegrip and I passed him/her a few mins before Jolly's (doing about 40km/h), and even after a 15min chat there, we came up to him/her again literally crawling down the uber twisty bit just after My Nebo village.
Didn't see any L or P plates, car seemed to be in good order.

A few cops around but not near the mountain.

Some roadworks fixing the shoulders.

The few 80 signs are no longer there. I don't think they've been replaced by 70 signs, simply removed.

They have finally posted a 40 sign and lots of reflective yellow/black arrows on that one semi-open left hander to replace the very inappropriate 80. Even in an mx5 you'd have to be quite brave to take it close to 80.
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apegrip · Postby **apegrip** » Sat Mar 26, 2016 3:31 pm

Steampunk wrote:Encountered the galaxy's slowest driver. Apegrip and I passed him/her a few mins before Jolly's (doing about 40km/h), and even after a 15min chat there, we came up to him/her again literally crawling down the uber twisty bit just after My Nebo village.
Didn't see any L or P plates, car seemed to be in good order.

A few cops around but not near the mountain.

Some roadworks fixing the shoulders.

The few 80 signs are no longer there. I don't think they've been replaced by 70 signs, simply removed.

They have finally posted a 40 sign and lots of reflective yellow/black arrows on that one semi-open left hander to replace the very inappropriate 80. Even in an mx5 you'd have to be quite brave to take it close to 80.
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Man that driver was crazy slow hahaha, even if you were driving normal slow which would be understandable, they were almost at a standstill!

Already got my new radiator ordered ;) I'm going to sparta kick the sh*t out of the one in there atm.

apegrip · Postby **apegrip** » Fri Apr 29, 2016 12:41 pm

Anyone going ?

mattyredlocks · Postby **mattyredlocks** » Fri Apr 29, 2016 12:54 pm

Only if I can magically fix my clutch hose before tonight (not happening) and it stops raining (probably not happening)

The American · Postby **The American** » Fri Apr 29, 2016 8:34 pm

I saw mx5ers on Bookface talking about this drive, and covering the distance between The Gap and Jollys Lookout in under 8 minutes. That's full cage, HANS, harness, helmet closed road and standby ambulance material. For the sake of your kids, partners, parents and friends, be safe!

Trackphotos · Postby **Trackphotos** » Fri Apr 29, 2016 9:13 pm

It's a joke. There's one guy who claims to be an epic driver and super fast, but has never taken his car to an actual track to prove his skills. Everybody just hangs sh*t on him for it.

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Steampunk · Postby **Steampunk** » Fri Apr 29, 2016 10:16 pm

Sorry I couldn't make it as I was otherwise occupied and only just got home.

The American wrote:I saw mx5ers on Bookface talking about this drive, and covering the distance between The Gap and Jollys Lookout in under 8 minutes. That's full cage, HANS, harness, helmet closed road and standby ambulance material. For the sake of your kids, partners, parents and friends, be safe!

It better be a joke. Numbnuts who even half-consider pulling sh!t like this will be made unwelcomed in no uncertain terms.

I've considered meeting with some "higher-ups" in the QPS department targeting "hoons" up Mt Nebo to get what their state of play is and try to get in their good books in case we're ever pulled over and placed in the same basket.

In case anyone is curious, in the nine or so years I've been doing this, there's only been two cases where we've attracted Police attention. Around 2008 a patrol car came up to us at the car park even before we started and just had a friendly 5 minute chat. Just asked us what we were up to, no checking of cars or anything.

A couple years ago we were stopped at the start of The Gap after we finished our run, did an RBT, they checked our cars, bonnets up, checked licences and after another friendly chat with a couple of us who had "interesting" aftermarket parts, they let us back on our way without warning or anything.