Pics from Taupo [Archive] - Club VR-4 Forums

bradc

26-07-2008, 06:18 AM

Pics from the day :)

Did 102km to the F mark, 165km to the 3/4 mark, 213km to the 1/2 mark. Filled up and put in 30.5 litres to about 250km of driving. Second tank was 90km to the F mark and 160km to the 3/4 mark.

The black facelift Legnum is Robotnik's
The purple facelift Legnum is mine :D
The white legnum is Ingletor's
The silver galoon is KiwiTT's
The black galoon is Oblivion's
The black prefacelift Legnum is Hi-Flyer's

We also briefly saw William who popped up from his Skiing weekend to say hello, great seeing you mate, and thanks to everyone who attended, the weather wasn't that bad!!

Johny

26-07-2008, 06:54 AM

good stuff

Physician

26-07-2008, 09:35 AM

Great stuff, thanks for posting them Brad.

I see you have typical inclement English weather - yuck!

TAR

26-07-2008, 09:42 AM

Typical of us Brits....

Lots of lovely cars......

And the first comment is......

Shame about the weather!!!

dixon8

26-07-2008, 11:21 AM

Pics from the day :)

nice pics. :happy:

sorry couldn't make it this weekend, maybe next time :happy:
had DIY stuff organised at home for the day.

looks like you managed to get a break in the weather to take your pics.

no incidents to report :speechles :speechles

abdielhiram

26-07-2008, 03:26 PM

Awesome Pictures... That background (The Lake) Fits perfectly with the Galants and Leggies..... Can i use one of those as a wallpaper?

bradc

27-07-2008, 12:46 AM

abdiel, of course you can :)

ianturbo

27-07-2008, 01:20 AM

You do get rain then ??................../pan
nice pics .
ian

Subaru ETA

27-07-2008, 02:18 AM

apparantly this "weather bomb" is the worse storm we have had in 10 years

bradc

27-07-2008, 05:22 AM

The weather hasn't actually been that bad! We left Bombay at 8:40 and got to Taupo around 11:40, most of the way I had my wipers on Intermittant or (I) and sometimes off.

From Taupo to Rotorua they were off or intermittant about 50/50 , and it was a similar thing to Whakatane, maybe more like 60/40 though.

Today on the way back they were on intermittant or (I) most of the way, and from Bombay to home I had them on (I) or (II) as it got a bit heavier. Nothing to really worry about at all!

Ryan

27-07-2008, 06:22 AM

I quite enjoyed the drive back to Auckland and achieved far better fuel economy too ;) Did 190km to 3/4 full and back home the gauge was sitting either just above or on 1/2 full - 288km total.

As for this "weather bomb" (what a ridiculous term, it has to be said). My power went out in the middle of my history channel article on the Bataan death march which annoyed my immensely as it stayed that way until 0050.

This morning the power went off again at 0900... apparently some branches fell on some lines etc etc.

Am pleased that I came out unscathed from this road trip (ie: no fines).

It was good to meet Jan, Aaron & Michael and Matt.

Was good to see William pop around as well - pretty random too. William, those Brembos really look good on your car, was the first thing I noticed when you alley docked next to me :)

bradc

27-07-2008, 06:33 AM

hi-flyer = Matt

Over the weekend I did 240km to 30.5 litres, 211km to 29.5 litres, and 275km to about 35 litres. Almost all was open road driving, a lot of it was fairly aggressive :)

Oblivion

27-07-2008, 07:55 AM

Great to finally meet some of you and put some faces to the names :) 4WD means you dont have to worry about the rain :P

bradc

27-07-2008, 07:59 AM

still spun all 4 wheels a few times :D

Subaru ETA

27-07-2008, 10:03 AM

yeah the weather hasnt been THAT bad...that said, jess was saying she has been playing hockey for 17years and it has only been called off twice. they called it off yesterday, but they played today.

o and brad, i couldnt take my car anyway as it is in dry dock at the moment going nowhere :(

VR4 MAD

27-07-2008, 10:25 AM

bradc

27-07-2008, 10:38 AM

I know Jan was staying in Rotorua on Saturday night, haven't heard back from him. I'm sure they'll report soon.

hi flyer

27-07-2008, 10:42 AM

Great to meet all you guys. The weather was better than i thought it would be. So much for the huge storm......

Bradc thats not bad fuel economy concidering. I've just done 415km and the fuel light just came on when i got home. And i wasn't exacty driving like a nana as brad would know..

hi flyer

27-07-2008, 10:43 AM

Desert road was snowing heavily just now. Got home about 30mins ago.

william

27-07-2008, 11:08 AM

It was good to see everybody in Taupo. I am sorry I could not stay longer and that I missed Matt and Jan. We almost did not get off the mountain due to the weather! We had to dig the Leggy out of the snow and pour warm water over the door seals to get the doors open - they were frozen shut solidly! Needless to say, she fired up first turn of the key.

I also had excellent fuel consumption with the tailwind back to Auckland. Have a look at the frozen up engine compartment - I had to let her idle for about 10 minutes to thaw the snow.

Robotnik123

27-07-2008, 12:25 PM

Great to see everyone got there OK and excellant pictutes too..........:scholar:

Good to see the 'Aucks' got home OK but how did Matt and Jan get on.........? They will have had to pass back over the Desert Road. Did they get thru OK?

/toycar

Hi guys. Good to see you all. Just got back from Rotorua this evening. The weather was fine in Rotorua for most of the day. Tonight (Sunday night) heading over the Desert Road, there wasn't any snow, but there was a thick pea soup fog, so I was crawling along at 50km/h at times. Anyway, hope we can have another national meet again one day, maybe in the Spring or Summer when the weather is better.

1hotvr4

27-07-2008, 12:45 PM

Good to know you guys have gone out, sorry for not making it as could not get a day off work, but next time i will. Brad by the way will pop up by your place sometime soon aand give you a surprise visit lol.Good pix by the way.

Robotnik123

27-07-2008, 02:02 PM

I say, even if I do say so myself, photos 1 & 2 show off my Evo IX alloys to very good effect! Cheers Brad. I will use these pics as my desktop wallpaper.

Pics from the day :)

Did 102km to the F mark, 165km to the 3/4 mark, 213km to the 1/2 mark. Filled up and put in 30.5 litres to about 250km of driving. Second tank was 90km to the F mark and 160km to the 3/4 mark.

The black facelift Legnum is Robotnik's
The purple facelift Legnum is mine :D
The white legnum is Ingletor's
The silver galoon is KiwiTT's
The black galoon is Oblivion's
The black prefacelift Legnum is Hi-Flyer's

We also briefly saw William who popped up from his Skiing weekend to say hello, great seeing you mate, and thanks to everyone who attended, the weather wasn't that bad!!

d i c k i e s

27-07-2008, 10:12 PM

william... awesome photos!!

looks like people enjoyed themselves... nice lineup in taupo.
any locals (VR4s) out and about?

Ryan

27-07-2008, 10:23 PM

william... awesome photos!!

looks like people enjoyed themselves... nice lineup in taupo.
any locals (VR4s) out and about?

Ja there was one facelift Legnum that drove past which Brad encouraged to park up... initially the guy turned in but then maybe his missus said that we all looked like nutters and they drove off again :)

Apart from that and one trigger mauve galant, didn't see any other VR-4s.

d i c k i e s

27-07-2008, 10:53 PM

ohh hahahahaha... i would have done the same. (jokes)
look at these nutters in this weather.

william

28-07-2008, 12:36 AM

[QUOTE=d i c k i e s]william... awesome photos!!

Cheers Whenn, yeah, it was quite an experience for me coming from the tropics! First time I heard the external temp sensor went "BEEP BEEP" due to the temperature being less than zero!

BTW, when I filled up at Taupo I put in 48 liters for 476 km.

d i c k i e s

28-07-2008, 01:46 AM

dats pretty good.

2QK2NV

28-07-2008, 09:52 PM

Nice pics boys.
nice shot of the mountain

Oblivion

11-08-2008, 08:46 AM

I've only just gone thru the photos from the trip /pan , most of them are similar to the ones already posted but this one looks good :D
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KiwiTT

01-09-2008, 11:36 PM

A bit late sorry :thinking:

ANTHONY

01-09-2008, 11:56 PM

i didn't realize you guys had so much snow, i thought it was all sun and sheep

Robotnik123

02-09-2008, 12:07 AM

i didn't realize you guys had so much snow, i thought it was all sun and sheep

The snow in that pic is at a ski resort, atop a high volcano. The rest of NZ is pretty much a tropical. Think Tahiti with a few more sheep frolicking about. If you ever visit, pack light: tee shirt, shorts, swimming trunks is all you'll be needing! ;)