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hachi roku annual 2011

Leave a comment Posted by on January 11, 2012

soooo I went to tassie! and it was RAD

each year a dedicated group of lads over at http://www.hachiroku.com.au organise an event for all of Australia’s ae86 owners. It normally consists of a track day, late night shenanigans, bbq and as as much spirited driving as you can poke a con rod at .

This year was a differant sorry, they decided to hold it in a whole other country… Tasmania!!!

It is fairly close to australia so we are able to catch a ferry over…

we wernt able to have a track day but instead just enjoyed the roads Tassie has to offer.

To be honest when I heard about this trip it is half the reason i started looking for another AE86, and i ended up buying the coupe

unfortunately I was unable to get on the booked ferry… while being  very disappointed  the boys on HR talked me into catching a plan over and just running shot gun for the lolz. So i did, and im glad i did!!!

It was a great week end and I made lots of new friends

Its the cool culture of these short wheel base little contraptions that really make them that little bit more enjoyable

more to come about the annual so dont change that dial

Timmy.D

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end of year wrap up

Leave a comment Posted by on December 31, 2011

2011 DONE!

It feels like not much has happened, but starting to think about it 2011 was pretty big year for me.

For starters I began contributing to this blog, I hope articles I posted have been somewhat helpful, or at least captured your attention for a few minutes. It’s been fun blogging my thoughts and actions.

Just before that I sold my first AE86. She was super charged and was a good little car, I thought back then that I would never own another 86 and I had enjoyed the time I had with that car.

I was going to have a break from cars for a while… that lasted all of about 3 weeks when I went and picked up an s13 which I had planned to turn into a dirt circuit race car. I stripped it back, cut a big hole in the middle of it so I could mid-mount an SR just for the sake of it. I got to the point where I needed to start spending a lot of money on it, and decided to pull the pin.

So not much longer than 6 month
s I found myself wanting another decent street car. Started looking at an s14 but just couldn’t love the Nissans so I bought an 86 coupe! Drove it back from Sydney with Ash; good times. Back in the little 80’s box stylin and loving it, except this one had a 2004 Lexus motor, which I REALLY enjoy.

Had my first official drift track day and had a blast

also learnt how to use a dyno at a tafe course

So the year has gone I’ve been through a few cars but ended on a high with a great little car that I’m really enjoying and looking forward to the years of ownership with it. I think this car is going to be around for a long time!

Then to finish the year off we started up a fairly low key street crew, we head out for a feed and a drive and just normally stand around talking trash and kicking tyres. It’s a great time just to enjoy our cars and the roads Adelaide has to offer.

It’s been great being part of the Ghetto Garage crew! We have a laugh, play with cars and help each other out when we can. Having a group of mates to share our passion of cars with really makes it so much more enjoyable

Hope you have been inspired or had a laugh reading the blog.

Don’t go too far because we have more to come in 2012! I got a feeling it’s gonna be a big one.

Timmy.D

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