Another day, another few hours of uninhabited twisties. Today we planned to drive to Cradle Mountain, via the longest, least straight route we could manage. We fueled up again at the BP on the east side of Devonport, knowing it stocked 98RON, before heading south towards Elizabethtown via some very […]
Day 2 – First Day in Tasmania: North East Loop We arrived as the sun was rising, got the on-board call to head to our vehicles and began unloading. First stop was a quarantine check and then to search for some 98 RON. We weren’t spoiled for choice on a […]
A Tasmanian road trip had been on the cards for a while, but we finally put our proverbials into gear in early 2011 and worked out how to make it happen. Due to various personal commitments, the middle week of May was the only chance we had for all to […]
We’d been planning a drive out west for a few weeks, when one of the AF members suggested we extend the invite outside the AF crew. A few local Sydneysiders we’d become friendly with through social media had expressed interest in joining us for a drive, so we set a […]
The Renaultsport Megane RS 275 Trophy-R is the current FWD king of the ‘ring (though arguable against the new Civic Type R, but you can’t buy those in Aus) and in this particular colour scheme has the whoa to match the go. My silver Clio 172 is 15 years old […]
There’s something in the water in France, something that finds its way into the local chassis and suspension engineer’s DNA. It seems to give them a weird sixth sense on how to make a car go around a corner and yet maintain a semblance of ride quality and balance that only […]
Brett’s owned his 2011 RS Clio 200 Australian Grand Prix edition since new and has slowly added some top quality parts to make it into one of the best Clio IIIs getting around Sydney. It’s recently come off lease and out of warranty, but instead of flicking it like so […]
The first of Sydney Automobile Club’s Cars & Coffee for 2015 attracted without a doubt its largest turnout yet. Whilst advertised as held at Cavallino Ristorante, the event has grown to occupy every road, street, commercial driveway and parking lot (including available patches of grass) found Terrey Hills-side of Mona […]
With five months between drinks, the Sydney OzRenaultsport contingent were eagre for a social drive day and a huge number signed up online to take part. I met with the inner west crew at the usual meeting spot, before making tracks for the official meet up at the Loftus Oval […]
The Cars and Coffee phenomenon that originated in the USA has spread to Sydney, with the fourth event held at Cavallino at Terry Hills on the first Sunday of May. Its popularity is ever-growing with a huge turnout of automotive enthusiasts from all walks of life: Some of the AF […]