turb06 Dark Knight Mafia Member No. - 666 Member 3,667 Member For: 22y 1m 26d Location: Toowoomba Posted 26/02/03 02:16 PM Share Posted 26/02/03 02:16 PM While eagerly awaiting the arrival of our new baby (The car by the way, not a real kid) My fiance and I are planning a holiday around getting our new ride. We are thinking of taking a trip up through the gold coast hinterland to test out the power this beast has. Even at the posted speed limit it would be a fun drive.Has anyone ever driven the road up through springbrook?Or does anyone have any suggestion on a good long drive in queesnland?What is the best drive your have had in your xr6t so far? Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/1086-what-is-the-best-road-you-have-driven-your-xr6t-on/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrislak Donating Members 400 Member For: 22y 3m 26d Location: Sydney Posted 26/02/03 03:47 PM Share Posted 26/02/03 03:47 PM From the gold coast head south through Mullumbimby and follow the signs to NIMBIN, the country road there is something else. I'm actually from Sydney and I did that drive a few years ago, Windy roads nice straights and a fairly good surface, the good thing about it is that most of the drive is through farms and mountains. If your travelling south from toowoomba you might be able to find another to NIMBIN then drive straight through head east until you reach Mullumbimby and then north to the Gold Coast. This should take your about 5 hours or so to do. Dont let Nimbin put you off. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/1086-what-is-the-best-road-you-have-driven-your-xr6t-on/#findComment-11511 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJF077 The Noble Leader Administrator 4,786 Member For: 22y 6m 9d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Australia Posted 26/02/03 09:09 PM Share Posted 26/02/03 09:09 PM The drive from Sydney to Coffs Harbour is not that bad, neither is the drive from Sydney to the Entrance. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/1086-what-is-the-best-road-you-have-driven-your-xr6t-on/#findComment-11520 Share on other sites More sharing options...
HellionXR6T I'm Back!! Thats right, long over due! :) Lifetime Members 4,348 Member For: 22y 5m 16d Gender: Male Location: West Brisbane Posted 27/02/03 12:47 AM Share Posted 27/02/03 12:47 AM Don't know about the best but the worst road is the one I travel along every goddamn day of my life, Ipswich motorway. I really need a new job!!!Over 3000k's hit already, had the courtesy 3,000k checkup done, dropped the oil, it's all good.Get this.We had problems with the digital display, hasn't happened to me but my wife said that the 2 digital LED displays were flickering all at once for a period of 20 minutes. Hasn't happen ever since. We tell them about it. Of course they shrug their shoulders and say...."Derrrr, Me Don't know"!!! Anyway, they checked the onboard computer and guess what happens now!!!!Every time you unlock the car, the damn drivers side window automatically winds down.This series 1 BA is really starting to test my already short fuse. Guess where I'm heading this afternoon? Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/1086-what-is-the-best-road-you-have-driven-your-xr6t-on/#findComment-11549 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cvanxr Member 502 Member For: 22y 5m 9d Location: Country NSW Posted 27/02/03 01:22 AM Share Posted 27/02/03 01:22 AM Don't know about the best, but for drivability I love it. I always try to take any new cars I get out for a blast along it. The road is about 37km long and is a back road that connects the town I live in to the Hume freeway. It has everything. Places where if you have the guts you can hit the engine speed limiter. As you continue the road narrows and begins to produce hills and tight corners. At the Halfway point you drop down or go up, (depends which way you are going.) a small mountain. This gives you half a dozen or so 2nd gear corners including a couple of hairpins. Once past this point you can really stretch the car out again speed wise.Being a back country road it is reasonably quiet, but you do have to watch out for oncoming cockies as the road is so narrow in places. I have just been out there this morning and still have goose bumps from being able to really put the car through its paces. Just FANTASTIC :roll: Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/1086-what-is-the-best-road-you-have-driven-your-xr6t-on/#findComment-11552 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest PHNTUM Guests Posted 27/02/03 01:28 AM Share Posted 27/02/03 01:28 AM Great Ocean Road would have to be the best place to rally your car around the hair pin corners and on the power around all the bends......and not only that you have the surf crashing on the sand as a view on thoses straight streches couln'd ask for any better than that................how ever you have to watch those mainiac motor cycles. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/1086-what-is-the-best-road-you-have-driven-your-xr6t-on/#findComment-11554 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattB Member 169 Member For: 22y 3m 4d Location: Canberra Posted 27/02/03 02:01 AM Share Posted 27/02/03 02:01 AM The drive I look forward to doing when I acquire an XR6-T is through the Southern Highlands in NSW. Driving to Bundanoon (top bakery there for fuel to start off), through Exeter and either continuing directly to Fitzroy Falls or taking a scenic route through Moss Vale, down to Kangaroo Valley and taking the back road through to Berry and then the long straight to the Princes Highway. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/1086-what-is-the-best-road-you-have-driven-your-xr6t-on/#findComment-11560 Share on other sites More sharing options...
edge Member 90 Member For: 22y 4m 15d Location: Brisbane Posted 27/02/03 03:48 AM Share Posted 27/02/03 03:48 AM The road up to Mt Tambourine in QLD is a good run, if you don't get stuck behind anybody. Having driven it a couple of times I can recomend.On another subject, I also have the magic drivers window. Unlock the car an the drivers windows goes down. Great for QLD but bad in the rain. If you use the key in the door, it doesn't happen... :alien: Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/1086-what-is-the-best-road-you-have-driven-your-xr6t-on/#findComment-11577 Share on other sites More sharing options...
HellionXR6T I'm Back!! Thats right, long over due! :) Lifetime Members 4,348 Member For: 22y 5m 16d Gender: Male Location: West Brisbane Posted 27/02/03 03:58 AM Share Posted 27/02/03 03:58 AM edge said: The road up to Mt Tambourine in QLD is a good run, if you don't get stuck behind anybody. Having driven it a couple of times I can recomend.On another subject, I also have the magic drivers window. Unlock the car an the drivers windows goes down. Great for QLD but bad in the rain. If you use the key in the door, it doesn't happen... :alien: But what's the point of keyless entry? I've never had this problem, the ED and AU XR's were fine. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/1086-what-is-the-best-road-you-have-driven-your-xr6t-on/#findComment-11580 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest nfhotston Guests Posted 27/02/03 08:01 AM Share Posted 27/02/03 08:01 AM [On another subject, I also have the magic drivers window. Unlock the car an the drivers windows goes down. Great for QLD but bad in the rain. ]Rain, what's that???? Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/1086-what-is-the-best-road-you-have-driven-your-xr6t-on/#findComment-11603 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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