BlueXR6Turbo The Best Member Donating Members 1,970 Member For: 22y 16d Gender: Male Location: Adelaide Posted 23/02/06 01:56 PM Share Posted 23/02/06 01:56 PM Will be in Adeliade for a couple of rest days staying at my mate's place. Walked all around the city today for hours and only counted 3 XRTs - what's wrong with you Adeliadians!If you're still in Adelaide Friday/Saturday night, you will see a few more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dagabond Bored Member Administrator 35,722 Member For: 22y 2m 12d Gender: Male Location: Dé·jà vu Posted 23/02/06 03:21 PM Share Posted 23/02/06 03:21 PM (might stop into Cappa to see what the fuss is all about)....Dont drive straight past and miss it...it aint what you expect it to be... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NighEve Member 193 Member For: 20y 5m 9d Posted 25/02/06 12:38 AM Author Share Posted 25/02/06 12:38 AM Started in Adeliade at 7am for the trip home and went hard all the way to Brisbane - home at 4:30am. Only stopped for fuel and bladder relief (3 fuel stops with at least 500km's still in range from the last stop at Goondawindi). It was like the car was made for the trip; filled up at Forbes with BP98 and got all the way to Goondawindi for BP98 (with 15ks left in range - was starting to stress a little ). Got to the range at Warwick and started to feel it, so just cranked the stereo a little more to keep me awake and alert (temporary hearing damage the unfortunate side-effect lol).Avoided speeding fines, had possibly two near death experiences involving a wild dog and a truckie on speed, but overall was pretty good. Average fuel usage for a total of 5300kms was 9.7L/100 (about 700 worth of city/traffic/mountain fun driving and the rest highway). Best highway was 8.8/100 (before serious boost fun was had Not once did the ute miss a beat in the week, cruised like a "real"Grand Tourer, overtook like a champion (keeps pulling like a train regardless of what gear), used fuel like a Barina, and was comfortable enough to allow me to do 5300kms in one week and see a good portion of East/South Australia.Would I do it again? Definitely if it was in one of these awesome cars! Now I am off to Willowbank with my mate from Adeliade; the XRT continues to love it Joel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blonk Iconoclast Donating Members 4,330 Member For: 20y 3m 29d Gender: Male Location: CH Posted 25/02/06 12:45 AM Share Posted 25/02/06 12:45 AM Good to hear mate..... I feel like leaving for my trip now after reading that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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