Macktheknife Xtreme Xalted Member Donating Members 3,112 Member For: 21y 11m 28d Gender: Male Location: BrisVegas Posted 17/02/04 07:15 AM Share Posted 17/02/04 07:15 AM Being a Rep. on the road has it's good and bad parts.You've probably heard me rave about the Gillies Range (south of Cairns) in the past. Well tough tit ty cause here I go again.Been in FNQ these last few days but had to leave the T at home and do the fly-rent thing.Chose an XT. First impression............Ferk me......where did all the Gee Gee's go?......There's a big gap from 185 to 300+Anyway, had a bit of spare time on my way south from Cairns so I decided to do a run up straight up and back the Gillies. Did the usual, ie: waited down the bottom till it had been as long as possible till the last car had gone. (You've got to do this so's you dont catch them up too quickly as there are only three passing lanes in the 20 odd Kms.Didn't see any signs of Curious even though I would not be exceeding the speed limit.............. What can I say.....by the time I got back down, the brakes were very hot, the temperature was well up and the Macka adrenalin level was cooking.And the XT? well I'm happy to report that for a renter, it performed very well and predictably. Nothing bad to cause any surprises.The big dissapointment?.............The T has still yet to be introduced to the Gillies. :( Maybe out FNQ members can give me an idea of what I'm still missing...... Oh, and if Curious does operate in the area (and I did see a HWP T in Cairns) maybe he has had to go the Gillies in the cause of work...............? :o Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/9211-the-gillies-range-in-an-xt/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlennAUII Former XT pilot Lifetime Members 4,791 Member For: 21y 9m 10d Gender: Male Location: The Womb Posted 17/02/04 08:57 AM Share Posted 17/02/04 08:57 AM Last time we went to cairns...... dad hired a 4cyl camry! It was a gutless pos! it sounded like rocks being shaken up in a dog food can when you revved it up......Man... shoulda hired an AU at the time :( Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/9211-the-gillies-range-in-an-xt/#findComment-93932 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DallasQLD Lifetime Members 1,197 Member For: 22y 4m 28d Gender: Male Location: Albany Creek QLD Posted 17/02/04 09:27 AM Share Posted 17/02/04 09:27 AM Was the 185 to 300 KW or KMH? Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/9211-the-gillies-range-in-an-xt/#findComment-93956 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ducatijb Lifetime Members 3,448 Member For: 22y 1m Gender: Male Location: sydney Posted 17/02/04 09:42 PM Share Posted 17/02/04 09:42 PM Macktheknife said: Didn't see any signs of Curious Don't worry Mack,he saw you and he'll be sending you a photo shortly and a 200$ bill Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/9211-the-gillies-range-in-an-xt/#findComment-94048 Share on other sites More sharing options...
HellionXR6T I'm Back!! Thats right, long over due! :) Lifetime Members 4,348 Member For: 22y 5m 29d Gender: Male Location: West Brisbane Posted 18/02/04 12:02 AM Share Posted 18/02/04 12:02 AM I'm sure it didn't kill you too much Macka, going back to a.....Ahhhh, Naturally Aspirated car! How do you think I feel. 225kw is getting rather "HO HUM" Gawd I WANT a supercharger!!!! Damn debt. Damn everything!!! Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/9211-the-gillies-range-in-an-xt/#findComment-94089 Share on other sites More sharing options...
curious Member 504 Member For: 21y 6m 1d Location: sun, beach and plenty of T T's Posted 18/02/04 08:33 AM Share Posted 18/02/04 08:33 AM the port douglas road is good too and the rex range and the Kuranda range, hey there all good.Ive had the gillies to myself once doing an escort. Blocked the road at the top and bottom. That would have been me you saw cause I had the car for the last week. The rest of the time its in Ford being fixed Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/9211-the-gillies-range-in-an-xt/#findComment-94243 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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