Comments on: Easter Weekend Schenanigans

By: Eva White

Eva White — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 07:30:28 +0000

You have had some awesome chocolate feast over the weekend Rhys. The last weekend was pretty chilled out with me too. Really relaxed and caught up with old friends, whom I had not met up since ages.

By: Lucy

Lucy — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 13:10:43 +0000

You heard.

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 11:52:54 +0000

Speed doesn’t kill….. it’s the rapid deceleration when you hit something solid

I remember the first time I hit 40 it was terrifying, but the more you do it the easier it is…. 120 is the most I’ve managed (in Germany I hasten to point out).

By: Guy

Guy — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 06:48:08 +0000

was a v8 Aurion i think from memory, not sure of much more detail than that.. went like shit off a shovel!

was on outback roads in WA - haev heard so many bad stories of police and speeding… mate of mine got done for 103 in a 100 zone… $140 fine!! takes the piss

By: Karen

Karen — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 01:09:35 +0000

?!?!

By: HB

HB — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 20:57:38 +0000

Going quickly’s the easy bit… it’s the slowing down where it all goes wrong

By: Lucy

Lucy — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:54:49 +0000

Get that fucking dog off the chair.

By: Karen

Karen — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 11:31:09 +0000

lol i thought 20mph was too fast!

By: iMalin

iMalin — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 07:47:35 +0000

When I saw that dog in the last photo I forgot what you wrote about. It’s sooo cute!

By: Rhys L

Rhys L — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 06:07:21 +0000

Bloody hell! 240km/h?? What were you driving? SS Commodore? XR8 Falcon? Or one of the specialist models like HSV or FPV?

The fastest I have been is 240km/h in a VR HSV Senator - but I was quite young and don’t really remember it.
The fastest I have driven is 180km/h (roughly 110mph) in my car. But since it’s a stock VS Commodore, it’s not too bad. I usually run out of road when I drive that quick. I love driving fast, but you have to be pretty careful with other road users… at that speed you approach them VERY quickly, almost as if they are standing still.

Worst part about driving fast is slowing down… you could slow down to 100km/h (60mph) and it feels like you’re crawling along.

In Australia most of our country roads are 110km/h - except for Northern Territory, which used to be unlimited. Although I think now they have just reduced it to 130km/h. So as a country boy, 60mph is pretty normal.