Adelaide: Monthly Coffee and Drive Meet - Discussion Thread

[3R Technik]

Good to have you along Jakeys...and to all other new faces. ..look forward to seeing you all again.

[Vas87]

Awesome fun today, nice to meet you all.

[POS GTI]

there were some really nice cars at the coffee shop when i drove passed at 10am. The newer blue Audi with the roof racks looked real good

[Jakeys]

there were some really nice cars at the coffee shop when i drove passed at 10am. The newer blue Audi with the roof racks looked real good

Yeah shame he didn't get to come out, that thing was a beauty. The yellow Audi I was following was pretty cool too, amazing exhaust (Would love details on that) and wheel/brake combo.

[3R Technik]

Rhys's Imola yellow S4 wagon.Tis a nice ride that...plus Kyms RS4 wagon at the start point had the moulded luggage roof rack.

[AdamD]

A few photos from the day:















More here!

[levendi001]

Great photos guys, awesome morning

[Jakeys]

Great work! Love the photo of my R, but that shot of levendi001's metallic flake almost makes me wish I hadn't gotten white! Beautiful paint.

[Ozrodent]

Great pics Adam!

[polski_ogurek]

Did I just spot a TDI?? Yay, I won't be the only oil burner anymore. Haha.

[AdamD]

Great pics Adam!

Thanks mate!

And here's a sneaky shot of you attempting to escape the wide-angle... there is no escaping a wide-angle, Phil.

[GolfVII]

A few photos from the day:

AdamD great photos

Great day guys thanks for letting me tag along and nice meeting you all.

Did I just spot a TDI?? Yay, I won't be the only oil burner anymore. Haha.

Yes its a TDI I might have my father in law interested to come along next time, he has a Mk6 TDI

[Hotwire]

Jakey - where did you get the plate made up? I see there isn't an SA logo though - so guessing aftermarket plate?
Have you had any unwanted attention for it?

[Turbo54]

Would've been a cool day for a drive but I took the R32 down to the 4's, 6 and rotaries cruise the night before, Dont want to put too many kms on the girl.

If my T1 beetle had water to air intercoolers, does that qualify for a vwwatercooled cruise?

T54

[Jakeys]

Jakey - where did you get the plate made up? I see there isn't an SA logo though - so guessing aftermarket plate?
Have you had any unwanted attention for it?

Hey mate,

I had the plates made up by a place who use the proper German blanks, Custom Euro Plates. They sent them over in the correct black/silver finish to match my license plate agreement, along with the screws and black screw caps, and I had them add a half space before the J to offset the text to the right.

I drilled them and the car mount, fitted, then I had a guy I know make up some silver vinyl stickers using the same official European plate font and my measurements and I picked those up literally on the way home from the cruise and fitted immediately after. Voila! Done to OCD spec.



As for unwanted attention, I don't expect to, but it is possible. The legality of it is murky, it complies fully with the motor vehicles act on plate specifications, but my registrar agreement with ServiceSA is to run custom type plates which have a set dimension outlined in the gazette (Slim, standard or square dimensions are listed but not Euro) - that technicality could burn me despite complying with the act. It's annoying as the act contradicts itself in this area.

Having said all that, all exotics with stickers instead of plates, anyone who makes their own plate or dodgies up an old plate with whiteout to fix it, anyone who drills new holes in a plate and a wide variety of other scenarios are even more explicitly illegal, but I personally have never heard of anyone being done for it although I'm sure people have. I've seen a lot of cars with non compliant plates including at meets with guys here. I think it boils down to unless they have a specific reason to want to hurt you, and they actually notice it's the wrong size, you would be very unlucky to be pinged.