Melbourne meetup again?

[Polo_GTI]

As my car is approaching the end of it's wear-in period.. i think it's time to push it a little with some spirited driving.. Hill climb anyone?

[kam]

As my car is approaching the end of it's wear-in period.. i think it's time to push it a little with some spirited driving.. Hill climb anyone?

i was advised that the car is factory broken in, and does not need to be driven gently\under a certain rpm limit. just buy it and start driving

[DETROITCANDY]

Agreed with Kam, I picked mine up & headed straight for the Hills. I've just clocked up 7000km on my CAV engined MY13, driven it reasonably hard from the start, haven't used a drop of oil & everything mechanically is in order.
Some may disagree but probably the only thing to avoid in a brand new car is using cruise control or sitting on the highway at constant rpm for sustained periods of time. Don't be afraid of using a little bit of WOT when you start your car once its settled before its completely up to temp. Still use the oil temp gauge to know when its up to temp before bouncing it off the limiter though (actually, best to avoid that too, its more fun changing up @5Krpm and chirping tyres)....

Im down for weeknight meetup/cruise/photoshoot/whatever.

A few ideas below:

Port melb/Bolte photoshoot

Somerton Go karts

Garage café - Friendly links

Mount Dandenong (Not sure if they lock the carpark at night during the week near the lookout)

IF its on the weekend, a run up mount Baw Baw maybe Donna Buang or even Arthur's Seat/red hill (might be a bit too busy early Jan).

Coldstream brewery cafe is a good place not too far.

Innocent Bystander is open til 10pm most nights but might be a little hard for some people to get to during daylight hours during the week.

[kaanage]

An evening cruise could be good, doesn't need to be as intense as some of my routes I plan

I don't see why not - it just doesn't need the duration (my 2nd cruise was a run over Kinglake at night in pouring rain and was about as intense as it gets!)

And while, I'm intruding, can your older brethren participate as well?

[Polo_GTI]

I drive it fairly hard, but I kind of feel guilty that I give it such a hard time when it's still new lol

Garage cafe is ok but i'l rather maybe do a pier 17 photo shoot or something like that.

I'm still good mates with the melbs15 forum from when i had my last car, so I met up with them at garage cafe last week in my Polo lol

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We could also say meet at Pancake parlour in doncaster and cruise through king lake hills

Agreed with Kam, I picked mine up & headed straight for the Hills. I've just clocked up 7000km on my CAV engined MY13, driven it reasonably hard from the start, haven't used a drop of oil & everything mechanically is in order.
Some may disagree but probably the only thing to avoid in a brand new car is using cruise control or sitting on the highway at constant rpm for sustained periods of time. Don't be afraid of using a little bit of WOT when you start your car once its settled before its completely up to temp. Still use the oil temp gauge to know when its up to temp before bouncing it off the limiter though (actually, best to avoid that too, its more fun changing up @5Krpm and chirping tyres)....

Im down for weeknight meetup/cruise/photoshoot/whatever.

A few ideas below:

Port melb/Bolte photoshoot

Somerton Go karts

Garage café - Friendly links

Mount Dandenong (Not sure if they lock the carpark at night during the week near the lookout)

IF its on the weekend, a run up mount Baw Baw maybe Donna Buang or even Arthur's Seat/red hill (might be a bit too busy early Jan).

Coldstream brewery cafe is a good place not too far.

Innocent Bystander is open til 10pm most nights but might be a little hard for some people to get to during daylight hours during the week.

[Nivlac]

hi all i cant make it at all this month im not going to be back.

i will see you all at the next one

[6rtrendline]

I'm down.

[Swainey32]

Im in, coldstream brewery sounds like a plan to me haha

[SACB]

Melbourne meetup again?

Very keen!

Garage cafe would be rad, heading there next Friday with a friend.