First time out at Eastern creek running my A048. Was on a good lap before my off at the hairpin. Fastest lap out of these was a 2:00:63. Session is ended early due to a massive stack at turn 1 from a BMW e36. Rolled several times but thankfully the driver walked away from it.
Sold my 1996 BMW Z3 1.9 with blown motor for 1200 cash. Purchased this in it’s place. I have owned a 240z, 260z, and 280zx before. I could’ve got a Honda Civic but they don’t have any style. This car, although old, still has some style left in her. 207803 miles at time of filming. Previous owner since 1993 stated that he did NOT take care of this car at all. He only put used tires on it when needed. He never gave it a tune up. He never got an alignment done. He did replace a few parts on it here and there but only if they broke. I like to think that I saved this car from a terrible owner. Even though he started replacing the carpet he completely neglected it. The only things that don’t work are the cruise control, A/C, and the digital climate control system. It may work but I have no idea how to work any of it. It blows heat but it’s summer time here so I don’t need that. The car does have a wreck in it’s carfax report but it was a minor fender bender in the front. The black drivers side fender is free from dents and is perfectly aligned with the rest of the body, just needs paint. T-tops do not leak at all and work as they should. There is a slight grind in 2nd gear when downshifting if you are over 30mph. It may be the clutch or transmission itself but it’s working for now which is what it’s job is until I get a job myself.
Footage compiled from filming enroute and leaving the 2008 Canberra Cruise. Organised by RedlineGTI.com January 208 Originally filmed by a hand held camcorder in 1080i HD and wobble stabilised in post production. Scaled down to 720i HD res for the final version, and now brought to you by crappy youtube flash video 3rd world quality.
The first redlinegti cruise video i’d made. RedlineGTI.com’s second official cruise in Melbourne Australia. The turn out was great, and everyone had fun. Technical crap: This was edited on a 500Mhz g4 powerbook, and took aaaages to wait for renders. The opening credits were a 10 layer composite in FCP, along with layered psd files keyframe animated during the initial road clips. As it’s an early video, it’s also only in a pan/scan 4:3 aspect. Who knew back then that widescreen tellies would take up such a big following?!