wedge 25th april

Subafury · Post by **Subafury** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 1:02 pm

ok fine ill do the writeup. got some time to kill anyway.

well tues morning D3V1L dave, 90subiwgn alex, sooba dooba sean and i got up 2 wedge by about 11am. then we proceeded to relax and have a drink. then it was time for some dune-ing for a couple hours. we had a thrash on my old quadbike which i promptly tipped over when i hit the hard sand sideways. no damage to the quad tho- even after sean did the same later on

. then we spent the rest of the arvo cruising around wedge and the dunes or having a couple back at the shack.
D3V1L beat me in a little dragrace before we hit a hard ledge and bottomed out struts lol at night time we thought we were in trouble as a huge ass navy chopper with a spotlight kept circling the shack- we investigated later when it landed, and found some dude needed an airlift back into town for an unknown medical reason.

then the next day after an awesome cookup (and cleanup

) we did some more hill climbs in the dunes and had a swim whilst we waited for the other dudes to come. many a subaru rocked up that included, andrewt, subarino, lapsed, 90brumby, vidler plus a hilux and kia. then it was clutch burning time as the hilux driver (female

) took off and smoke poured out like a burnout. then a couple of us like chris got stuck and more rank smelling clutch smoke came out of his wagon. everone did some more dune exploring and got stuck a few times etc which the hilux pulled us out of.
after cleaning the shack again we left for lancelin a while after 90brumby and his mates, and did some more 4x4ing in its sand dunes. we found a couple good ones including the launch pad for D3V1L and subarino and followed the tracks of the giant bigfoot tourist bus- think american schoolbus monstertruck.
when we eventually left for home alex's clutch decided to dissapear completely and he was towed home by d3v1l.

get well soon freak ej22.
and that was the trip. a good time was had by all i think.

Damage report:
Subarino: 2x flat tyres from sand in the bead- not caused by nuts this time
D3V1L: bent struts and control arms, and cracked turbo up pipe
AndrewT: damaged coolant hose and minor front end damage-fixed
90subiwgn: Clutch completely worn out.
90Brumby: half exhaust fell off.

Post by **Alex** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 1:07 pm

id also like to say many thanks to D3v1l Dave for towing me home, and to AndrewT for the use of his backyard AGAIN!..

Oh and many thanks to subarino for setting the challenge of getting over that nice little steep sand hill..better luck trying to show me up next time! ahahaha..jokes..pity the car crapped itself, but it did soooo well before then, almost totally unstoppable!

alex

SuBaRiNo · Post by **SuBaRiNo** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 5:06 pm

Add to the damage that Lapsed only just made it home also cos of his clutch.

Big thanks to Subi Matt for lending me his spare... and NO im not going to start carrying 2 spares. All fixed now though.

Dave

90brumby · Post by **90brumby** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 8:22 pm

i also ended up with a oil filler cap missing, flat tyre in the dunes think it may have been to do with some of the nuts i did there
by the time i made it home my ears were completly ringing
but a very good trip wishin i had stayed to play in the duens with you guys

tristan

suba_dooba · Post by **suba_dooba** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 10:46 pm

nice write up matt :P. and cheers for the usage of your shack and being so understanding when we messed it up :P. thanks dude!

AndrewT · Post by **AndrewT** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 11:42 pm

Great writeup Matt.

I know Chris' car is still working... I randomly spotted it today turning onto Armadale road. (I was broken down in my work commodore haha).
Just managed to snap a photo from the passenger seat of the RAC truck

cooloothin · Post by **cooloothin** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 11:53 pm

it's like i was right there with you guys, but without writing off my car

cheers for the write-up and pics/vids. looks like an awesome trip. I'll see what I can do about meeting everybody on the next one!

Lapsed · Post by **Lapsed** » Fri Apr 27, 2007 12:00 am

I remember seeing your car on the rac truck. My thoughts was that he may need to come back and pick my car up. I was taking it for a much needed bath. I think the clutch defiantly needs some major attention. also think i need a new clutch cable if any one has a spare one available..

90brumby · Post by **90brumby** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 12:55 am

since i had a ball on this trip i wanna do another1 but just wondering if i should invite the lux again

tristan

suba_dooba · Post by **suba_dooba** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 5:51 pm

can they afford another clutch :P

BrennyV · Post by **BrennyV** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 6:37 pm

AndrewT wrote:Great writeup Matt.

I know Chris' car is still working... I randomly spotted it today turning onto Armadale road. (I was broken down in my work commodore haha).
Just managed to snap a photo from the passenger seat of the RAC truck

10 points for reaction time :P

90brumby · Post by **90brumby** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 8:22 pm

a few other pics and a vid of the car we rescued

http://s155.photobucket.com/albums/s307/90brumby/

Post by **Alex** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 8:32 pm

damn we saw that ute almost go rolly polley's!

alex

SuBaRiNo · Post by **SuBaRiNo** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 8:36 pm

One of the pics looks like a car we sore stuck when we first rolled into Lancelin.... was there HEAPS of people around the car Tristan?

Perhaps we only just missed you. Anyone else remember seeing that car stuck on the side of the dune on it's side... looked like it wasn't far off tipping over.

Dave

90brumby · Post by **90brumby** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 9:07 pm

yer there was heaps of people around it but they didnt even have a shackle to pull it out wid

we were on our way out when we saw it

tristan

D3V1L · Post by **D3V1L** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 9:17 pm

i remember dave...it was pointed out on the radio by somebody