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For November, 2008

Nov 27

Meet & Greet: 30th *Movember, 12:30pm – Supercheap Nth Mackay

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Monthly Meet N Greets are held so we can all meet up, have a chat, and even go for a cruise. The meeting place is at Supercheap North Mackay car park at 12:30pm on the last Sunday of the month.

The next meet is on the 30th of November, if your keen to meet us or catch up feel free to come along.

Click here to download the flyer to hand out to other subarus you might feel want to come along.

SUBSCRIPTIONS:

As of the 5th of November we have switched to a subscription fee arrangement to cover some of the on-going costs of running the website.

A full paying member ($20/year) will have access to all of the members only areas, the ability to edit and delete their own posts, full access to the garage and calendar. 

A non-paying member will have limited access to the forum. 

Currently, paying Members will have access to the following: 

-Ability to write posts on the front of the Mackay WRX website. www.mackaywrx.com (Includes a Login – “Author” which they can use to add their own posts) 
-Access to the Paying Members Only section on the forum. (This was previously “Members Only”) 
-Access to the Resources, Garage and Calendar Sections on the forum. 
-Free Mackay WRX Stickers, Flyer’s. 
-Access to future members only sections of the website and promotional material.

Ive created a Donation button to receive any donations to help keep MackayWRX running. I’m using the secure website www.paypal.com. Ill post any payments recieved on the website. If you have any questions, feel free to email.

*”Movember” (the month formerly known as November) is a moustache growing charity event held during November each year that raises funds and awareness for men’s health. For more information head to the Movember website.
Nov 21

Leave It At Home: Subaru DEX

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The JDM market is apparently enamored with vehicles that look like they’re stuck in the shipping crate. We saw the first generation Toyota bB here as the Scion xB before it went on an eating binge and lost all its charm. That original bB went on to another generation, and has its own scions in form of some Daihatsu models. Subaru inked a deal back in April to share models between Toyota and Daihatsu, and this hideous little box with the star-motif badges is the result. There are three trim levels. And here we thought even Subaru had relinquished its weird years ago. Turns out it was there all along, and the Dex is the ballcap-shaped box of contrived quirk that proves it. 

Nov 20

Fuel Prices Australia – MotorMouth.com.au

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The website www.motormouth.com.au makes it easy to find the cheapest fuel in your area has just launched the website www.mypriceboard.com to allow ANY service station add their prices to the website making it easier for us to find cheap fuel.

Search for the best fuel price in your area, or register to receive free fuel price email alerts.

MotorMouth currently reports fuel prices in Brisbane, Sunshine Coast, Gold Coast, Sydney, Melbourne, Hobart, Adelaide and Perth only.

Currently only a 7-day rolling average for all other towns is displayed and hopefully now this new website has been created, these areas will now be extended to show more detail in other towns.

Nov 19

VIDEO: Ken Block Gymkhana practice, or one hoon to rule them all

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There are a remarkable number of crap car videos floating around the intertubes, so it takes a special breed of driving deity to make something that catches our attention. Card-carrying member of the automotive master race, Ken Block, did just that by setting up an utterly insane Gymkhana course around El Toro and then proceeds to flog the life out of his Crawford-prepped Subaru Impreza STI through countless turns, drifts and 360s to create over four minutes of pure motoring bliss. The video speaks for itself, so hit the jump to check it out. And if you want to get inside the mind of the man, head over to 0-60 to read a brief interview of Block and his madcap run.

[Source: 0-60]

Nov 12

$100,000 damage, 50 bricks, 48 charges

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Smashed Window
THREE men have been charged for allegedly smashing the windscreens of 48 parked cars in drive-by vandalism in Andergrove, Beaconsfield and Slade Point.

Each man has been charged with 48 counts of wilfully damaging vehicles and two counts of stealing 50 bricks from a pallet outside a partially constructed house at Blacks Beach Cove. It is alleged the three men drove around the northern suburbs in the early hours of Sunday morning over two consecutive weekends and threw the stolen bricks and other objects at parked cars smashing windscreens and windows.

Investigating officer Senior Constable Greg Lamb said police believed the damage bill would be more than $100,000.

The alleged drive-by vandalism occurred in the early hours of October 26 and November 2. Areas allegedly targeted were Bedford Road, Andergrove Road, The Barons Drive, Maple Drive, Nadina Street, Phillips Street, Eaglemount Road, Mansfield Drive and Slade Point Road.

Nov 11

Meet N Greet – Thursday Night 13th November

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Next Thursday night the 13th November at 7:30pm we will be meeting up with the Nissan crew for something different at the Autobarn car park Greenfields, North Mackay.

Meet N Greets are held so we can all meet up, have a chat, and even go for a cruise.

Click here to download the flyer to hand out to other subarus you might feel want to come along.

Nov 09

VIDEO: How NOT to unload your car from a trailer

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Funnily enough, these guys aren’t the only ones to ever use a box truck to ruinous effect on an automobile. These Subaru movers went all the way, using what looks like folding cafeteria tables as a makeshift ramp. Everyone involved received a compound physics lesson when 3,000 pounds of automobile met an unsecured and poorly constructed ramp, overcoming whatever friction was holding that Rube Goldberg assemblage together, and the little Rex topped it off with a refresher course in gravity. Whoops. At least it looks like the car was already banged up. Say it with us now: “that’ll buff out.”

Nov 08

Subaru trots out Forester XTI concept and tweaked WRX

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Even though our lust for Japan’s forbidden fruit has been sated by three generations of the Subaru STI and Mitsubishi EVO – and now, the Nissan GT-R – one guilty pleasure is still out of reach. The Subaru Forester STI has always held a special place in our hearts, combining a healthy dose of practicality with a dash of rally-bred performance, and that’s carried over to the Forester XTI concept. Packing the WRX STI’s turbocharged 2.5-liter boxer four-cylinder putting out 315 hp and 300 lb-ft of torque, a cat-back exhaust, reworked suspension, STI wheels and a deep red/black paint job, the Forester XTI is begging to go into production. Here’s hoping Subaru wises up and gives it the green light.

Joining the Forester on the show stand is a five-door 2009 WRX tweaked by Subaru Performance Tuning (left) with a cat-back exhaust, short-throw shifter, OZ Botticelli III 19-inch wheels, a lower chassis brace and strut tower brace. The 2.5-liter four has gotten a 10-hp boost in output (from 265 to 275 hp) and an additional seven lb-ft of torque, and sitting beside that guy is the STI that’s making its big screen debut in the next installment of the Fast and Furious franchise.

Nov 07

Save us Subaru Mountain Rescue Vehicle!

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Leave the Saint Bernards at home, honey, we’ve got something better. The Subaru Mountain Rescue Vehicle was made for the National Ski Patrol — an organization we had never heard of until we saw this truck. On its tiptoes it has 35cm of clearance, and the staid passenger car driving compartment is balanced by the diamond plate floor and steel walls in the rear. Its got more flashing lights than K-Mart, and a 4,300kg winch in case you need to rescue snowcats. And apparently, when ski time is over, you can hop in the toboggan that’s mounted on the roof. Or you can put injured people in it. Your choice. Have a look at the mighty mountain rescue ranger vehicle in the gallery of high-res photos below.

Nov 06

Subaru to show off Forester XTI and Mountain Rescue Vehicle

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Subaru’s Forester has long been considered one of the few sporting ‘utes, and the automaker is ready to build on that image with a new Forester XTI concept, set to debut at the SEMA Show. Those interested in outward appearances will note the “Atmospheric Re-Entry paint scheme” (their words, not ours), JDM body kit, lower front spoiler and mesh front grille. It’s the underpinnings that get us really excited, though. Under the skin, the Forester XTI gets the full Subaru Technica International treatment from the firm’s amazing WRX STI, including its 2.5-liter turbocharged and intercooled boxer four powerplant, mated to a six speed manual transmission and, of course, all-wheel-drive. A cat-back exhaust helps bump out to 315 hp and torque to 300 lb-ft, meaningful improvements over the stock engine’s ratings of 300-horsepower and 290 lb-ft. We’d love to see this one make it to the showroom floor.

Accompanying the XTI at Subie’s booth is the Mountain Rescue Vehicle, which was purpose-built for the National Ski Patrol, of which Subaru is the Official Vehicle. Custom touches include an adjustable Air Lift suspension that allows for a maximum of 14-inches of ground clearance. Under the wheel arches sit 30×9.5-in. Yokohama Geolandar MTS tires on custom 15-in. reversed near-zero offset steel wheels. Skid plates and a winch complete the off-road modifications and are accompanied by a bevy of lights and a near glow-in-the-dark hue. The drivetrain doesn’t see any modifications, but the stock turbo-mill ought to be up to the task anyway. 

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