Adelaide Toyoshow 2007

[MR 1JZ]

Sounds like some of you South Australians have some "Issues"...

oh dude there are some gay as fuck toyotas in SA...

[strat]

oh dude there are some gay as fuck toyotas in SA...

Yeah oi i second that! i went to boostworx yesterday to look at some runs and what is it with all these guys that dont know what spacers are. or atleast buy some decent offset wheels fellas. especially the supras i could fit my head between the guard and rim. WAK!

[PlacentaJuan]

Sounds like some of you South Australians have some "Issues"...

mate tell me about it, i could go on about how disappointed i am, but what would be the point?

i have learned my lesson for 40 dollars.

[Gavatron]

I just want to know how the same person can win a prize for originality, a prize for Maiden or Modifed (which, presumably, would have to be a modified car) and win ToyoChamp (ToyoChump?) which apparently needs to be good on the street (cruise), good on the dyno and good in the show and shine.

I fail to see how an original AE112R Sportivo Turbo with 97fwkw meets any/all or these criteria.

Also, what happened to original before 1985? I only heard awards for original '99 and original 2000.

[BigWorm]

Here's me doing a Lyndie England in front of the "ON FIRE" [licks my finger & touches my nipple while making a tssss noise] Celica. I sorta feel bad posting this, but the thing has the worst airbrushing I've ever seen, a fully sick GroupA bonnet/body kit & sick yellow highlight interior & an automatic 5SFE. Shame Derrick shame....





On a better note, Jesse & I won 1st & 2nd 6cyl dyno awards, with 241kW & 219kW.

[ashbox]

it was a good day besides the heat and the idiot that bagged it up on the grass

[ace]

and the idiot that bagged it up on the grass

Pics?
I was gonna go but work and not being organised stopped me....
Was there a celica club display or anything?

[rolla20]

i went down to this show around 2pm , an thought it was going to be something big and really out there to see what S.A has to offer
but was dissapointed to see almost nothing, sorry the only thing that really stood out to me was the celica car club which tried to have a little beach theme going on with the boogy boards an buckets an also the s.a supra carclub with there super clean cars to me thats what a car show should be of .
also to know that there was no 70s model corolla down there , i was going to bring my ke20 corolla out to show but had resently blown an engine last week out at murry bridge autofest. so i would have been the only 70s model corolla out there.
ok enough of my little winge,
all i can say is better luck next year!

adam

[ashbox]

some ppl may dislike the first one but meh, the second one is mine

[RA65 Sleeka]

I had a ok day. lots of the same crap there though.
Con grats to Dan who got horsepower hero with 340rwkw.
Some of the judging had a bit to anwser for, how dose a 89 supra get 3rd place for origianl 2000+
Went looking for you big worm. seen your car but didnt see ya.

Cheers

[30psi 4agte]

sounds like i didnt miss too much then

[jonchai]

It was more a gathering of Toyota owners than an actual 'Show'
It was still good to see cars out there..but unlike other shows....most of the Toyota's here are daily drivers, and hence were neither stock..nor standard, perhaps dropping the standard a little. At least it was in Glenelg where other sources of entertainment is possible..as opposed to last years...where Birdwood Museum was a little boring after a while!

i actually would have liked to see the dyno run, on the same day...as in...at the reserve itself...similar to autosalon style. would've kept everyone interested rather than sitting around waiting for 330pm

[Starfire]

I'm sorry to hear that some of you guys weren't impressed by the show. We certainly tried really hard to make it worthwhile.

It is correct that most of the cars are daily driven, but this show is more for the entrants than the spectators. Most of the people I spoke to that had a car present had a good time. The heat was a little opressive but we can't do anything about that.

We did inquire about having a dyno on site but there were a few things that prevented it this year - firstly it would cost us at least $2000 to get it there for the day, as well as the fact that the council didnt like the idea. It also would have made quite a difference to our insurance costs.

We will look in to the possibility of having a dyno onsite again next year though.

If anyone has any constructive criticism or suggestions, please feel free to let us know. We put the show on for you guys after all. It doesnt have a huge budget and it is still in it's infancy. With the change of location we hope to attract more entrants next year and hope to see a higher standard of car, but not the exclusion of the daily drivers.

[MWP]

Not me. I was quite impressed with the show and thought you guys did a great job of running it.
Congrats!

I took a heap of photos as normal, ill put em up later.

Oh... and yeah, way to spoil a decent GT4, that airbrushing was terrible!!

[jonchai]

Hey don't get me wrong Starfire, i had a nice time.
I'm just suggesting that perhaps the gang could organise a few more activities other than car revving to get the crowd and participants involved. even if its a massive undercover tent where people can mingle and sit down. i understand the costs involved and all, but it would be mighty cool to have that dyno on-site.
How about some eye-candy walking around handing out.....stuff.....like.....drinks! or maybe apply sunscreen on that hard-to-reach spot.

and just as a very random suggestion, is it possible to have the gathering at Collingrove? than when people are bored, can go for a run through the track!