The new Springnats skid pan!

[shiftySLE]

Pics have been posted on the Autofest website showing the new skidpan at the Shep Showgrounds. 200 metres by 50 metres of virgin burnout pad. Now is the time to let the cars rip legally.



Hope this in in the right section.
Pics added

[Troy711]

Link? Or pics?

[Devils_Thunder]

This link has pics - HERE

[shiftySLE]

This link has pics - HERE

[i'm timmy]

are the cops going to lay off this year or what?

[minux]

are the cops going to lay off this year or what?

Lay off? Oh you mean not defect illegal vehicles and fine idiot drivers? Hope not.

[Harey]

See your point but the idea of it is let people do this in a controlled environment, if they abuse it too much then people will do it elsewhere.

[Thomas1]

See your point but the idea of it is let people do this in a controlled environment, if they abuse it too much then people will do it elsewhere.

Exactly. Would they rather people did burnouts on defective vehicles in a controlled environment or out on the streets? Yes we know they shouldn't be driving defective cars period, but in the real world it happens.

[minux]

See your point but the idea of it is let people do this in a controlled environment, if they abuse it too much then people will do it elsewhere.

Exactly. Would they rather people did burnouts on defective vehicles in a controlled environment or out on the streets? Yes we know they shouldn't be driving defective cars period, but in the real world it happens.

So your saying Police should turn a blind eye to people leaving these events in vehicles that are not safe to drive?

[benjamino]

So your saying Police should turn a blind eye to people leaving these events in vehicles that are not safe to drive?

so minux is your car 100% legal, unmodified, and engineered?

i dont condone carswith cut springs, etc that are downright unsafe, but technically any car that is changed from standard is 'unroadworthy' hence 'not safe to drive'

[Thomas1]

So your saying Police should turn a blind eye to people leaving these events in vehicles that are not safe to drive?

Yes I think for one day of the year they should turn a blind eye to cars that don't pose and obvious risk to the safety of other drivers. If they are driving like wankers when on the street then yes pull them over and throw the book at them.

[minux]

so minux is your car 100% legal, unmodified, and engineered?

i dont condone carswith cut springs, etc that are downright unsafe, but technically any car that is changed from standard is 'unroadworthy' hence 'not safe to drive'

Car is unmodified and stock as it left the factory, so I presume it is engineered?

I highly doubt police are going to be worried about people leaving this event with a few mods. It will be people who go to these events then attempt to drive home with bald tyres etc. The ones who DESERVE to be defected. That said, if a car is lowered to low, deserves it also. Funnily enough police do not try and defect cars that do not look illegally modified.

[shiftySLE]

Car is unmodified and stock as it left the factory, so I presume it is engineered?

I highly doubt police are going to be worried about people leaving this event with a few mods. It will be people who go to these events then attempt to drive home with bald tyres etc. The ones who DESERVE to be defected. That said, if a car is lowered to low, deserves it also. Funnily enough police do not try and defect cars that do not look illegally modified.

Thats a matter of opinion, but I do agree, if you go with a rediculously low car or any other over the top mod, sucked in, you should cop it.
Any1 going? Any JC cars to look out for, perfect time to legally have some fun with the things we spend so much time and effort on.

[Blown V6 Hatch]

Car is unmodified and stock as it left the factory, so I presume it is engineered?

I highly doubt police are going to be worried about people leaving this event with a few mods. It will be people who go to these events then attempt to drive home with bald tyres etc. The ones who DESERVE to be defected. That said, if a car is lowered to low, deserves it also. Funnily enough police do not try and defect cars that do not look illegally modified.

If only it worked like that at car events.....In a perfect world, that is the way it would be, however we don't live in a perfect world. At Shepperton the coppers wait outside the gate and defect every car that leaves the premises that is not 100% stock, simple as that (and lets face it, who would go to a car event with a completely stock car?). Hell, they even defect cars that are on trailers....People go there to do the right thing, enjoy there car in a controlled environment and then get kicked in the teeth when they leave? Thats not right in my books...Go to a small country car show, and the coppers don't give 2 hoots.

I read in street machine about a small country show where cars were driving down the main street with blowers hanging out the bonnet and open pipes, without any hassle from the coppers....No where is the harm in that?

[minux]

If only it worked like that at car events.....In a perfect world, that is the way it would be, however we don't live in a perfect world. At Shepperton the coppers wait outside the gate and defect every car that leaves the premises that is not 100% stock, simple as that (and lets face it, who would go to a car event with a completely stock car?). Hell, they even defect cars that are on trailers....People go there to do the right thing, enjoy there car in a controlled environment and then get kicked in the teeth when they leave? Thats not right in my books...Go to a small country car show, and the coppers don't give 2 hoots.

If the car is on a trailer and registered, they are well within their rights...it is you the OWNERS responsibility to make sure any issue with a street registered car is covered. If it is only an event car, why keep it registered?

As for who would go to car events with stock cars, many families etc travel to bathurst each year with unmodified cars, just as Im sure many families go to various nats shows, with unmodified cars. I am not quite sure where your going with requiring a modified car to go to a car show?

At the end of the day, if you want to modify your car and not do it correctly, why shouldnt you be penalised? If police want to wait for people leaving an event where burnouts etc are encouraged, what is wrong with that? I would love to see proof of police wrongfully defecting vehicles at this last event.

I read in street machine about a small country show where cars were driving down the main street with blowers hanging out the bonnet and open pipes, without any hassle from the coppers....No where is the harm in that?

generally speaking, a group of 100 or more people driving down a mainstreet in modified cars and expecting people to behave would be like sticking a rock spider into a kindergarten. People cannot behave anymore, why do you think laws are getting so tough? For shits and giggles and to piss off people for the fun of it?

[holdenhero]

defects should be given to idiots- simple as that.

[nick3110]

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[Blown V6 Hatch]

If the car is on a trailer and registered, they are well within their rights...it is you the OWNERS responsibility to make sure any issue with a street registered car is covered. If it is only an event car, why keep it registered?

As for who would go to car events with stock cars, many families etc travel to bathurst each year with unmodified cars, just as Im sure many families go to various nats shows, with unmodified cars. I am not quite sure where your going with requiring a modified car to go to a car show?

At the end of the day, if you want to modify your car and not do it correctly, why shouldnt you be penalised? If police want to wait for people leaving an event where burnouts etc are encouraged, what is wrong with that? I would love to see proof of police wrongfully defecting vehicles at this last event.



generally speaking, a group of 100 or more people driving down a mainstreet in modified cars and expecting people to behave would be like sticking a rock spider into a kindergarten. People cannot behave anymore, why do you think laws are getting so tough? For shits and giggles and to piss off people for the fun of it?

Familes travel to these events in standard cars yes....But who would enter an event like this with a standard car is what i was getting at. Ofcoarse people would go to racing events like Bathurst in standard cars. Why would you take a good car to bathurst? That isn't the sort of event i was targeting.

As for modifying illegaly, how many modified cars do you think would be 100% legal and not defectable? Does that make every modified car on the road unsafe and a danger to society? NO! If the car is outrageous, then thats fair enough, but if the car is making a little too much noise or the wheels are a bit too big, who cares?

Mabye you need to go to one of these shows, stand at the front gate and see how many mildly modded cars get defect notices when they are doing nothing wrong....

[Lumps of cheese]

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[tr3nt]

If only it worked like that at car events.....In a perfect world, that is the way it would be, however we don't live in a perfect world. At Shepperton the coppers wait outside the gate and defect every car that leaves the premises that is not 100% stock, simple as that (and lets face it, who would go to a car event with a completely stock car?). Hell, they even defect cars that are on trailers....People go there to do the right thing, enjoy there car in a controlled environment and then get kicked in the teeth when they leave? Thats not right in my books...Go to a small country car show, and the coppers don't give 2 hoots.

I read in street machine about a small country show where cars were driving down the main street with blowers hanging out the bonnet and open pipes, without any hassle from the coppers....No where is the harm in that?

If the car is on a trailer and registered, they are well within their rights...it is you the OWNERS responsibility to make sure any issue with a street registered car is covered. If it is only an event car, why keep it registered?

As for who would go to car events with stock cars, many families etc travel to bathurst each year with unmodified cars, just as Im sure many families go to various nats shows, with unmodified cars. I am not quite sure where your going with requiring a modified car to go to a car show?

At the end of the day, if you want to modify your car and not do it correctly, why shouldnt you be penalised? If police want to wait for people leaving an event where burnouts etc are encouraged, what is wrong with that? I would love to see proof of police wrongfully defecting vehicles at this last event.



generally speaking, a group of 100 or more people driving down a mainstreet in modified cars and expecting people to behave would be like sticking a rock spider into a kindergarten. People cannot behave anymore, why do you think laws are getting so tough? For shits and giggles and to piss off people for the fun of it?

See, now while I perfectly understand the rules and regulations behind a registered car must meet the roadworthyness requirements, at LEAST people who trailer cars up/away from these said events are attempting to keep thier cars off the road. Let's face it, these people more than likely spend shit loads of money on thier car for the year building thier cars up for these events, fork out the extra (for example) couple of hundred to hire a tandum, then possibly borrowing a mates car/4x4/ute to tow with, then to be lumped with a defect for having a car simply not running, not even moving on the road, I call that bullshit. For these tossers going out frying dozens of tires, then trying to drive home on the belts of the tires.. done deal, get them off the road.

[Cobez]

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[minux]

See, now while I perfectly understand the rules and regulations behind a registered car must meet the roadworthyness requirements, at LEAST people who trailer cars up/away from these said events are attempting to keep thier cars off the road. Let's face it, these people more than likely spend shit loads of money on thier car for the year building thier cars up for these events, fork out the extra (for example) couple of hundred to hire a tandum, then possibly borrowing a mates car/4x4/ute to tow with, then to be lumped with a defect for having a car simply not running, not even moving on the road, I call that bullshit. For these tossers going out frying dozens of tires, then trying to drive home on the belts of the tires.. done deal, get them off the road.

If a car is on a trailer, why keep it registered? It is safer to cancel the reg...not hard to comprehend really.

[tr3nt]

Very true minux and fair point, but some of these cars are driven more than just track/event work.. not necessarily daily's. I know of someone who trailers thier car up to all events, Summer, Spring and Easternats (when it was on) but gets the occasional weekend drive as well.

[Blown V6 Hatch]

Very true minux and fair point, but some of these cars are driven more than just track/event work.. not necessarily daily's. I know of someone who trailers thier car up to all events, Summer, Spring and Easternats (when it was on) but gets the occasional weekend drive as well.

Exactly....Some people trailer thier cars because of the simple fact that they can't be bothered with the hassle of dealing with coppers on a powertrip but what do you know they have to canary cars anyway. Last time we went to Shepparton, my dad got a canary on his HR which was 100% legal and engineered with a Chev in it. Got pulled over about 2 K's from where we were staying copper said it was too low (didn't measure it) dad handed him the engineers report, copper didn't want to look at it, slaps a canary on....That sort of thing happens all the time. If i ever go to Shepparton again (very unlikely, hate the joint) i will tow the car, take the plates & rego sticker off it and they can't do squat.