Have a great vacation Matt!!
 

And take lots of pics!

:lol:

have fun there Matt. Just remember NZ > Australia.

that picture started out my day with a good laugh! :lol: :lol: Then, don't forget your velcro gloves!! Have a great time down under.

Hahaha! No velco gloves! I'm not a local...

Seriously though, I'm ready to roll...I'm gonna duck out of work a little early today, and get my packing done. I still have a few things to buy...

Then I leave Reno tomorrow afternoon, head for LAX. My flight leaves LAX for Aukland around 9 PM. That will be a weird flight...

I'll take lots of pictures...

Have fun with the Kiwis! The only one I've ever met is pretty entertaining... :lol:

NZ is Australia's Canada.

Carson City is Reno's Mexico :P

Damn really? Where are all the drunk college girls during spring break?

What does that make the 'Dayton Valley Corridor'?

Okay Everyone...I will see you later....I'm off to the airport shortly. Damn, packing for two weeks is a bitch...Wish me luck, I'll try to check in from New Zealand...

1st stop...Aukland...

8)

Have fun, take pics.

Have fun man!

MY postcard :!: Don't forget :twisted:

Hey Guys///I'm in Lake Taupo NZ right now...Frickin awesome place...It's sunday afternoon, and we're heading to the southern coast now.. I'm driving a Holden Commodore...Pretty sweet ride for a big sedan.

Anyway, I love Aukland, looking forward to returning on the way home later this week. I'm pretty much driving all around the north island...What better vacation than touring a foreign place by car? There are so many bad-ass cars here...STI's, Skyline's Silvias, Evos...and Ford Falcons are hot.

Anyway, gotta run, I'll check in with some pics soon...

E...your post card is on the way...

See ya guys

Matt, your New Zealand scavenger mission is to:

1) find a chick that ownes an AWD turbo car... Skyline, WRX, etc all count.

2) post picks of her and her car

3) get her to let you drive it

4) get pics of you breaking 150kph in her car

If you can accomplish you mission, the SECCS crew will have something waiting for you when you get back. ;)

If he can do all that, he should marry her, and stay there! :D

Haha, glad you are having fun there Matt. I'm jealous.

Don't forget to take a lot of pictures.

:lol: Hahah..That's a great goal...I will have to keep my eye's peeled, so far no luck though...I think Dean has the best suggestion is case I do see her.

Today, I'm in Hawke's Bay (Hastings, to be exact) Wine country on the eastern sea side...heading towards Weliington tommorrow...I'm gonna spend a day there. Then I'm heading to the South Island, ChristChurch for starters. (Is anyone mapping this 8) )...I need to find a better car though...I need a Ford Falcon, these things are sick. I have some cool pictures so fa, but the internet cafe has a limit on downloads...I'll find somewhere at some point.

I'm a RHD maniac now, I've adjusted completely..and I'm doing all the driving, as usual... I have a feeling I will crash my STi when I get home, unless someone can drive me around for a few days. :lol:

Anyway...I really like New Zealand....I've had a very random and enjoyable time so far. So far, we've done a lot of stuff my dad wanted to do..Wine Tours, etc (Snooze) ...In wellington, I call the shots..Hello Bungees and a faster car...

Talk to you guys soon. :twisted:

sounds like a blast :shock:

Hello Again all....My quest to see all of New Zealand is still going strong...Today I arrived in ChristChurch...The largest city on the south island. This is my new favorite place so far. I rode a ferry (No comments) across to the south island, and got a new better Red Holden Commodore. The drive from the top of the island took about 6 hours, the road is awesome, wish I had a sports car. In fact, I'm noticing that all the roads here are winding, banked race tracks...That's why everyone has such bad ass cars.

Anyway. ChristChurch is a cool as city. Its a big Metro area, much better than the boring wine country. Lots going on. I'm sitting in an Internet cafe now, I'm going to buy some music soon, and wander around this town for a few hours. I'm gonna meet up with my dad for dinner later, but now I'm off to start my "Scavenger hunt" :twisted:

See ya guys

Attn: Mike K
 

i almost forgot...

Mike K.... What the F is Vegamite? Yuck :? How can people eat that stuff. It's on every table when I have breakfast, so I tried it and almost died...OMG? I'm definately bringing some home for you guys to try.

And, It seems that no one tips waiters here, at all...This is Mr. Pink's dream land...

haha

see ya

Re: Attn: Mike K
 

haha! :lol:

Hey Guys...Mike, you should have warned me about that stuff....it's the worst...

Anyway, I hear there's snow in reno? Sweet. Looking forward to getting home. I'm working my way back up to Aukland again. Wellington was great. I can;t believe how many bad ass cars there are here. I will have to wait until I get home to post pictures though. No luck here at the old internet cafe.

Hey Guys, Only a few days to go....I'm back in Aukland today, My goal today is to check out hot cars and girls and nothing else...

I'll be home Thursday night, just in time for the meet, you guys can laugh at me as a try to re-learn driving on the Left.... :lol:

I've been away from home for so damn long, I almost forgot what Reno looks like...See ya guys soon.

which left?! :lol:

Re: Attn: Mike K
 

It's nasty as hell. My advice, never go near it.

Re: Attn: Mike K
 

One of my cousins married an Aussie, and he brought us some when I was a kid. It is absolutely terrible, I don't have any idea how they can stomach it.

It has lots of good Vitamin B!
Maybe its an acquired taste. For example, I dislike seafood, yet I like tuna salad sandwiches. And I like dried seaweed and seaweed paste. I bet that stuff would make most of you gag.

this stuff?:

http://www.simplyoz.com/products/aus...eries/vegemite

Well. I stole a couple packs I'm gonna bring home. Hopefully someone will eat it...I can't wait to see the reaction ..hilarity will ensue.

Yeah um... it's a "yeast spread"... no thanks.

<--- *checks title*

I'm up to the challenge. Once the E Coli is out of my system.

But then again I've been known to eat seaweed and drink wheatgrass for the taste.

so, what do we think, is Matt on a plane over the ocean now?

I would hope so, didn't he say he was going to make it to the meet tonight?

<----Back at home...

Wow...I woke up tomorrow, in Aukland, NZ, now, I sit here in Reno the day before, I've been up for about 35 hours now, with about 2 hours of sleep on das plane...I feel good...I'll see you all at the meet.

WELCOME HOME!!1!

Yes welcome home indeed :D Now you get to spend tomorrow making up sleep!?!

Welcome back you time traveling mofo.

Matt, did you come home in a DeLorean?

Where's the pics?

I still need to post them...Scott's picture habit's have rubbed off on me.

Scott...you...picture...rubbing. I REALLY didn't need to know that Matt. :P

Britain next matt?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/e...er/4021927.stm

I'm there.... :lol:

nice pics Matt :wink:

I'll put them up this weekend, our internet connection has been really slow all week, so hopefully that is fixed...

Stop downloading porn for 5 minutes and upload the pics. :P