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An open letter to the Premier 26 Aug 2013 | 08:02 am
Yesterday marked our biggest event yet, with an attendance of approximately 1200 cars. Behaviour was fantastic from all concerned and everything went swimmingly, until the Police set up shop down the ...
Ramp Up! Dyno Day 21 Aug 2013 | 04:29 pm
999 Automotive recently celebrated their 10th birthday and to celebrate, they contacted us at Downshift to see if we’d help run an event for them. The event? Our first ever Dyno Day! At first we were ...
QLD Police and Supercars 21 Aug 2013 | 09:19 am
As car enthusiasts, I don’t believe any of us are a stranger to the ‘random’ police check. Apparently if you drive an $800,000 supercar, the result is the same. After numerous roadside pull-overs for ...
#Festival of 86 19 Aug 2013 | 03:29 pm
Hot on the heels of our previous story for the press event of the Toyota 86′s 1st birthday, we were also invited to the public event in Sydney, called #Festival of 86. Toyota put on a great meet for ...
The Blue Shark R34 17 Aug 2013 | 06:43 am
Few vehicles have the ability to snap necks as violently as the R34 GT-R. Whether it be due to the brutal acceleration on tap pinning its occupants to their seats, or the fact that people can’t help b...
The Toyota 86 turns one 15 Aug 2013 | 04:50 am
A couple of weeks ago, we received another one of those mysterious emails that I always look forward to. The source was Toyota Motor Corporation Australia, so I dived straight in. Essentially we recei...
The Red Door Meet – Pacific North West 14 Aug 2013 | 07:31 am
Having left the comfort of my humble home in Australia to try my luck in the land of opportunities, I arrived in the USA some 3 weeks ago in the city of Portland, Oregon. I spent my first few weeks ac...
MotorEx 2013 Part 2 1 Aug 2013 | 09:22 am
Onto the second part of MotorEx2013. I would like to begin with one of the craziest stories of dedication, perfection and persistence I have heard. This is a 1972 Holden Monaro GTS Coupe dubbed “Maril...
Fuel For Charity 30 Jul 2013 | 11:30 am
Everyday Hero, All Stars and Zen Garage ran a charity car show on the 28th of July, to raise money for the Leukemia Foundation. It was a perfect day at Silverwater Park, which is an awesome location f...
Evan’s Supercharged Lotus Exige 29 Jul 2013 | 10:50 am
When most of us prattle on about the Supercars we will probably never own, we usually only name drop our favourites out of Stuttgart, Maranello or Sant’Agata Bolognese. But there is one vehicle that d...
