TOMsGPTurbo Posted July 25, 2004 Report Posted July 25, 2004 I have just come back from Cairns area and damn did I have some fun... hired out a Toyota Echo 4 door manual sedan and I have some mixed feelings... Its under powered.... its made cheaply .... however its awesome when it comes to a daily little driver and for what it is made for its spot on... On a mountain run up and down Atherton Table lands nothing kept up :) Day one: Wake up at 4:00am catch cab to train station.. train to bowen hills and then another train to airport. 6:00 At the air port we were there 10mins late and JUST caught a Jet Star staff member who checked us in who was not inpressed. Arrived in cairns at 8:30 and jumped into our Echo, drove around Cairns and had some breaky and did some shopping at woolies. Then I drove up to Mossman and stopped at all the nice things inbetween... like Trinety beach where I passed up some land not long ago which was going for 150 000 (2.5 hecters next to the beach) and recently sold for 1.5 mil. :) Port Douglas I fell in love with.. most likely the place I would move to if I were to live up there. In Mossman checked out the National Park and what had dinner and went to bed early cause I was farked :D Day two: Drove up to Cape Trib and checked out the national parks and stuff up there did some walks and played soccer with a coconut on white sandy beach, then I drove like a bat out of hell stright to Yangabarra which is about 3-4hr drive non stop and looked at the place we were suppose to stay... a old pub.. looked pretty old and some dero's were already inside pissing up.. fark that ... off to find some new accom... which was a carvan park with some lodges at lake Tinaroo, Had a huge dinner at the Catherdral Lodge which is a 5 star resort and also meet the owner. Day 3: Drive all over Atherton table lands looking at water falls and big fig trees and stuff.... nearly hit 2 cows and did some rally driving in the echo... gribs quite well in the dirt :D Then it was back to Cairns and eat some more and on to the plane at 7 and back to brissie at 9 home at 10 and sleep time... Today: Did a bike ride for Brain injured children only 10k but I'm so damn tired its not funny... lucky i'm a government worker so I can relax in my own office tomorrow. Quote
irokin Posted July 25, 2004 Report Posted July 25, 2004 lol... Sounds like North QLD had the same effect on you as NZ had on me :) Quote
Teddy Posted July 25, 2004 Report Posted July 25, 2004 lol nice !! (don't tell Maxi you had a 3 day stand with an echo !) Quote
demuire Posted July 25, 2004 Report Posted July 25, 2004 (don't tell Maxi you had a 3 day stand with an echo !) Postcode rule? :) Quote
TOMsGPTurbo Posted July 28, 2004 Author Report Posted July 28, 2004 Nah, I'm sure Maxi doesn't mind... after all I'm thinking about getting an Echo for the misses ... I like the hatch though we already have a hatch so if we do get one... it would be a 4 door sedan... I wonder how hard it would be to tune it cause the 1.5 ltr vvti 4cyl is umm meh.. Its funny when I drove it around ... when I went to gun it it was like this: vrooo000OOOOOmmmmMMMMMM like it has 2 power bands Quote
irokin Posted July 28, 2004 Report Posted July 28, 2004 welcome to the world of VVT...in the hyundai accent at work it quite seriously feels like turbo lag...very badly sorted VVT Quote
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