CO-DRIVER'S RUN SUNDAY 21ST OF JULY 2013 - PRESIDENT'S REPORT
There have been times in the past when it was felt that the announcement of a Run in Queensland was better than an American Indian rain dance, particularly by the Spyder owners who never seem to get a chance to go topless (maybe that could be phrased better somehow?).
However, our Run yesterday experienced that wonderful Winter weather that Queensland is famous for, with blue skies, warm breezes, and a temperature of 24 degrees. Beautiful one day, perfect the next. Just like the recent State of Origin result.
Ten cars was a little down on numbers (rumours are that some of our members were a bit concerned that their co-drivers might want to actually spend money in that mecca of shopping trendiness that is Montville) but the thought of the plastic taking a hammering certainly didn't stop all three MR2 models being represented.
Montville sits on a plateau above the Sunshine Coast with some great twisty roads going up and down, and the only problems encountered were with other drivers who were out searching for their brains that had somehow been lost the day before. Yours truly even came close to grief when a green Mazda 3 driven by two people, who were both surfing the Internet at the time checking their old age pension balances, decided to change lanes sharply in the middle of a roundabout without a signal.
If not for the legendary handling of the AW11, a loud blast on the horn, and a certain Italian hand gesture that translates roughly as "you are stupid, you should not be on the road, your mother wears army boots, and I hope your transmission fails", there certainly would have been an unscheduled road side conference involving two cars and a tow truck driver. Thankfully these people turned left soon after, by indicating that they were going right of course, but at least the road was clear, or so we thought. Its incredible to discover that a ute called a Tata Xeron can actually be driven at 65kph without things falling off, despite the speed limit being 100. Such are the joys we encounter in MR2 life.
All in all, as the photos show, we had a great time, and even the Spyder owners were happy that they could stow their tops to enjoy the sunshine and the wind in their hair. However, the President has since received threats about no more co-drivers days for a while after one Spyder was seen with lowered suspension due to the weight of shopping. These sentiments have since been passed on to the Treasurer's co-driver who suggested this Run in the first place.
August is the Fred Hoon Deep South Run so make sure the diaries are marked, and don't forget the Nationals!!
