Friedy and I popped over to her sister’s last night for dinner and a few drinks, and as always happens with this little crowd of ours, a few drinks rapidly turned into a flood of wine.
I didn’t know this in the past, but it seems that whenever I buy a cask of wine, it turns into about five hundred glasses worth. Good trick.
Despite the threat of continued storms all across the state, we jumped in the car with friends Kev and Aly today to check out the Red Hill Farmers’ Market down on the Mornington Peninsula.
Afterwards, on the way home, we detoured through Mornington to see what’s what.
Yikes. I picked up the lady from a friend of her’s tonight, and we went straight for a late dinner at Tom Phat (check out my Tom Phat breakfast post from 2010). Moments after we took off, the rain began crashing down. Get a load of this.
This week’s test car is the 2011 FPV GS, the entry-level offering in the Ford Performance Vehicles line-up in Australia.
Powered by a locally-modified and supercharged version of Ford America’s 5.0 litre ‘Coyote’ V8, the GS offers a heady 315kW and 545Nm of torque.
The new engine replaces Ford Australia’s long-serving 5.4 litre ‘BOSS’ V8, which developed 290kW and 520Nm of torque.
Honestly, if I was Ford, I wouldn’t even bother bringing the XR8 back. This thing is priced alongside the Holden Commodore VE SS V, and makes a bucketload more power. It’s just one big bag of win.
Hell. When I was in high school, the car every kid wanted was the Holden Special Vehicles (HSV) GTS. Power? Well, in the mid 90s, the king was the VT Commodore-based GTS, and it made what at the time was a huge 220kW through its Australian-produced 5.7 litre V8.
Good times…
I spent Christmas in Tasmania. Now, more than a month later, some photos.
Long time, no post. This summer is too damn hot, I tell you. I can barely be bothered carrying my camera around with me. What a terrible attitude.
Here’s a few shots from recent weeks. No real theme here.
My friend Steph invited me out for a Christmas dinner with her, her fellow and a number of her friends last night. Resulted in some great shots.
The girl can make amazing meals, that’s for sure. Baby spinach, fresh asparagus, shoots of some description, prosciutto (wow, I spelled that right), parmesan and a delicious balsamic/mustard dressing.
It’s been a warm and humid day, but with Melbourne being the faux-tropical environment that it loves to be during Summer, we’ve been copping flash rains for the past few hours.
I wandered past our open front door, not long after the rain stopped, and was greeted by a stunning sight; steam pouring off the road as the briefly-returning Sun began to bake the tarmac.
The hero of this photo is of course the Peugeot RCZ, this week’s test car. I’ve got the automatic version, which is a good 30kW weaker than its manual sibling, but it’s nonetheless a decent drive. It will certainly appeal to those merely searching for a good-looking car.
Although I don’t personally find the RCZ all that attractive, it turns more heads than any car I’ve driven in a long time. Very nice interior, I must admit.
This morning I caught up with an old friend and former boss for breakfast and a coffee at Tusk, in Chapel Street – an old favourite of ours.
As always, the service and food at Tusk is excellent, and its owner Francis is a huge car nut – drives a BMW M3, if I recall.
The last time I saw Gordy was back in May, so it was great to catch up with him again.
