GRAPE KINGS: Fathers Day Drive & A Guest

Long time blog reader, turned internet friend, turned IRL track friend Dom mentioned to me that he was coming to Melbourne. Me: “So what do you want to do when you’re here?” Dom: “After 8 years of reading Noisy Ninja, I’d like to go for a drive with the Grape Kings.” As the only suitable […]

AUTUMN DRIVE: Coffee to go

Anticipating that this might be the last nice weekend we had before Winter was upon us, a last minute drive was organised to enjoy the beautiful Autumn weather. Perfect subject matter for a perfect day. A typical drive for us involves a bonnet up. This time it’s Ruthran trying to troubleshoot his boost “problem.” Adam […]

GRAPE KINGS: Last week PB’s, this week RB’s.

After the excitement of last weeks track day with all members of the Grape King’s PB-ing, it was nice to enjoy our other cars this weekend. With Charlie’s fresh RB25DE conversion more or less complete, it was time to baptise it with it’s first Grape Kings drive. Read about his build here: Jzx Garage Thanks to Tony’s […]

GRAPE KINGS: Sayonara Winter.

Earlier in the week in our group chat, the Grape Kings and I had been discussing growing up. We’d seen it time and time again. When family, work and life commitments get in the way the first thing to be sacrificed is always cars. Adam confidently declared that it wouldn’t be the same for us. […]

EXE Australia Day Drive: Spurs and Sausages

With a long weekend ahead of us, some of the EXE crew gathered to go for a drive and BBQ. The only thing sweeter than seeing an old couple enjoying roadster life, is sitting behind Dan’s 33 and breathing in the delicious e85. As we headed further into the mountains, we spotted some snakes in […]

GRAPE KINGS: Exciting mountain shakedown!

After recently getting his zed on the road, Tin had previously declined our offers to go for a run through the hills. However, today was the day that it was time to shake the cobwebs out properly! Not even my dirty windscreen could detract from Tin’s shiny new paintwork. As we settled in for the […]

GRAPE KINGS: New Years Day – Recovery mission

As one of the only days that everyone had off, we decided to go on a New Years Day drive. Despite the light drizzle as I left my house, I committed to doing this drive with the roof off (largely because no one was at home to help me put the roof back on) and […]

GRAPE KINGS: Boxing Day Special

In a bid to avoid the madness that was Boxing day sales, we gathered around to find some serenity instead. It’s always a good start to a drive when you arrive at the meet point and Tony is doing this. Expecting him to just pour in a tiny top up, I watched in disbelief as he […]

One extra hour.

Day light savings is over and that means we have an extra hour to enjoy what’s left of the warm weather. Any excuse to test fit some rims. On loan from the collection of DCW. MKII’s have always been in my top 5 rims to own, but I was surprised to find that I quite […]

Sydney: A temporary citizen

After being offered some free tickets to Top Gear festival, I decided to head up to Sydney to work for a week and catch up with the usual suspects in between. Sunday starts with a rainbow and an early morning twisty run. The rainbow was an entirely appropriate omen as the vehicles we were cruising […]