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: New Year Drive – Lake Mountain

Early on Saturday morning, 4 bleary eyed warriors set out early to uphold a tradition stretching back to the dawn of 2015. It was the day of the annual Grape Kings (attempted) New Year pilgrimage to the summit of Lake Mountain – or where ever the first car breaks down. It was an unusual day for me, as […]

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. […]

Cake, Carts and half a CRX

After picking Peter up on Saturday night from the airport, we made plans to arrive early the next day in Brunswick for Day of the Donut. We were greeted to this ridiculous line at 9am and after refusing to wait, headed over to help the other half of Team Rattlesnake. Tom required assistance lifting his […]

MALAYSIA: Kota Kinabalu – Myvi vs Mount Kinabalu

MAN DOWN! Uhhh unfortunately by second night, I had received a nice and aggressive bout of food poisoning. Luckily McDonald’s served congee as part of their breakfast menu haha. On this morning we were also relocating several blocks away from our accommodation in the middle of the city. Despite having moved only 3km away, the […]

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 […]