Car club get-together at Deep Space Centre, Canberra

You've got to love chatting with like-minded car-enthusiasts. I went for a short drive today to meet with members of my work's car club. The meet-location was the Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex, about half-an-hour's drive from Canberra.

The drive itself is very enjoyable, with plenty of sweeping bends and little traffic. A good opportunity to blow away the cobwebs from the GTI's 2.0L TFSI engine. Unless you happen to get stuck behind a learner-driver, as I did towards the end of the drive. But nevertheless, the drive was still lots of fun, and highlighted the excellent mid-range response of my Golf GTI, particularly when left in S (Sport) mode.

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While it wasn't a particularly large turn-out, there were some very desirable cars present at the get-together. As you can see from the photos, members turned up in German and Japanese autos, including: a Honda Civic Type R, Mitsubishi Evo VII, Mazda RX-8, Datsun Fairlady 1500, Golf Mk IV 2.0 Sport, and my Golf Mk V GTI. The Civic Type R looked fast even when sitting still, while the Evo VII (with mandatory drainpipe-sized exhaust) would have eaten every car present for breakfast. The highlight for me was the restored Datsun Fairlady 1500. What a beautiful car - it's amazing how a 1960s Datsun can make even Civic Type R's and Golf GTI's look average!

A good time was had by all, and I hope we can add to the number of makes and models at our next Canberra get-together, whenever that may be...