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apparently this site doesn't like the work "c r a c k e r" - is it now a rude word?

I've owned both the 2 seater Stradale and now a Karif. At 6'5" I appear to have stooped quite low! However .... the motor and drive train are rock solid, it is super rare and is a talking point whenever I take it out. It was the Stradale of its day. BTW, as Maserati often only produced 200 or...

Up towards Ilford and Rylstone - basically go up the Lithgow to Mudgee road and turn right!

The Capertee Valley is the longest enclosed valley in the southern hemisphere - used to be quite a rough unsealed road down there. Haven't been in for years though!

We got the series 1 Ghibli into the final three of the Best of Show judging although an Alfa Giulia Spyder took the honours.

That's a bugger - it clashes with Auto Italia!

Hmmm ... always wanted to do a hill climb. Maybe a road trip to Gunnedah is looming to look at the course :)

That would be great - we expect to be at the Southern Highlands Winery at 12pm on Saturday.

... and to follow on, we are having a dinner as Bruce said. We have a page to register and pay for the meal: Click here!

The club will be doing a run down to Canberra on the Saturday morning with a lunch in the Southern Highlands. Click here to register.

Andrea Vitale specialises in Italian machines - there is always a good selection he is servicing from Maserati and Ferrari through Lamborghini and Alfa etc. He used to work for the main dealer before setting up on his own and is a wealth of knowledge. Have a chat with him and see if he suits...

Yup - great run. The last section was great when we had all of us in one line :)

I spoke with the Ferrari Club yesterday about getting down there as well - apparently they didn't officially go last year when it was at the Piallagio Estate. Hopefully this year will be the biggest ever.

It was a great evening - I hope that we can have some of the new Canberra owners join us on club runs. :)

Two great roads: Braidwood and Abercrombie, although I did get a bollocking on a Club run once from a navigator who didn't read my notes about the drop to the river on the Abercrombie Road! Others: The Oxley (Wauchope to Bendemeer), Thunderbolts (Gloucester to Uralla), Fitzroy Falls in Southern...