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Force Fed Fords
Join Date: Nov 2005
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At approximately 1:00 AM on Saturday the 17/12/05 the Commodore Club, as they called themselves and stickers on cars proclaimed decided to have a meet of around 25 cars at the Woodgrove Shopping Centre in Melton. The usual activities begun, burnouts etc, until they were shut down. I was wondering why such a late meet, until I saw the quality of the cars. Then I thought how appropriate for such a dismal array of what should be wrecks, to meet in what is hole of a place, Melton.
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Join Date: Mar 2005
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im pretty sure at 1am was the last meet of that cruise i think it started around 9pm....not 100% sure tho
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Melbourne, Australia.
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yeah my mate was there and sent me vid of over net (used his phone to record) so poor quality... whole clip was taken 1 minute of donutes etc. i think he said he got home at 4am
he doesn't drive just went with someone else for the cruise he said that where-ever they cruised to, like they went EVERYWHERE and all was unplanned by the sounds of it, just cruise around do burnouts and speed etc.... i will post vid up in a minute or so(need real player to play it or window media player works apparently) edit actually i think its against the 'rules' to post vids like that but if ya want it pm me Last edited by xespac; 19-12-2005 at 12:55 PM. |
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Force Fed Fords
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Victoria
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I saw the guy filming...
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Lion To Boot !
Join Date: Nov 2005
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Melton was the last meet point of the cruise. Hence the 20 - 30 cars left from the 250ish that started.
The cruise was organised and I am sure that any Ford cruise would have a similar result at their last meet point. Redrum .. You abuse the quality of cars and the late meet point etc.. If Melton is such a hole .. What were you doing there at 1am? P.S. It was 1AM Sunday Actually it had to be later than 1am !! I left around 1 .. and the cruise was still at IGA in Delahay. |
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Geez, ya wonder why clubs get such a bad name!!
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Mexico - Victoria
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Its a mapped out and planned cruise, I think on Sat it was 4 meet points, I dont condone the behaviour and I think the Club (have strict rules and reporting back to the police) always try to keep the heros to a minimum, however on a big night they can have 400+ cars, YOU try arranging and containing 400+ cars moving across Melbourne and also finding Carparks open 24hrs that can handle the mass arrival and departure of that number of vehicles, the last cruise I atteneded they ONLY Hero I seen was a numbskull in a TS50 going nuts, but then again he got pulled over by the cops, the majority of the "kids" attending are quiet young and in their first CARS....Next time a OPEN (all cars welcome) cruise is ON I suggest instead of sitting in front of the TV or Net complaining and stuff...actually attend and have a look at some of the VERY decent vehicles that attend, its a pretty good family night, as you dont get that number or quality vehicles in one place at one time...
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I'm absolutely sure none of the behaviour described would've happened on this cruise.
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Mornington Peninsula, Victoria HeadCount: 3
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i've been to heaps of CCC cruises, and while they're quite well organised, 250+ cars is hard to keep in control of.
there are always heaps of burnouts, the organisers do NOT condone the burnouts, and do infact take precautions etc to try and prevent it. But another point is that they're open cruises, a lot of non-CCC members turn up and do plenty of burnouts because they're not in the direct firing line later.
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Join Date: Aug 2005
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I got the video of atleast 4 cars doin donuts and god knows how many more cars did it.... I don't care to be honest, why should I ... not my job to stop you morons doing stupid things lol! yer, i'm sure there would be plenty of decent cars, and ones that have had alot of work put in them.... ay next time I might just come along...bring my cam along to record some 'family-outting-type-cruise' .... =) |
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Join Date: Nov 2005
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I am about to join a Cruise Club being a car enthusiast. I am hoping this sort of illegal activity is not the norm. The majority of cars I saw that night would not pass a road side inspection. I think if a club were to organise such cruises, than the logistics would be hard, but if members are well regulated, ie kicked out for inappropriate behaviour I cannot see there being many probs. Any gatecrashers could reported to the police and then the rest could all have a good time. The behaviour at Woodgrove was the sort of activity that ends up on a current affair and gives all petrol heads a bad name and has the Government bringing in new anti hoon laws. |
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Lion To Boot !
Join Date: Nov 2005
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We do try to stop the bad behaviour .. Unfortunately the meet that you / your mate saw was the last meet point and by then myself and most of the organisers have gone home. We have cranky / tired girlfriends too.
I am not biased to any type of car .. We have quite a few nice falcons rock up. The problem with you seeing the last meet point is yes you see the worst of the worst being the people who have not had their cars long or licence for that matter. I left from IGA Delahay .. Now starting to wish I did continue on to Melton .. As this thread is the exact ' bad publicity ' that we do not want from the club. Police are strict enough on car rallys and any form of mass congregation. This has only increased since the racial issues in Sydney. In fact Saturday nights cruise was attempted to be broken up at Alber Park as the police believed we were trying to start a similar affair in Melbourne. I am sure you guys on the Ford forums have the exact same morals as the commodore guys. We just want a hassle free night where people can come and show off their pride and joy infront of friends and other car enthusiasts. This is the general attitude as the first few meet points. It's just hard to controll the 17yr old that show up with video cameras, edging people on to do burnouts. Most of these offenders are seen by police and dealt with accordingly. Unfortunately this must not have been the case on Sunday morning and I know that a lot of Melton's ' boys in blue ' were called into the CBD to attend a brawl. It has been taken down by Admin that there were a few complaints .. and relevant warnings will be given! Hope to see a few of you guys at the next one ( Some time in Jan ) Mixing car club cruises would be great .. Bumping the numbers up and getting some nice rides from different production lines. Cheers Sam |
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The Commodore Cruise Club cruises have gotten better with time. These days burnouts are frowned upon. When I arrived a few people were calling for me to do a burnout but I just let the car drift along and didn't pay attention.
The cruise was very organised. The Club president was handing out maps as cars drove in to the first meet point, and departure times from each meet point were signified by an air horn. Because the cruise is open to everyone, the guys who attend for the first time cause all the trouble. Anyway, hopefully next time we get some late model XRs down. |
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Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Victoria
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Automotive related chat. I have seen threads here about all sorts of cars. This topic is more about Cruises. If you don't like it don't read it.
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Location: Melbourne
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Agreed... I'm all up for mixed breeds of cars at any cruise in the future...
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Guys we have had this discussion numerous times and the outcome has always been the same - while we are a Ford forum first and foremost, we do not can any non-Ford related car chat.
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Force Fed Fords
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I am sorry. I did not realise this was a rule. I am fairly new. I can see this rule is broken quite a lot. There are heaps of threads relating to other car companies. Consistency would be nice.
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I think you misread what B2TF said.
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Sorry backtofuture. I do believe I have misunderstood you and thus agree with you.
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