Hi gang,

Have been a long time lurker but finally found some time to join up and be active.

My name James, 19 and from the eastern suburbs of Melbourne, Australia.

This is my current ride. (Sorry Golf content)

No Polo's came to Australia until 1994. There is a few Mk1 and Mk2 Polo's here but they are rooted. No Mk3's at all and then yeah they were sold here. Only get a few models.

Once I have finished Uni and got some coin saved up I have plans of coming over to sunny England, purchasing some form of cheap Volkswagen and doing the summer shows aswell as seeing the sights and riding bikes. (Big BMX and MTB rider). Towards the end of my stay the plan is to have modified the car enough (Suspension, brakes, A1 working order, body dont care so much) and make my way over to the Ring. I have to drive it one day for myself...

A Polo might juts be the car I end up getting. Mmmmmmm Mk3 does seem good.

I dont know much about the smaller engines but with my time here I plan to learn.

Cheers James

Must be our most distant member!

Welcome!

was just thinking that lol. welcome dude, nice golf by the way!

G'day mate,i know a couple of people in Melbourne,quite a few friends over there now,all a bit older than you though..

There was some guy on here with a red MK2 squareback in Aus, maybe a year or two ago,was on a rebuild case,dunno how he got on though.

Nice looking Golf mate :)

Welcome to Club Polo.

sounds like a quality plan! + Nice golf!

Welcome to Club Polo mate...

Must be our most distant member!

It'd be some drive to the Polo Show...

Welcome to Clubpolo, nice Golf..

I remember the other Aussie with the Mk2 squareback - wonder how he got on? The project looked really sweet!

It'd be some drive to the Polo Show...

More than a drive

Welcome to Club Polo, I know someone from downunder, Plays Ps3 though, No polo related :)

Nice golf too

If the "square back" is what I call a breadvan they car has been sold.

It belonge to my mates brother, then he sold it ot my good mate Dom and now its been sold to someone in Tasmania.

The more I look on here the more a Mk3 Polo is wanted...

*EDIT* Yeah this is when it belonged to Dom: http://www.clubpolo.co.uk/forum/index.php?...ralia&st=25

Edited 14 June, 201016 yr by Water Boy

Is this bloke an Aussie?

http://www.clubpolo.co.uk/forum/index.php?...c=50488&hl=

Considering his sig is 'token aussie guy!!!' I would presume so

There's this chap as well http://www.clubpolo.co.uk/forum/index.php?showtopic=198535

BTW here is my olmans Mk1 track car:

Throw another shrimp on the barby

sorry had do it! nice golf :-)

Welcome dude, i got a mate in Aussie, not sure where abouts though.

Not to keen on mk3 Golfs, and 5 doors, but yours, i can bare, maybe even secretly like it a tiny bit, but i will keep that to myself

Is it possible you could put up a couple more pictures, or you going to start a build thread?

Throw another shrimp on the barby

sorry had do it! nice golf :-)

Ill give you the inside word mate.

I dont know any Aussie that says "Throw another shrimp" on the barby" its more like "Mate bang another snag on the burner" translated to proper English: "Please place another susage on the BBQ"

Mis read that then, thought you said bang another slag on the burner

Anyways welcome buddy

Mis read that then, thought you said bang another slag on the burner

Anyways welcome buddy

Nothing wrong with that either....

Also this is our aussie forum: www.vwwatercooled.org.au

Not crazy amounts of Polo work but there is a bit.

And an insight into the small dedicated Aussie scene.

Edited 16 June, 201016 yr by Water Boy

Looks cool. Over there in Oz don't you guys have some sort of odd laws restricting tyre sizes and the like? Swear I heard an oz dubber complaining about it somewhere

Looks cool. Over there in Oz don't you guys have some sort of odd laws restricting tyre sizes and the like? Swear I heard an oz dubber complaining about it somewhere

Sometimes cars get done for being too low (Lowest point muts be 100m of the ground).

And if you rims stick too far out of the guards.

You have to be a right dick to get done. If you dont attract attention from the Police by driving like a dick then you should be ok.

Sometimes cars get done for being too low (Lowest point muts be 100m of the ground).

And if you rims stick too far out of the guards.

You have to be a right dick to get done. If you dont attract attention from the Police by driving like a dick then you should be ok.

They get out rulers or what?

Guess driving like a dick can be called 'doing a Lewis Hamilton' right? lol

^^

100m??

you mean 100mm right, Orr do you all drive monstertrucks :p

^^

100m??

you mean 100mm right, Orr do you all drive monstertrucks :p

Yeah sorry your right 10cm 100mm.

Sometimes cars get done for being too low (Lowest point muts be 100m of the ground).

And if you rims stick too far out of the guards.

You have to be a right dick to get done. If you dont attract attention from the Police by driving like a dick then you should be ok.

They get out rulers or what?

Guess driving like a dick can be called 'doing a Lewis Hamilton' right? lol

Yeah the y do get our their rulers. Say if you are geting breath tested (To check if you hav been drink driving) and the officer see's you car is low he wil do a road worthy ispection. Ride height, tyre tread, illegal modifications, exhuast noise etc. But you really have to be a dick.

There are some places like Chapel St, Geelong Foreshore, Peir31 etc that are covered in cops so if you have a moded car just dont grab attention to yourself.