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February 2012

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SUBARU 4WD CLUB OF SA INC

COMMITTEE 2011/2012

PRESIDENT VICE PRESIDENT SECRETARY MINUTE SECRETARY TREASURER EDITOR

Paul Shinks Paul Ewins Jodie Miller Helen Manson Jodie Miller Paul Shinks

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GENERAL COMMITTEE Glenn Millis Bruce McLean Theresa Shinks Karl Teigesser Steve Burgess

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PLEASE DO NOT PHONE COMMITTEE MEMBERS AFTER 9 pm.

ADVERTISING LIASON Theresa Shinks 8263 5384 psh00016@bigpond.net.au

MEMBERSHIP OFFICER ENVIROMENT OFFICER INSURANCE OFFICER PROPERTIES OFFICER PUBLIC OFFICER

Helen Manson Werner Kutsche Bruce Mitchell Helen Manson Trevor Harris

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TECHNICAL OFFICERS Steve Burgess Paul Kinnear

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DTU OFFICERS 4WDSA REP

TBA Karl Teigesser

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TRIP CO-ORDINATOR WEB CO-ORDINATOR/HOST

Glenn Millis Richard Temple

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gmillis@gmail.com rstemple@activ8.net.au

**************** Next meeting 7:30pm Friday 3rd February 2011 *********** MEETINGS ARE NORMALLY HELD ON THE FIRST FRIDAY OF EACH MONTH AT ADELAIDE HIGH SCHOOL AT THE CORNER OF WEST TERRACE AND HENLEY BEACH ROAD. LIMITED PARKING IS AVAILABLE OFF WEST TERRACE IN FRONT OF THE SCHOOL.

PLEASE BRING A PLATE OF SUPPER TO SHARE!!

Edited by Paul Shinks Published by the Subaru 4WD Club of S.A. Inc. The views expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the Editor or Publisher.

Copyright remains the responsibility of the author.

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Concentrated Bullsheet First lets get the formal stuff out of the way, HAPPY NEW YEAR to you all. Hope it’s a great year full of good health and good times. Father Christmas was extra generous in our house hold and Christmas day was very special, spending quality time with both sides of our extended families. WOW, It has been a great break over the holiday period. We spent heaps of time with family and friends and enjoyed the time off of work. We managed to get down to the South East and visit Naracoorte and Mount Gambia with the Teigesser and Ver-schoor families (gee can you imagine writing those two sur-names plus Shinks into a log book...anyone want to buy a vowel???) The kids have mixed feelings about returning to School but Theresa has definitely expressed joy that they are. Have a look at the coming trips, the page is full hope to see you on a Club Trip soon. Just because the page is full does not mean that we don't need more trips, just the opposite, the more trips the better. That way there is more chance of there being something for everyone. There are a couple of blasts from the past in this issue, with a story from the 1981Sunday Mail and a passage from the magazine “4Ward” (1978) which was the club magazine be-fore the Bull Sheet. Hope you like them, I am thinking about making blasts from the past a regular feature….let me know what you think. Anyway hope to see you at the meeting or somewhere along the fence line. Cheers Shinksy

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Congratulations on the occasion of their

Wedding on the 21st of January to Paul Ewins and Jodie Miller.

The service and reception were held out on the deck at Debbie's house in Aldgate. Jodie's beautiful strapless gown was magnolia in colour with pale pink embroidered flowers with pearletts. The groom wore a dark suit complete with tie, which were quickly discarded after the service and official photos for his usual shorts, tee shirt and bare feet. Baby Ella wore a pink dress and looked absolutely gorgeous….as usual.

Also congratulations on the great news that baby number two is on the way.

(Also Happy 30th Birthday Jodie on the 24th.)

Best wishes to you from all of us at the Subaru 4wd Club

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MINUTES OF GENERAL MEETING HELD AT ADELAIDE HIGH SCHOOL

2nd December 2011 MEETING COMMENCED 8.05 pm Hello so good to see so many happy faces Thanks to Charlotte & Greg for doing the raffle. Big Thanks to Paul Ewins for the BBQ tonight. President went through the raffle prizes.

Apologies: Rosie & Alan Whelan, Bernie & Kevin, Debbie, Anita & Grant,

Bruce & Liz, Karl & Berlinda

MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING Minutes of previous meeting were read. Accepted by Paul Ewins seconded Bruce Mitchell all in favour Business arising – Chainsaws, PPE have been purchased, good deal $500 dis-count. Expressions of interest for First Aid course, and beanies. First aid course bookings require management. Normally first aid course is for the first five minutes until help arrives. A rural course should be considered at Costs $300. SECRETARIES REPORT Usual Magazines TREASURERS REPORT Opening Balance $ 5920.37 plus income $249.00 exp $2814.80 Actual bank balance $ 3368.68 27 paid up members plus 5 life members Accepted Andrew Oakley and seconded Charlotte MEMBERSHIP 31 members, Plus 5 life members, 5 still to pay membership. Pat & Peter Weeding re joined New Member voted in by the Committee Grace Gent, welcome to the Club. Send birthdays and anniversaries to the Editor.

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NOTE If your name is on a trip sheet and you are unable to go on the trip, PLEASE CONTACT THE TRIP LEADER and let them know. This is only common courtesy, and enables the trip leader to manage the trip efficiently. Where possible, trip leaders’ home and mobile phone numbers are printed on these pages so you can contact them even up to the day of the trip

COMING TRIPS Silver Sands beach day 29th Jan 2012 We desperately need trips. Suggestion sheets will be distributed at the meeting.

PROPERTIES Nothing to report 4WD ASSOCIATION Not in attendance DRIVER TRAINING INSURANCE  We have Club insurance for public liability, Club officers, access to vehicle insurance, household, caravan & camping, see magazine or contact Bruce. WEB CO-ORDINATOR December magazine on the web, link to Facebook, requires link to You Tube. EDITORS REPORT Not a lot of stuff wish there was more. Covers will be up for renewal next year, looking at print by edition. Gives advertisers to refresh GENERAL BUSINESS Glenn’s You Tube was very good, Troy’s comments great. Peter Hocking’s Brumby burnt out¸as part of the 14 cars burnt. Paul, Theresa, Bruce Mitchell did a first aid course at Clare, all passed. TRIP REPORTS Peake Goolwa Christmas lawn bowls Next committee meeting January Helen’s 20th apology Paul & Jodie. 40th Birthday at Loveday for Greg Russell all welcome 7th January Merry Christmas & A Happy New Year Raffle prizes drawn Meeting closed 8.45 pm

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January Birthdays 4 DAVID NANKIVELL 10 PAUL ABBOTT 11 GRANT MITCHELL 14 PAM FIDLER 15 ALAN WHELAN 18 DONNA MERRETT 21 TREVOR HARRIS 24 JODIE EWINS 25 BRUCE MCLEAN 29 NEVILLE HEATLIE 31 ROSEMARY GALATIS February Birthdays 5 CLAIRE SHINKS 7 ROSEMARY COOMBE 13 GAYNOR HEATLIE 17 AIDEN MC LEAN 16 MATTHEW SHINKS

January Anniversaries 6 RICHARD & SUE TEMPLE 27 BRUCE MCLEAN & ELIZABETH SLOPER 31 SIMON & DIANNE LLEWELLYN February Anniversaries 6 STEVE & JENNY BURGESS

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UPCOMING TRIPS SHOW OF INTEREST REQUIRED FOR: SENIOR FIRST AID TRAINING COURSE DATE TBA

ORDER OF CLUB EMBROIDERED SHIRTS, HATS and BEANIES

Peake When: TBC but will be for 2 or 3 days during the week in the April school holidays. Leader: Glenn Millis Phone : 0412567566 Grade: As easy or as hard as you want it Meet: TBA Notes: Usual fun in the sand., but need to be completely self sufficient North Beach Wallaroo Family Day When: 26th February Leader: Paul Shinks Phone: 82635384 0404046066 Grade: easy Meet: Caltex Service Station Port Wakefield Rd Bolivar Time: 10am Notes: Relaxing fun day on the beach, bring beach games, sun screen, bathers, lunch and drinks etc. Para Wirra Recreation Park Family Day When: 25th March Leader: Paul Shinks Phone: 82635384 0404046066 Grade: easy Para Wirra Quarry Hike Take a walk back in time through a landscape dotted with old gold mining shafts and tunnels. When: 29th April Leader: Paul Shinks Phone: 82635384 0404046066 Grade: very physical Meet: North Oval Para Wirra Recreation park car park Para Wirra at 9am Notes: 4 hours/8.4 k m’s return well worn in Walking shoes are a must, appropriate clothing, drinking water, and nibbles for the way and money for a coffee at the café’ Mount Lofty Summit Walk When: 27th May Leader: Paul Shinks Phone: 82635384 0404046066 Grade: very physical Meet: Waterfall Gully car park at 10am Notes: 3 hours/3.5km’s return well worn in Walking shoes are a must, appropriate clothing, drinking water, and nibbles for the way and money for a coffee at the café’

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ITS ON AGAIN FOR 2012

The great tradition continues: The pre meeting BBQ in the Quadrangle behind the meet-ing room continues while we still have day light savings, starting at 6:30pm. Just follow the hall after coming down the stairs to the far doors instead of turning right to go into

the meeting room.

Snags in bread and cans of drinks are $1 each

Come along and enjoy the early spring weather with good mates at the club before the meeting commences, and help

raise some cash for the club at the same time.

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While reading through old issues of the Bull Sheet, I found this article in the March 1978 edition, which was then called “4Ward”. This article rang true after spending time with the kids over the Christmas break and noticing the difference between Matthew and his sisters. Simply titled “A BOY” this passage was initially dedicated to club members Cynthia and Brenton Ryan when their son and our mate Howard “Howie” Ryan was born.

A BOY After a male baby outgrows long dresses and nappies and acquires pants, freckles and so much dirt that his relatives don’t dare to kiss him, he becomes a boy. A boy is natures answer to that false belief that there is no such thing as perpetual motion. A boy is a growing animal in a superlative promise, who can swim like a fish, run like a deer, climb like a squirrel, balk like a mule, bellow like a bull, eat like a pig, and act like a donkey. A boy, if not washed too often and placed into a cool place after each accident, will survive broken bones, hornets, measles, fidgets and nine helpings of pie. A boy is a piece of skin stretched over an appetite, a noise covered with smudges. A boy is a problem of our times – the hope of the world. Every boy is evidence that God is not yet discouraged with man. p.s. I don’t think Howie has changed all that much from the above description either……ED. For sale by tender. White 1990 Subaru Brumby Special. 57,000km. One owner. Purchased new by retiring farmer as a 2nd town vehicle. Has now moved into aged care facility and is very sad to be selling this vehicle. In excellent condition. Has towbar, tonneau cover, roo bar. Full log book of scheduled services. Registered, good tyres (including 1 spare). Enquiries & tenders (will be considered on 1.3.2012) to mbkel-ly919@bigpond.com

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Silver Sands Family Beach Day 29th Jan.

Sunday morning we met on Silver sands Beach, as usual the Shinks mob were running late. Grey skies kept the full force of the sun at bay, but it was a nice warm day, with a gentle breeze. There was beach cricket, swimming, totem tennis, sitting in the shade and catching up on the news since we all last met, swimming, lunch followed by swimming. A great time was had by all on the beach, and reluctantly we had to pack up and head for home, the kids tired and dreading school the next day. Thanks Paul Ewins for organising a great day.

Trippers: Paul and Ella Ewins; Helen Manson; Greg Galatis; Rosie and Alan Whelan; Howie Ryan; Grace Gent and Paul; Val and Andy Oakley; Karl, Berlinda, Ashley and Jordan Teigesser; Glenn and Troy Millis; Paul, Theresa, Amelia, Claire and Matthew Shinks.

Top: The Club camp on the beach Mid: Matt, Troy and Claire catch a wave Right: Claire try's surfing on her feet

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Stuff to make you giggle

Granddad was reminiscing about the good old days... "When I were a lad, me mother would send me down to the corner shop with a shilling, and I'd come back with five pounds of potatoes, two loaves of bread, three pints of milk, a pound of cheese, a packet of tea, and half a dozen eggs. Yer can't do that now. Too many darn security cameras."

When a woman requested a whole roasting chook at the market where I work, the butcher didn't

let on that the bird he presented her was the last one. "Do you have one that's a little larger?" she

asked.

"Of course," said the butcher. He took the bird behind the counter, away from view, and made a lot of

noise rolling it around the ice as if he were searching for just the right chicken. He then showed the

same bird to her.

"Better," she said. "Do you have one with a little more meat on it?"

He took the chicken, rolled it in the ice and offered it up a third time.

"Great," the woman said. "I'll take all three."

Everyone knows I'm a stickler for good spelling. So, when an associate e-mailed technical

documents asking me to "decifer" them, I had to set him straight. I wrote, "Decipher is spelled with a ph, not an f. In case you've forgotten, spell checker comes free with your software." A minute later, I got this reply, "Mine must be dephective." A linguistics professor was lecturing his class. "In English," he explained, "a double negative forms a

positive. In some languages, such as Russian, a double negative is still a negative."

"However," the professor continued, "there is no language wherein a double positive can form a nega-

tive."

A voice from the back of the room piped up "Yeah, right."

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SUBARU BR-Z Review

The Subaru BRZ is part of a joint development with Toyota that also spawned the Toyota 86 CarsGuide drove last week. Both companies had said the two models will be identical, but until Subaru spilled the beans we didn’t know just how identical they were. Now we know. Except for the badges and some subtleties with the suspension tuning, the Subaru BRZ and the Toyota 86 are identical. Same dimensions, same weight, same engine with the same outputs. The only thing likely to separate the two in Australia will be their prices. So, instead of getting one new sports car, Australians will get a choice of two after production starts March 2012. Which they choose with may come down to brand loyalties.

VALUE: Neither Subaru nor Toyota have revealed pricing or equipment levels, or even model ranges. Where Toyota could bring in two distinct models — one around $32,000 and another over $35,000 — Subaru is likely to go with a one size fits all priced under $35,000. For that, we can expect air-conditioning and electric windows as standard, along with a decent sound system and bluetooth capa-bility. The BRZ’s sports front seats adjust manually, as does the tilt and reach adjustable steering wheel.

TECHNOLOGY: The flipside of creating an affordable and lightweight sports coupe is there’s not a lot of ground-breaking technology in the BRZ. No radar cruise control or active driving systems like you’d find on a Benz, for instance, because that’s not what this car is about. Everything is focused on the joy of driving. A 2.0-litre direct injection petrol engine in the nose produces 147kW and 205Nm. It’s mated to either a six-speed manual or six-speed automatic transmission, and sends drive to the rear wheels. Liberating 100hp per litre from a non-turbocharged engine is impressive. As is getting a flat-plane boxer engine to spin to 7,500rpm. Subaru has thought carefully about the BRZ’s driving character, and that includes the way the engine delivers the goods. Some crucial changes were made to the Impreza-based engine, not the least being the inclusion of a Toyota direct injection system and modifications to the way air travels into the cylinders.

DESIGN: This is one of the most beautiful Subaru models in some time … because Toyota did the de-sign work, and used its rich heritage for inspiration. So you won’t see any hints of the 1990s Subaru SVX coupe in the bodywork, or any WRX cues… not even Subaru’s airplane motif that it sometimes inflicts on fascias.

The interior is all sports car. Simple and functional, and all placed perfectly. The driving position is abso-lutely spot on. A heavily bolstered sports seat puts the driver low behind the tilt and telescopically ad-justable steering wheel, and controls like the snickety-quick gearchange fall readily to hand. The front seat passenger has plenty of room, but back seaters get next to no legroom unless the fronts give up some, and headroom is only sufficient for anyone 1.6m or less.

SAFETY: If Toyota’s promising a five-star rating for the 86, it’s hard to see why the BRZ wouldn’t score just as well. It has front, side and curtain airbags and seat belt pretensioners. It also has active safety systems like antilock brakes, stability control and traction control.

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DRIVING: I’ve been waiting to drive this car since Toyota and Subaru announced the joint venture back in 2008. I was a huge fan of the last Nissan 200SX sports coupe which died in 2006. Coincidentally, it had a 2.0-litre engine which produced roughly the same as the BRZ, but needed a turbocharger to achieve that. At its core, the 200SX was a lot of fun to drive.

The Subaru BRZ is probably even more fun. I say ‘probably’ because I really don’t know, even though I drove the BRZ today. Subaru invited media to its test track outside Tokyo, and gave us the opportunity to do two laps in a manual and an automatic version. They also put a Subaru safety marshall in the passenger seat with strict instructions not to let the crazy journalists do anything stupid.

Driving a sports car quickly and enthusiastically is stupid, apparently. Lucky my Subaru minder was there to prevent me driving anywhere near the limits. He also saved me doing other stupid things like pushing on through corners and giving the brakes a good workout. And he stoically prevented me switching off traction control even though we were on a closed track. That would be really stupid.

So, I spent my two laps driving little quicker than my grandma, and subsequently I’m struggling to tell you how exciting the BRZ is. I really can’t say how lively it is on change of direction, or how planted it feels in corners. I can tell you the engine’s wonderfully effusive because I was allowed to take it to red-line in second gear on the straight. But I definitely cannot tell you that the BRZ is an exciting return to simpler times, when sports cars were purist delights to drive.

Luckily for you and me, Paul Gover got to do all that and more in the Toyota 86. And, since they’re identical, I’m confident the Subaru BRZ is every bit as good as he said the Toyota 86 is.

VERDICT:A rorty and exciting return to the sport car’s pure origins. Sounds like a Subaru, but has a character all its own in the way it drives.

SUBARU BR-Z Price: under $35,000 (estimate only) On sale: mid 2012 Body: Two-door hatchback, four seats Engine: 2.0-litre horizontally-opposed four cylinder Output: 147kW/7000 revs, 205Nm/6600 revs Transmission: six-speed manual or auto-matic, rear-wheel drive Dimensions: length 4240mm, width 1775mm, height 1286mm, wheelbase 2570mm, tracks 1520/1540mm front/rear Suspension: front struts, rear double wishbone Tyres: 215/45R17 front and rear. Sourced from; http://www.carsguide.com.au/news-and-reviews/car-reviews-road-tests/subaru_brz_first_drive_review

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• You know you're Australian if... You believe that stubbies can be either drunk or worn. You understand that the phrase 'a group of women wearing black thongs' refers to footwear and may be less alluring than it sounds. You believe the 'l' in the word ' Australia ' is optional. You think 'Woolloomooloo' is a perfectly reasonable name for a place. You're secretly proud of our killer wildlife. You believe it makes sense for a country to have a $1 coin that's twice as big as its $2 coin. You understand that 'Wagga Wagga' can be abbreviated to 'Wagga' but 'Woy Woy' can't be called 'Woy'. You believe that cooked-down axle grease makes a good breakfast spread. You've also squeezed it through Vita Wheats to make little Vegemite worms. Beetroot with your Hamburger... Of course. You believe that the confectionery known as the Wagon Wheel has become smaller with every passing year. You believe that the more you shorten someone's name the more you like them. You understand that 'excuse me' can sound rude, while 'scuse me' is always polite. You know what it's like to swallow a fly and on occasion via your nose. You know it's not summer until the steering wheel is too hot to handle and a seat belt buckle becomes a pretty good branding iron. Your biggest family argument over the summer concerned the rules for beach cricket. You know how to abbreviate every word, arvo, combo, garbo, kero, metho, milko, muso, rego, servo, smoko, speedo, righto, goodo etc. You know that there is a universal place called "woop woop" located in the middle of nowhere...no mat-ter where you actually are. You know that none of us actually drink Fosters beer, because it tastes horrid. But we let the world think we do. Because we can. You say 'no worries' quite often, whether you realise it or not. You know that roo meat tastes pretty good, but not as good as barra. Or a meat pie. You know that some people pronounce Australia like "Stralya" and that's ok.

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IMPORTANT NOTICE IF YOU ARE TAKING PART IN ANY CLUB EVENTS, YOU MUST PUT YOUR

NAME ON THE TRIP SHEET TO ENSURE THAT YOU ARE COVERED BY THE CLUB’S PUBLIC LIABILITY INSURANCE. YOU CAN DO THIS AT A

MEETING OR BY RINGING THE CLUB TRIP CO-ORDINATOR AFTER THE LAST CLUB MEETING BEFORE A TRIP, PLEASE INFORM THE TRIP LEADER OF ANY ADDITIONS OR CANCELLATIONS PRIOR TO THE

COMMENCEMENT OF THE TRIP THIS IS FOR YOUR OWN PROTECTION AND OURS!

Did you know that it is in the club constitution that your car must be maintained in good roadworthy condition with a minimum of 3rd party property insurance? Do you have a fire extinguisher with you on club trips? It’s a club rule that you carry

one. What about a first aid kit, the club has quite a good one to borrow at any time. All we ask is that you replace anything that gets used or removed from the kit.

MEMBERSHIP FEES FOR 2010-2011 METRO $60.00 COUNTRY $50.00 HALF YEAR $30.00 JOINING FEE $15.00 Memberships were in default if not paid by 30th September and Bullsheets are discontinued until renewal is received. Membership cards will be issued at meetings upon presentation of a receipt. If you require your card to be posted out to you please let us know. Thank you.

Closing date for Bullsheet material The closing date for all entries and advertisements into the Bullsheet is the 20th of each month, to ensure that the magazine is collated and dispatched on time for your viewing prior to the next meeting. Your co-operation in this matter is greatly appreciated. Thank you

The next location of the next Committee meeting is to be decided at the February meeting

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