pauliD Posted 1, May 2011 Report Posted 1, May 2011 Hi everyone. After lurking around this forum for a week or two, its time to out myself. I am the lucky ba$tard winner of the red bull race off car at the grand prix (not to be confused with another forum member PaulD). Yet to take ownership - should be able to next week. It is the cup trophee model, presumably an ex-demonstrator from 2010. The car is definitely NOT for sale. My trusty old Astra will just have to make way. Will post some photos when it arrives. Already looking for some driving roads, Southern Highlands looking good... Quote
griffyn Posted 1, May 2011 Report Posted 1, May 2011 Welcome and congratulations! Glad you managed to find our little corner of the interweb Must have been one heck of a surprise! Quote
trixie Posted 2, May 2011 Report Posted 2, May 2011 Congrats! LOL is the rumour you can't drive a manual true? Quote
SamR Posted 2, May 2011 Report Posted 2, May 2011 Congrats and welcome to OZRS Where abouts are you located? Quote
brendans225 Posted 2, May 2011 Report Posted 2, May 2011 Welcome and Congratulations from the ex Lucky Bastard on the forum to the new Lucky Bastard Quote
Danny Posted 2, May 2011 Report Posted 2, May 2011 I KNEW you'd be lurking. Hence I was careful not to say anything nasty about you!! Ahaha just kidding. Congrats and welcome.. Quote
strife Posted 2, May 2011 Report Posted 2, May 2011 Damn, congratulations. My most notable win was a worm farm when i was 10 years old. Guess that's not really in the same league though haha. Enjoy it! Quote
FIR-26T Posted 2, May 2011 Report Posted 2, May 2011 WELCOME to our small community... You better learn how to drive a manual, OR else, i will have to drive the car on your behalf TRUST me, you dont want me to do that. You are very lucky, and many are envying you, i included.... SO can i buy it off you Quote
Moosey Posted 2, May 2011 Report Posted 2, May 2011 Welcome and Congratulations from the ex Lucky Bastard on the forum to the new Lucky Bastard See what happens when you get an RS for free Brendan, you might need to re-out yourself for Paul's benefit Enjoy the 250! Quote
brendans225 Posted 3, May 2011 Report Posted 3, May 2011 Welcome and Congratulations from the ex Lucky Bastard on the forum to the new Lucky Bastard See what happens when you get an RS for free Brendan, you might need to re-out yourself for Paul's benefit will i get in trouble for showing my "excitement" again? Quote
walkie86 Posted 3, May 2011 Report Posted 3, May 2011 Welcome Pauli! Congrats on the win, you have many people envious of you! Enjoy the new beast when it arrives Quote
TimR31 Posted 5, May 2011 Report Posted 5, May 2011 Forgive my ignorance, but what did you have to do to win this competition? And does it come covered in livery? Whatever the details, congrats, and hopefully we'll see you at a future OzRS event so we can all think, "that could have been me"... Quote
portal Posted 5, May 2011 Report Posted 5, May 2011 Congrats, just make sure you drive it more than Brendan... Quote
nemz Posted 5, May 2011 Report Posted 5, May 2011 Welcome Paul, I believe you're referring to my comment from viewtopic.php?f=45&t=19489#p263471 Didn't mean anything bad, just a bit green with envy i guess (no pun intended) Quote
Wolf Posted 7, May 2011 Report Posted 7, May 2011 Very well done Paul, and welcome aboard. Do the stickers stay on, or am i on the wrong car? Is it the actual Red Bull that raced? Either way....yum. Cheers adn kudos. WOLF ps: best way to learn somtimes is to be dropped in the deep end. Swim well. Quote
DanielG Posted 7, May 2011 Report Posted 7, May 2011 Wolf, I believe the car given is the one that raced, but minus the livery, seats and cage (if you want it road registered), or you can keep the seats/cage if you intend on keeping it as a track car. I think someone else mentioned that on another thread here. Quote
nemz Posted 7, May 2011 Report Posted 7, May 2011 I think we scared him off! I'll take full responsibility Quote
nemz Posted 7, May 2011 Report Posted 7, May 2011 I think Joey probably did He's got a reputation to uphold Quote
pauliD Posted 7, May 2011 Author Report Posted 7, May 2011 Yes the livery is removed. I was told on the day it would be painted black. Had the option to keep car in racing form or convert back to normal. But terms and conds specified the winner needed a racing licence to keep the modified car, therefore not really an option. Shameful admission - got my licence on auto and driven auto since. After taking ownership i plan to stall several times, crunch some gears, then drive all the way home in first. Easy come, easy go... The wife's initial reaction was 'youre drunk' then 'thats nice dear'. Took her down to peter warren to check out their 250s. 'That car is hot hot hot', she now insists on tinting the windows as dark as possible. Got some photos frm the day to upload. Do we use imageshack? Will try to post them soon Quote
DanielG Posted 7, May 2011 Report Posted 7, May 2011 Yes the livery is removed. I was told on the day it would be painted black. Had the option to keep car in racing form or convert back to normal. But terms and conds specified the winner needed a racing licence to keep the modified car, therefore not really an option. Shameful admission - got my licence on auto and driven auto since. After taking ownership i plan to stall several times, crunch some gears, then drive all the way home in first. Easy come, easy go... The wife's initial reaction was 'youre drunk' then 'thats nice dear'. Took her down to peter warren to check out their 250s. 'That car is hot hot hot', she now insists on tinting the windows as dark as possible. Got some photos frm the day to upload. Do we use imageshack? Will try to post them soon You can use imageshack or you can use the image hosting we have setup http://www.renaultsportpics.com/ Quote
Wolf Posted 7, May 2011 Report Posted 7, May 2011 Nice Dan, Never knew. Very cool. Cheers, and yep...let's see those pic. WOLF ps: black is nice indeed. Quote
Capercat Posted 7, May 2011 Report Posted 7, May 2011 Welcome & congrats, bet you couldn't help but lurk the forum once it was comfirmed. Bye bye Astra hehe Quote
Adrian-Bstar Posted 7, May 2011 Report Posted 7, May 2011 Congrats Paul. I hope you enjoy the car. You'll get the hang of manual in no time, I taught my sister and a mate to drive manual (after that had drive auto for years) and they were fine. Shame you couldn't keep the RedBull paint job. Quote
Apex Posted 9, May 2011 Report Posted 9, May 2011 Yes the livery is removed. I was told on the day it would be painted black. Had the option to keep car in racing form or convert back to normal. But terms and conds specified the winner needed a racing licence to keep the modified car, therefore not really an option. Shameful admission - got my licence on auto and driven auto since. After taking ownership i plan to stall several times, crunch some gears, then drive all the way home in first. Easy come, easy go... The wife's initial reaction was 'youre drunk' then 'thats nice dear'. Took her down to peter warren to check out their 250s. 'That car is hot hot hot', she now insists on tinting the windows as dark as possible. Got some photos frm the day to upload. Do we use imageshack? Will try to post them soon Update needed or ban Quote
ClioF1 Posted 9, May 2011 Report Posted 9, May 2011 Welcome pauliD, a bunch of us were standing next to you at the GP when the MD of renault presented you with the keys, we were all very envious Quote
Wolf Posted 9, May 2011 Report Posted 9, May 2011 You got ROBBIE"S ride??!!! ....very cool!!!! I would have fought really hard to keep those decals. Shame. None the less, an RS250 is sweeeet. A free RS250 is filthy sweeeeet. Cheers, WOLF ps: Lucky it wasn't back flipped by Mr Maddison. Quote
wato Posted 13, May 2011 Report Posted 13, May 2011 so how did you win/get this car for free?.. i want a free rs megane lol Quote
dragyn Posted 23, May 2011 Report Posted 23, May 2011 so how did you win/get this car for free?.. i want a free rs megane lol Competition running at the AGP this year. As for wanting a free rs megane.....you and many, many others Quote
Dish Posted 24, May 2011 Report Posted 24, May 2011 Here goes with some photos.. Proof we were there! Can see myself, Jen, PaulD, and ClioF1 standing in the centre of the pic. FYI, that photographer to the left used to be a customer of mine! Quote
Wolf Posted 26, May 2011 Report Posted 26, May 2011 I see a little guy with sunnies? ...funny, you sounded taller Cheeky WOLF ps: customer? (PM if you prefer) Quote
pauliD Posted 6, June 2011 Author Report Posted 6, June 2011 Picked up the little beast from Joey at Peter Warren last week. In pretty good nick apart from some minor bruises courtesy of Mr Robbie Maddison. The clutch seems to have survived the end-of-race burnouts. I think Renault have kindly given a new set of wheels too - I distinctly remember seeing heavy scratching, particularly on the front right, but all wheels now look brand new. My first ever manual drive was not quite as glorious as I imagined. Much better after an hour or two around an empty car park. Can't believe the power palpable when floored in 2nd from just 20-60 kmh. I must say a huge thanks to Renault for the prize, also to the guys (Kevin and Joey) at Peter Warren Renault at Warwick Farm who delivered it. They will change your view of car salesmen - good response and service even though they had no obligation for a sale. Some pics below... at home next to the old astra... hole left where kill switch once was... Quote
Dish Posted 7, June 2011 Report Posted 7, June 2011 Congrats mate! Welcome to the RS experience at last I'm sure our fellow member Wolf could hook you up with a replacement console, unless you'd like to keep that as a reminder of the car's history Quote
Jeffie Posted 7, June 2011 Report Posted 7, June 2011 Oh that was your car in the parking lot. Saw it when taking the 197 in for a service last month. Sweet! Quote
Wolf Posted 7, June 2011 Report Posted 7, June 2011 Getting anything free is cool. A car, well... we've all seen the Price is right. A freaking RS 250 -- Fuuuuu....ar out!!!!! Quote
Danny Posted 8, June 2011 Report Posted 8, June 2011 I just noticed. In the pictures of the car on display at the GP, the car is red with grey inserts (Mirrors, and around the Ren badge you could see the cars original paint), but your car is Grey with black inserts. I wonder which car it was that they gave you, unless they resprayed it, cause looking at Dish's photo of the vehicles lined up at the GP it looks like Coultard's was Yellow, Daniel whathisfaces was White, Maddisons was red, and kelly's was Blue... Interesting. Quote
Dish Posted 8, June 2011 Report Posted 8, June 2011 Thanks for the reminder Danny. Looking back at my thread, further down I noted which colour each car was... looks like Paul's car was driven by non other than David Couthard! From my understanding, if possible, they were to give the winner a car already registered in their own state - just made the change in registration process easier. So this must have already been registered in NSW to one of the dealers. viewtopic.php?f=45&t=19326#p259850 Quote
Danny Posted 8, June 2011 Report Posted 8, June 2011 Thanks for the reminder Danny. Looking back at my thread, further down I noted which colour each car was... looks like Paul's car was driven by non other than David Couthard! From my understanding, if possible, they were to give the winner a car already registered in their own state - just made the change in registration process easier. So this must have already been registered in NSW to one of the dealers. viewtopic.php?f=45&t=19326#p259850 Cool, but did they respray it or something? Because coultard's car is yellow in the pics. Quote
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