I was of course quoting my younger more silly days when quoting the "valve bouncing incident"...back in the day when an unprotected council park was a doughnut pad and spares were plentiful.. "..please take me home" (Guns and Roses).

Thanks for the tip. I'm planning to do the "Spirit of Tasmania" cruise to Tasmania in my "GTR-110" project 1200 when it's completed. Then do some of the more famous drives around Tasmania. It's like having our own New Zealand..Both are beautiful places (residents sometimes excluded).

From Sydney for $440 twin share, you and your car get a cruise to Tasmania including return dinner and a brunch. The advantage is, I wouldn't have to waste my time driving some of NSW's terrible roads.

In my drive to Adelaide I noticed the roads of Victoria and South Australia to be far superior to NSW.

Chris