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First Video from South Africa!!
Hi All
EDIT: I removed the video because of complaints about the fast driving.. and not wanting to get into an argument.... then I thought "Bugger that.. I know how fast I was driving and although it may LOOK fast... it ISN'T"... I'm kind of hooked on my Go-Pro and used to make LOADS of driving clips when I was modding my previous car (E46 M3, AA supercharged).. anyhow... here's the first of many.. some nice shots of my beautiful city, Cape Town, on the tip of South Africa.. and some driving of course :) [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5nynU6BLJ4&hd=1"]FT 86 Cape Town SA - YouTube[/ame] M@! |
very nice!
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Nice! Sooo crazy how South Africa is sooood damn modernized compared to all the other parts of the continent. You consider your self African or South African?
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South African :)
The rest of the continent is a bit scary!! |
First, massive congrats on the car. Second, Watched the vid.... How long before you post the one where you smash up someone's rear or kill someone while driving like a lunatic on public roads in traffic?
Clever editing my arse.... Or are you the only one to drive at the speed limit and every one else goes that much slower? |
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I deleted the video after MacTec got his knikkers in a knot
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Just make it private
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I put it back :)
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I love going up every year for the oyster festival and the kids LOVE the forest in Knysna. I'll do a clip in the next couple of weeks on Franschoek pass... the weather is finally turning :happyanim: |
Glad to see people enjoying the clip :) I'll try and head out into the country in the next few days and get some more images... there is snow on the mountains near Cape Town so hopefully I can get out there
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Nice! I grew up in Bergvliet in the southern suburbs. I know those roads in the clip well. Don't worry about the haters, you were definitely not speeding excessively. :iono:
This car reminds me of my days in CT, but we were into the VW MK1's back then (Of course!) This reminds me, I need to go back for a vacation, it has been 6 years! |
There's no place like home dude.. and CT really has gone from strength to strength.. I travel extensively.. done CA.. LA.. DC.. NYC... London, Malaysia and Mauritius in the last few years.. and I gotta say this city really is something special.. globally... voted best run municipality ON EARTH last year!! we beat a Swiss town which is quite something!!
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What can a white gentleman like yourself possibly be doing in south africa? never got that
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i wish white people from Africa would move to the states and apply for African American benefit programs, real life troll FTW
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:laughabove:God I want to move there now just for that one reason
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edit: now i have: http://youtu.be/OSe2zFIjeAw |
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Hey.. someone has to earn money to cover the benefit payments that the vast majority enjoy. After all, as a white south africa male I get zero benefits, job offers, legal, medical or education assistance... I am perpetually blamed for everything that goes wrong on the continent (since it was CLEARLY all the fault of my ancestors) and I get to put up with comments like yours as an added bonus. oh yeah... and I pay 42% tax, have to use private hospitals since there is no public service anymore.. have to use private schools since there is no public service anymore... but here the rub up I LOVE my country.. I love the wide open spaces, the freedom, the incredible sense of oneness amongst all it's people.. across all racial and cultural barriers.. don't believe the hype that CNN sells you.. we are actually getting on just fine.. and besides a few isolated incidents and a few close minded racists on both sides of the fence, the majority of us are amongst the most liberal and open minded people on the planet. sure I get a rough ride here being a "whitey".. but Karma is a bitch and the settlers sure left us with a load to deal with. I love the fact that we can still break the rules here and get away with it, that we are not the bitch boys of the US like most of the Northern Hemisphere and that we still have clean air, water and soil. THAT my friend, is why I am here, why my children are here and why we will stay here. I was born in Africa. My father was born in Africa. My grand, great grand and great great grandfathers were born and lived in South Africa.. our blood has been here since the country was formed. Since before even the Xhosa's arrived from North of the blood river... we've been here. Hell I'm as African as any of the African's and I'm certainly WAAAAAAYYYY more african (lower case) than the silly and rather tame bright trainer wearing baggy pants so called african American's who seem to think they are all connected with "African consciousness" and "mother Africa"... don't make me laugh... they wouldn't even know what end of a spear you put in a Kudu.. I've killed a Kudu with my bare hands and a hunting life... I've eaten raw Spingbok liver after the hunt.. I can start a fire with sticks and build a hunting shelter in under 2 hours... take your average african American and put him back in mother Africa and he'll cry like a little baby within 24hrs I dare you to not call me African... now you know what I'm doing here quick question... what are you doing in America? You name doesn't sound Cherokee :respekt: |
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AWESOME CLIP DUDE!!! Man, I am ithcing to hit that pass.. we need to get the CT 86 Boyz together soon and share some stories and local herb :) |
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That must have been early morning? Unusual to see so few cars on the pass. This thread is making me home sick! |
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so many good driving roads around the cape though, and the car is just getting better and better, i've only done about 2000 miles with it so far... |
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second vid of the same pass but in the other direction and my friend now driving: [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_QSot_FInU"]franschhoek pass 2 - YouTube[/ame]
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South Africa sounds like a badass place with actual genuine culture unlike where I live. At least this dumb tourist hot spot they call Destin, Florida |
Hay man
I recently joined the forum, you will see this is my first post. I wanted to meet more people with a 86 in South Africa and its awesome you are in cape town. When can we meet up and chat? Ps i love the vids - next time i want to join! |
Nice one bud. Cape Town is an awesome place. I've gotten my 86 last weekend. Maybe I will make a trip to Cape Town and we can hook up. I'm in Jozi
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Hay that sounds like a good idea!!!
Cape town is awesome but Jozi has everything available to you! I have my 86 for a month and a half and im on 4600km that how much im enjoying it. |
@RueFT86: i bought mine in joburg cause i couldn't find local stock and drove it to cape town. You'll be pleasantly surprised when you come down how much more power the car seems to have at sea level...
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You from Cape Town as well!!! We should all get together some time. I have some concerns about the car that i would like to question you guys about.
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Thats true but thought i will chat to you guys first because maybe its my imagination.
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We are a passionate lot down here... we've been through political and criminal hell and have managed to pull our proud country back from the brink.. funny thing is our capital cities are on a par or better than many of the large European cities I've visited... just much fresher feeling.. and our small towns are pretty much like any small truck stop you'd see in Texas... I have many friends who arrived years ago as tourists and couldn't leave.. this will be the wild west for a long time and freedom is a drug that once tasted.. you never want to stop having it :) Quote:
Awesome hey! We are a community which is growing fast.. let's wait for Cape Town to settle into the summer weather and then plan a drive from the *** our to Ceres or something.. a day of mountain passes.. yeah man!! Quote:
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Hey guys.. I have asked the forum admins to create a SOUTH AFRICAN local forum so we can post meets and greets and share info ... as soon as I get a response I'll post it here M@! |
Great video, thanks for sharing :happy0180:
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Man nice video. And fantastic landscapes, not to mention the road. Damn that's a very nice place!
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Nice video man glad you're posting these. Too bad there are a bunch of grandpa's on here who get their panties in a knot about "fast" driving... "Oh my you're going to kill someone oh no, you should post the video of you crashing..." at not point in this video did you look out of control at all.
Besides if I made a video in my city it would look like i'm going twice the speed limit but in fact I rarely actually speed it's just everyone else is driving 20km/h under the limits so it appears i'm driving fast.. I can't stand it when people just assume things on these forums when they see someone driving spiritedly and besides, who cares if you are speeding? It's your car your choices, the rest is for law enforcement to enforce not some old fart on a forum. Anyways enough ranting lol... keep up the vids i enjoy them they're what's keeping me going until I get my FR-S in the spring.. Cheers :happy0180: |
Nice vid :thumbsup:
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