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Hey, anyone know if there's a Hungry Jacks around Toowong area?

If not, what would be the closest store? Got a craving for a bacon deluxe burger! yum

ha ha classic, i wouldnt have a clue.

did u end up thrashing the hire car though....lol

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yeah there are wankers out there.

yesterday me and my g/f witnessed a 4wd with a bullbar smack into the back of this starlet. starlet drives round corner and pulls over, 4wd sits at intersection for a while, decides no damage to his ride so floors it and goes straight through intersection, we got the plates and caught up with the starlet to give them the details....farkin tossers, who does that? there was 3 of them in the 4wd too, in the middle of sunday arvo, its not like one guy at 2am and he thought noone would see it.. although i was the only one to help the starlet owner out by saying i saw what happened :) theres scum everywhere

Isaac do u have two cannons on your car?

nope bryn its a dual exit exhaust, a bit like the stocker as canons are fugly :) i was originally planning on adding another set on the other side of the car like a m5

When the avalon ran a red light and t boned me while driving dads car, Only one person stopped and he worked for qld department of transport,

the poeple behind me all just drove around me (the car took one and a hlaf months to be fixed by ford )

When the avalon ran a red light and t boned me while driving dads car, Only one person stopped and he worked for qld department of transport,

the poeple behind me all just drove around me (the car took one and a hlaf months to be fixed by ford )

why would ford be fixing a car let alone an avalon ? :)

EDIT: ohh i get it ur dad drives a ford... sorry i'm whoring atm from my sickbed, already got tomorrow off -my crp and wcc is elevated, and the lymphocytes are pretty reactive :D about the only time working in my job pays off as i do blood tests on myself lol ) barely made it thru today and the parking incident was the last thing i needed :D

nope bryn its a dual exit exhaust, a bit like the stocker as canons are fugly :) i was originally planning on adding another set on the other side of the car like a m5

Yeah, i love dual exhaust systems they look clean as, like on the FPVs etc

yesterday me and my g/f witnessed a 4wd with a bullbar smack into the back of this starlet. starlet drives round corner and pulls over, 4wd sits at intersection for a while, decides no damage to his ride so floors it and goes straight through intersection, we got the plates and caught up with the starlet to give them the details....farkin tossers, who does that? there was 3 of them in the 4wd too, in the middle of sunday arvo, its not like one guy at 2am and he thought noone would see it.. although i was the only one to help the starlet owner out by saying i saw what happened :) theres scum everywhere

yeah i read u posted that earlier.

When the avalon ran a red light and t boned me while driving dads car, Only one person stopped and he worked for qld department of transport,

the poeple behind me all just drove around me (the car took one and a hlaf months to be fixed by ford )

yeah noone stops these days whats wrong with ppl? i admit i've seen accidents and not stopped to give details as a witness as ive been in a hurry on way to work etc.. if you can spare a few minutes its a massive help to ppl, i always think if i had an accident somone would help out :)

why would ford be fixing a car let alone an avalon ? :)

EDIT: ohh i get it ur dad drives a ford... sorry i'm whoring atm from my sickbed, already got tomorrow off -my crp and wcc is elevated, and the lymphocytes are pretty reactive :D about the only time working in my job pays off as i do blood tests on myself lol ) barely made it thru today and the parking incident was the last thing i needed :(

yeah,. i was driving my dads (brand new at the time) fairlane to go get him from the airport, and bam, i was about 2 minutes from home and wiped out :D

the guy driving claimed he say no red light, so i was hit at 60kms to the front on drivers side :( car was towed to morayfield, and then to southside at his expense, and 15 grand damage repair for the fairlane :)

i hope he didnt have insurance as he was a jerk

why would ford be fixing a car let alone an avalon ? :)

EDIT: ohh i get it ur dad drives a ford... sorry i'm whoring atm from my sickbed, already got tomorrow off -my crp and wcc is elevated, and the lymphocytes are pretty reactive :D about the only time working in my job pays off as i do blood tests on myself lol ) barely made it thru today and the parking incident was the last thing i needed :D

we arent all lab rats lol i dont have a clue what u are suffering from lol

bad case of dementia rofl

hey daz which part of the sun coast are you living in and whats it like , expensive? close to shops etc... i'm toying with the idea of moving up there :)

well i live in kawana, major shopping centre about 1min by car or 10 mins walk. (about 2km away)

housing is getting expensive but i live on beach side of nicklin way which is the major road running from maroochydore to caloundra.

kawna island is a quite new area only across the road from me and up a bit. every where is so acessable here, only 5 mins by car to maroochydore up motor way.

plus QML at buderim isnt far at all, i work in maroochydore not far from where u would work at, and it takes me 10 mins in traffic to work.

you could buy an older house like alot of ppl are doing and renovate it, seem to be the go up here.

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