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Japanese? Wouldnt she feel right at home coming to a night meet up of a bunch of Japanese cars? - Sort of like a small scale Wangan racer meet :thumbsup:

LOL I don't know that she shares our enthusiasm of cars from her homeland - I was looking for signs of recognition as we pulled up with three Skylines in the driveway... nothing!! She probably now thinks its very Aussie to have lotsa Skylines :laughing-smiley-014:

Are you sure that she's an exchange student?? I hear that you can buy nice young Japanese girls for about $10,000 these days... And we all know that youre not short on cash Michele :P

I'd love to have a little Japanese house slave :thumbsup:

To ayone wondering who it was in the 80s hatchback that yelled out that the cars were shit, it turned out to be my house mate who knew I was there.

Good turn out, cya at the dyno day in the morning.

Yeah i was out looked around it was a pretty quite night

There were a few cops getting around so i didnt stick around for long cause i know they would love to get there hands on me

Ill have to get a few pics of my new one up, ill try this week comming.

you may have seen me (or Heard Me) about, its a slilver R34 with black boot and bonnet.

Hey guys, I'll be down from Sydney tomorrow for the long weekend and would like to see a nice turn out tomorrow night so I can have a visit and catch up with you all :) see you out there tomorrow, someone just tell me a time!

Hey guys, I'll be down from Sydney tomorrow for the long weekend and would like to see a nice turn out tomorrow night so I can have a visit and catch up with you all :) see you out there tomorrow, someone just tell me a time!

hiya :D we usually get together around 9:30-10pm, although I have visitors down for the weekend and can't get away tomorrow night.

Who's coming to Wakefield on Sunday? I think Mick should take his car down and show us that its not just a show pony :)

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