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I was having a chat to the guys at DC imports the other day, and he reckons that there have been almost 70 stag's complied for WA now, so I want to know where they are all hiding? In the last 18 months I have only seen about 4 or 5 on the road.

BTW, the thought of going on a cruise with 10 other stageas has me grinning like a lunatic

i know of a fair few around that arnt in on the cruise, i seen a red series 1 that works at beldon route 66, though wildcat has had some issues with him so i not gonna ask him to come along unless she doesnt care, and also one outside Golfbox and a few other shops along joondalup drive up towards Bunnings, etc, and thats a series 2 white one. ive also seen a yellow s2 around beldon area alot with a young guy driving but ive never seen him parked up so no chance to have a chat or nothing. theres a white one around mindarie area with personalized plates, though i cant remember what they say and then theres the red one with STAGEA plates owned by one of the guys on these forums though he doesnt post often.

ive seen heaps of them lately its alarming :dry:

i know of a fair few around that arnt in on the cruise, i seen a red series 1 that works at beldon route 66, though wildcat has had some issues with him so i not gonna ask him to come along unless she doesnt care, and also one outside Golfbox and a few other shops along joondalup drive up towards Bunnings, etc, and thats a series 2 white one. ive also seen a yellow s2 around beldon area alot with a young guy driving but ive never seen him parked up so no chance to have a chat or nothing. theres a white one around mindarie area with personalized plates, though i cant remember what they say and then theres the red one with STAGEA plates owned by one of the guys on these forums though he doesnt post often.

ive seen heaps of them lately its alarming :dry:

hahaha brad your funny :) i dont have an issue with him (the red series 1) i just think he drives like a tool :) invite as many as you see i think it would be good to get new ppl involved and have a good turn out :O the other one your talking about with the STAGEA number plates is Random?

for the northies seeing as we are making the meet point south for the southies..do you guys what to catch up and cruise down to meet point as a group?? :kiss:

i know of a fair few around that arnt in on the cruise, i seen a red series 1 that works at beldon route 66, though wildcat has had some issues with him so i not gonna ask him to come along unless she doesnt care, and also one outside Golfbox and a few other shops along joondalup drive up towards Bunnings, etc, and thats a series 2 white one. ive also seen a yellow s2 around beldon area alot with a young guy driving but ive never seen him parked up so no chance to have a chat or nothing. theres a white one around mindarie area with personalized plates, though i cant remember what they say and then theres the red one with STAGEA plates owned by one of the guys on these forums though he doesnt post often.

ive seen heaps of them lately its alarming :D

yea i occasionally see a red stagea with a 'FULLY SIK' car decal sticker on the rear window along alexander drv when im dropping the kids off at day care...maybe if i spot her again i'll flag her down and get additional members for the cruise...more the merrier

hi guys..only got until tomorrow to vote for your preferred date :wave: we are waiting on a few ppl to cast their votes for this :wub:

looks like this will be a cruise from south to the hills then through to the chocolate factory, through swan valley to whiteman park for lunch--will be alot more driving then stopping :wub:

first meet point (which is hopefully ok for the southies) is looking like the train station off the kwinana freeway on south street?!

i was thinking of doing the zig zags in the hills but i dont think we would be able to get the stageas through there without doing lots of three point turns :glare:

ladies and gents we have a tie for the date..being jan 28th (not sure if its double demerits of not still) and the 11th Feb

what do you guys what to do...make it for feb so every one will be able to make it with cars arriving etc or jan?? i guess this will be a difficult one cause its half and half

Flip a coin?

I voted for the 28th, but only because I'm keen to meet all you fine people in Stagea land, so I can wait another week or so I suppose.

Just my 2 cents

Hmmm I still rekon 28th Jan would be best. Part of the (Australia Day) Long weekend. I think that some of us will be ready for a cruise and have plenty to talk about. Especially me if my car arrives in time. I think Feb just seems too long away, (even though it's only a couple of weeks more).

More people may not be able to make it during the long weekend if they go away for the break - not much happening in February.

More chance of me going in Feb as our 2nd child is due any day now, so the longer the better - but I am merely one of many

More people may not be able to make it during the long weekend if they go away for the break - not much happening in February.

More chance of me going in Feb as our 2nd child is due any day now, so the longer the better - but I am merely one of many

good point! long weekend = family plans and commitments, i vote for Feb or why not today :stupid:

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