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Gotta love the 4-doors...

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Many thanks to Mona for a well-organised cruise! It was a beautiful morning, and if the weather had stayed like that all day it would have been spot-on - warm, but will a decent, cooling breeze.

I think sorting the suspension on the Stagea will become a bigger priority now, although as it is now (standard, and very high) it did mean I could drive straight onto the ferry with no worries about scraping. It's always looked too high, but I think some work to it will also have it leaning a bit less in the corners, so SK's stabilizer bars will probably be my first suspension purchase.

Sooooo many nice cars, so little time to capture them all in photos...

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awesome pics nick and craig! :D someone asked me if anyone did a count of the cars there (think it was you, casey?)... looks like there were heaps!!! and nick you got the pic i wanted!!! of all the cars parked up that 'tree lined' road!!! wow! ;)

hehehe caz, you guys are always welcome on our cruises :D theres nothing like a bit of variety! ;)

OH!!! just remembered a funny moment.. hitting the old pac, a few people had pulled over.. i asked why they had as we drove past and got the same stunned look followed by 'i dunno'!!!!! LMAO!!!! was sooo funny! :D

LOL mate, i am just taking care of my car and my licence, when it worth it then give it when it not then...ok chill it, that is why i am on my gold licence and still have full pts.

i know that i dont give my car a bashing nomore.....its just a everyday driving car for me and i dont want anything to happen to it, this is my 1st car and i will never sell it. and my car is a nugget it doesnt go anywhere ...mona and thomas....is who u have to try to chop... :D

p.s so how did u and jack goes????(blue r33) some how u guys r alway at the light together..

lol :) good on u man that's the way just take care of it's a very nice car ;)

I only got 1 point left in my green P licence ;) that's y I wasn't afraid caus I'll loose it soon or later, tried to get my blacks couple tymz but i keep on failing lol :D N btw I end up listning 2 u n i didn't race Jack lol :D but I just gave my car a little wen the road splitted in 2 lanes on the way back so yeah :)

awesome pics nick and craig! ;) someone asked me if anyone did a count of the cars there (think it was you, casey?)... looks like there were heaps!!! and nick you got the pic i wanted!!! of all the cars parked up that 'tree lined' road!!! wow! ;)

Thanks Mona, it would have been an even better pic with Sam's camera and the right lens attached to it, but I had neither the skill or the right camera (although I am VERY happy with the camera I bought just before Christmas). It's also a shame that most of the cars can't be seen properly because they weren't "perfectly" lined up, but seeing as we were out for a cruise and not a photo shoot, it turned out alright...

definitely not :D

Haha, my sister was asking what your car was, Charlie, and I told her it was a bit of a forgotten '80's icon. She then says to me "OK, so we've got some Miami Vice action going on..."

Yer i didnt go to old pac speedo was dead and went with GTRsean for a cruz home and check some stuff out was a nice cruz glad N1 R33 GTR knew where the cruz was going because we(me&GTRsean) would have got lost

Good work with directions, maps and a nice cruz Moana i just cant read.

Thanks Mona, it would have been an even better pic with Sam's camera and the right lens attached to it, but I had neither the skill or the right camera (although I am VERY happy with the camera I bought just before Christmas). It's also a shame that most of the cars can't be seen properly because they weren't "perfectly" lined up, but seeing as we were out for a cruise and not a photo shoot, it turned out alright...

Haha, my sister was asking what your car was, Charlie, and I told her it was a bit of a forgotten '80's icon. She then says to me "OK, so we've got some Miami Vice action going on..."

I better add the Miami Vice soundtrack to the other '80's tunes I had.

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It's white and wiiide, but it ain't no Testarossa.

Yer i didnt go to old pac speedo was dead and went with GTRsean for a cruz home and check some stuff out was a nice cruz glad N1 R33 GTR knew where the cruz was going because we(me&GTRsean) would have got lost

Good work with directions, maps and a nice cruz Moana i just cant read.

lol!!! marrrrsss said it perfectly when we were at wisemans 'i'm a man, and i don't read or need directions' or something along those lines! lol!!

'i'm a man, and i don't read or need directions'

Damned straight.

I even mute the speech instructions on my Sat Nav, because no-one's going to tell me when to turn and shit. Especially not the posh British chick whose voice I've selected.




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