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when me and peta were drivin home tonight we spotted a white R33 GTR on the side of Reid hwy just after Alexander Drv lights.

Had some pretty serious damage down the drivers side from rear 1/4 all the way to front and front bar had been ripped off. Was just sittin parked half way up on the curb.

Any1 know anythin about it?

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yeah someone just called me about this... they swerved from another car or something and hit a pole. it had sauwa stickers.. the owner said he bought it from a person in subi today but when asked the name of the person he suddenly didnt know.

it was a white 33 with major front end damage. had a shopping list down the side of the door.

very strange

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saw dat as i was drivin down as well think it was a gtst s2 maybe?

was sorta parked on an angle whole driver side door was dented hope it gets fixed

I did c a GTR badge on the back but yeh that means nothin could well of been a gts-t. Was some pretty serious damage on the drivers side tho and the way it had been left was pretty suspicious

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I stopped and spoke to them. 3 dudes. Suss is all i'm going to say, pretty sure in was a s2 gtst and not a gtr -but then again it was late and didn't see much coz of the dark. I asked if he needed help and he kinda just stared at me blankly. I asked a few questions and he didn't have an answer for them. Got a weird vibe so i decided to leg it - only stopped coz i saw the SAU sticker on it.

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