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Hello people,

Earlier this week, myself and a few others were asked to provide some R34-GTR's for Paul Walker to do interviews with.

Quite a few interviews were done around Sydney, I'm not really sure how many in total, but I do know that a show called "The Fat" which airs on ABC (Channel 2) in Sydney on Friday the 16th of May, at 8:00pm will show one of the interviews.

It was done at the SCG and you should get to see Paul Walker and WARIO do a full on launch - right out in front of the entrance to the stadium.

Should make for good viewing. :)

Mario.

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so this dude can actually handle one of these beasts?? I think we'd all like to see u drive it Mario, and then have walker texas ranger boy stand on the side and say something like "Mario, i'm a ricer" :D

That's pretty cool tho, ppl looking around and asking for R34 GTR's... good work Mario!

p.s. (sorry sam!)

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Paul Walker was interviewed by Richard Wilkins on the Today show the other morning. They were standing between an MR2 and a Supra i think it was.

They got in one each and drove off, not fast - cos it looked like they were inside a showroom.

The interview was kinda funny, RW asked him if he thought the movie encourages people to street race and speed etc, and also told him that the movie won't win him any Oscars LOL

Saw some snippets of the R34 when they showed a few bits of the movie :D

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To answer a few questions:

Paul Walker actually owns his own white R34-GTR VspecII and three Bitsamissing EVO-VIII's.

He is very into drifting, so much so that there is a 240SX (S14 to us guys, but with a KA24) in the works which is getting an RB26DETT transplant.

I must admit, he was very cool - he stayed in the pub with myself, Paul, David and Damon for over an hour and a half - missing two flights down to Melbourne to do Rove...

He loves his GTR, and we promised not to disclose certain aspects of what we discussed, but let's say that his attitude to rice is directly inline with most of yours and mine... :D

As for Richard Wilkins - the guy was a tosser - after doing the interview, he asked us "if we raced them" to which Paul Brell said "Yeah, on the harbour bridge and we use old ladies as witches hats..."

The guy obviously wanted an angle that "modified cars are bad, mmm kay" which is why I think on the second day we lost the more, how shall I say it, "showy" cars and just stuck to the R34-GTR's.

Mario.

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i take back what i said earlier about Paul Walker... sounds like a top bloke, and even more so he has a R34 GTR Vspec II, imagine the mods on that thing with the amount of money he earns!! :burnout: I'm sure it's a crazy car :P

anyways, i noticed that ur site is down Mario... did u happen to tape it or anyone happen to tape it??

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well now knowing this info about paul walker .. it really gives the movie some credibility .. i mean it just shows how much the actor is into the part he is playing so he understands this car modification craze ... i'm seeing the movie for sure ... and i will probably buy the dvd ... well done to him!! has anyone got the video on file??

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well i saw The Fat...for all you guys that want a copy of it, I wouldn't bother...it was mostly them teaching Paul Walker how to throw an AFL football and sledge other players (was very funny!!).

There's a few quick cuts to the cars, and he launches right at the end (like Mario said) but they hardly showed any of that stuff :P

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I think that after the Richard Wilkins interview, the ABC decided to cut most of the footage.

They obvioiusly didn't want to get another "this will breed comtempt for the road rules and promote street racing" media circus started, so it was probably for the best in the end.

We have out own footage, though. You'll see it in the near future. :)

Mario.

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