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hey guys and girls, i dont know if this introduction is in the right place, but as i live in canberra it seems appropriate.

dad and i are pretty into cars (he has a few nice ones) and as i will be looking at buying a skyline some time in the next year or so, i thought it would be good to learn heaps of stuff.

so i hope to have fun here and i am always seeing skylines around, so im sure most of them are owned by you guys.

cheers dave

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hey guys, its the new v8 model and it is station wagon (haha it was so he could convince mum to get it). you might have seen it around, it is dark green. i dont think he will want to swap. hahaha he loves it too much, he lets me drive it a bit (supervised of course) its realy cool. ill get some pics.

there is another rs4 i have seen in canberra, and it is the twin turbo model, black i think it lives in deakin or narrabundah or thereabouts.

ill see what dad says about a spin, im sure some time in the future

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hey cheers, yeah they look great, i mean just to be that good in a wagon means people who dont know dont think of it as anything special which is kinda cool. i dont suppose there is a guy called neil who uses this forum, he used to have a r32 four door a while back but i think sold it. he is a local canberra...i thought this would be the kind of place he would hang out at

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haha i think neil is the guy who sold it to michael who then sold it to me who then wrapped it around a lightpost.... goodtimes, welcome to the forums :P

*edit* Yep his name was neil and he lived in evatt, same guy? Tell him im sorry if it is next time you see him :X

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ah thats too bad baconer, oh well looks like you have a better one now anyway

ah everyone sees to be selling their cars, why is this? upgrades or what? haha

well right now im thinking either a four door or a stagea eventually, something with some space for bikes and people.

who knows

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there was a blue r24 at the aiport today parked outside the canteen, it had a parking inspectors chalk marking on the wheel from 9:30am and this was at 12:30 heh, also noticed the yellow envelope under his wiper...

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