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ha ha yup the air horns work bro :D

by the way hope you learnt your lesson of why you dont go through a HJ's drive through with ya car trailer :D

good effort getting the workers out to help you tho.

lol i remember me and my old man tried to go through the HJ's drive through out on main north with a territory and trailer with my car on it, yes the boat trailer :blush: was one of the tightest drive thrus id been through, was fun trying to get through lol

yeah im getting my gear off vince at the compliance shop next to JIS , he's a top bloke!

I'll vouch for Vince too Mitch, top bloke!

Saw a black 32 getting sideways on to main north off maxwell rd about 6:30pm, RIGHT IN FRONT OF A COP CAR, and yes the chase was on!

3 black 33's on the way to pick the missus up from town about 5:30pm.

spotted some dickhead doing a burnout near my house late last night in a black r31, if i see him again he will shit bricks.

on a lighter note, saw a hottt silver r32 gtr on grand junction rd today about 12pm :P

u north(ish) murry? if it is the car im thinking of it wouldnt surprise me LOL

see not only do you get spotted but photographed too...lol

Spotted a flock of skylines in seaford. near the pub turn off

R33 in white with blue rim gaurds

R33 in white with kit

R33 in white S2

R33 in grey with kit

R32 GTR in drk blue or black

then 2 stags near Noarlunga

one is the Abes boss again..lol

the other was a nice pearl white one with cool mesh wheels at the lights by maccas

spotted the guy with white sunnies in the Silver R33 again

and a Black kitted up R33 almost getting written off coming out of seaford shops,, think you were to busy looking at me or scraping the ground then the car coming towards ya...lol

and a Nice Black R34 GTT in seaford

and a few more i didnt mention..lol all in a few hours

GTR may have been me? i was around that area, was either around 8.30pm or later around 12.30am?

Spotted yesterday tht black stag with the gold rims, very nice looking, usually a chick driving it when i see it, was on sheriffs road around 3.

Last night spotted DStroy, matt31, and a couple of others I recognised but couldn't name at west terrace BP. Then saw typevu turning onto east terrace out of rundle St. On my way home I spotted and briefly cruised with once again DStroy, enr-34, and two other nice 'lines up the freeway till they turned off. Make the Stag look pretty sad really.

Spotted Pete's old GTR on West Tce turning onto Hindley street yesterday at about 4pm... Must be doing a early Hindley street run lol.

Looked like a chick driving, but couldn't quite see.

Spotted Sled's recently sold GTR leaving the RAAf base on Friday.. turned my head, looks real clean!

cut it out guys :P

Spotted a silver 34 with big body kit and chrome rims with no rear wing on main north road, had an sau sticker but didn't get a wave.... Was near gepps x, was also a black rx7 driving along side. Took a picture cos we looked cool driving all together haha

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