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I remember when James was waiting to take delivery of that car, boy was he excited lol. It was around the same time you had that Red EVO VII GTA which I was thinking about :)

You should've bought it, you slack tart! That was a very cheap car, ended up going to a dealer in Melbourne.

well i think of it this way. you have now given her something to whige about so its waranted. but if you dont give her something to whinge about she will anyway.

so if you buy it you actually get something out of it and get whinged at. but if you dont buy it your still gunna get whinged at anyway.

you will never get women to stop whinging but at least u have a stunning new rig :down:

Hehehe, I have a series 8 RX-7 in my driveway for a few weeks and she drove it to work today, she's not a fan at all. Busted her fingernail in the doorhandle :whistling:

well i think of it this way. you have now given her something to whige about so its waranted. but if you dont give her something to whinge about she will anyway.

so if you buy it you actually get something out of it and get whinged at. but if you dont buy it your still gunna get whinged at anyway.

you will never get women to stop whinging but at least u have a stunning new rig :down:

hahahaha that was funny as :whistling: so very true

Need to have a camera on the bumper facing the exhaust (on the track) :down: That will get every flame LOL

plz tell me you seen the screamer pop a flame. have been told that its lets one go every now and again.

would look sweet to see them go off at the same time.

Spotted the new 370Z just outside of town today...... mmm, not convinced....

i reckon theyre freakin sweet. need to be sitting on the deck with fat wheels though, like an 18*10/19*11 stagger.

Think I spotted "ontheranch" this afternoon parked outside Northern Market at Gawler. A black R33 at Harvey Norman Munno Para. And 2 R33's on Little Paxton Street Willaston, 1 white, other I think was blue.

For those following my progress - it sat on $22K till the last couple of hours. Obviously I wasn't the only one watching lol

http://www.graysonline.com/Lot.aspx?id=3658217

hope thats your winning bid.

misses would brake more than a finger nail in this.

For those following my progress - it sat on $22K till the last couple of hours. Obviously I wasn't the only one watching lol

<a href="http://www.graysonline.com/Lot.aspx?id=3658217" target="_blank">http://www.graysonline.com/Lot.aspx?id=3658217</a>

that makes my pants happy...

hope thats your winning bid.

misses would brake more than a finger nail in this.

No wasn't me, although the new owner is a South Aussie. I did a fair bit of digging on it, turns out it's a personal import, but the inspection sheet didn't read real well on it, needed a fair bit of work. I was hoping to nab it for sub $30K, at $42K or whatever it ended up at, it wasn't such a good deal IMHO. I must admit, I already had some gunmetal grey 18"/19" Work rims picked out for it too hehehe.

But back to spotting things, a P plater in a white 260RS yesterday, giving it a bootful near TTP.

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