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Just spotted a silver/grey R34 4 door driving up Glen Osmond Road ...

... with no number plates, no trade plates whatsoever ...

... driven by two guys hustling their way thru traffic :(

Just spotted a silver/grey R34 4 door driving up Glen Osmond Road ...

... with no number plates, no trade plates whatsoever ...

... driven by two guys hustling their way thru traffic :(

lol I think I know who that was. Car has just arrived from interstate.

lol I think I know who that was. Car has just arrived from interstate.

You sold my mate Ben a subbie recently (he picked it up Monday I believe) after some snags with the hid globes and compliance?

He took me for a spin around the block in it ... sweet ride the Blitzen!. Then I took him in my Stagea :(

spotted myself broken down at 2am this morning T_T

Flat battery?

On the topic of spotting ourselves - spotted myself being pulled over by cops at 3am near Newton with 2 wasted mates in the back. I had my full license for 3 hours and they pulled me over because I showed up as having an expired license! Then she realised her system hadn't updated yet to relfect the change that I'm on my fulls now, so she was all fine with it! She didn't even take a second look at the car! Woo!

Flat battery?

On the topic of spotting ourselves - spotted myself being pulled over by cops at 3am near Newton with 2 wasted mates in the back. I had my full license for 3 hours and they pulled me over because I showed up as having an expired license! Then she realised her system hadn't updated yet to relfect the change that I'm on my fulls now, so she was all fine with it! She didn't even take a second look at the car! Woo!

If it still has the "exhaust by Hoover" on it, I'm not surprised :)

Lol Kristian - it's actually getting worse! It sounds even more horrible then it did 8 months ago! I've even got my mechanic onto me now saying "Hurry up and change it! Then it will actaully put out decent figures on the dyno and have a decent sound!"

Don't worry though, I've had a full turbo-back system all quoted up and will be getting it installed in January! I can't afford it any earlier :)

But in the mean time, the Hoover is still chugging along the streets!

Saw you aswell. Nice ride buddy!!

Yours is alot cleaner than mine atm. Mine is filthy! Getting a wash tonite.

Dragged the front lip badly on a driveway today ... time to fit the new lip this weekend. :)

You sold my mate Ben a subbie recently (he picked it up Monday I believe) after some snags with the hid globes and compliance?

He took me for a spin around the block in it ... sweet ride the Blitzen!. Then I took him in my Stagea :ninja:

Oops sorry, missed this one. Yeah I just spoke to him on the phone - he's forgotten the wait now, funnily enough. People never believe me when I say that once they get the car they'll forget about how long it took to arrive. That car gave me so many headaches, I'm quite happy he's got it too. Very, very nice car - I drove it a fair bit in Japan lol.

Oops sorry, missed this one. Yeah I just spoke to him on the phone - he's forgotten the wait now, funnily enough. People never believe me when I say that once they get the car they'll forget about how long it took to arrive. That car gave me so many headaches, I'm quite happy he's got it too. Very, very nice car - I drove it a fair bit in Japan lol.

Ben and I use to work together. He's now running his own consultancy and I'm helping him get the books in order and manage the business to his best ability. He loved my auto, so I advised him to see MV Auto for the shift kit. Which was about the only complaint he had about the car :laugh:

I told him if he ever needed anyone to look after the subbie whilst he's away on surfing trips ... :ninja:

spotted a white R32 on leader street has SAU url in the front window with a black bonnet gave a flash and a wave

then down st bernards rd spotted a maroon stagea and got a nod and gave a nod

that was me in the stag, will most likely see abit more of me as i start working up that way on monday.

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