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I wonder if we were the reason cops were up at Mt Lofty. Couple of hours earlier I went up there with the 2 boys from Diamonds Cameras, one has the new Maserati & the other brother has the new Porsche Carrera S4 4WD.....we tore the roads up on the way there but took it easy coming down. They were both a little suprised what a Jap car was capable of when you consider their combined value is almost $600K.

I used a full tank of petrol last night, overcooked the clutch & brakes and probably lost 1/2 the tread on my tyres which is why I didn't catch up with you guys later.

so its you causing the sudden rise in petrol costs :(

and by tore the roads you mean got out the cars and performed neccessary road maintenence/repair on the inadequate surfaces you found on the way up :)

whoever owned the blue 32 that looked like kye's was prob freaked out by me :D i was sure it was kye's, it even had gtr seats in it but then i noticed the plates and i was look oops.

good ta see you all again guys, sorry couldnt stay for the cruise but next time ill put in some extra effort to stay out.

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whoever owned the blue 32 that looked like kye's was prob freaked out by me :( i was sure it was kye's, it even had gtr seats in it but then i noticed the plates and i was look oops.

good ta see you all again guys, sorry couldnt stay for the cruise but next time ill put in some extra effort to stay out.

ha ha thats my mates 32, i think i remember you coming over to us at arndale??

your face looked kinda confused...lol

but yeah, it does look very simelar to kye's

Unfortunately things got a little screwed up last night, but still it was a good cruise. The tunnels were sweet. I read the Windows up instruction as windows down :( Ahh music to my ears hehehe

thanks Kellie for organising the cruise.

Kudos

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Pete sounds like you had as much fun as steve and i... maybe a bit more :(

steve thanks again champ that was tops!

and yeh the cruise did get a little scew wiff, i think its because a few of us went to brighton to pick up kahli but she apprecated it and the heap of skylines out front of the formal. im sure next week things will be back to usual. less waiting more organised cruising! :D

thanks again Kel! had a top weekend altho with all you and damos canoodaling i felt like a thurd wheel.. baahahahahah :)

drifts were good fun, hello to those i saw down there!

peace

night was great fun, maybe next time we can stop at brighton or something so we can all get a park, had fun driving to lofty and back, Go the RB26 drags from the lights, only up to 60km/h of course! :( keen for another one ASAP!

the brighton idea sounds good mix it up a bit!!

baahahahah i may have to get some cam gears and a retune ... then i recon we'd be pretty close to even... up to 60... lovin those tunnels. and steve got some nice photos of our rb26power junkies at the bay

I wonder if we were the reason cops were up at Mt Lofty. Couple of hours earlier I went up there with the 2 boys from Diamonds Cameras, one has the new Maserati & the other brother has the new Porsche Carrera S4 4WD.....we tore the roads up on the way there but took it easy coming down. They were both a little suprised what a Jap car was capable of when you consider their combined value is almost $600K.

I used a full tank of petrol last night, overcooked the clutch & brakes and probably lost 1/2 the tread on my tyres which is why I didn't catch up with you guys later.

i went through about 3/4 of a tank enjoying the hills aswell but god dam its worth it!

To those who didnt follow the cruise map, we did wait for yas, but unfortunately you guys went straight instead of right at the lights in pt adelaide!

the rb26 drags... to 60... were hot, makes me wanna wind the boost up ;)

im done driving for a few weeks, playing taxi has taken it out of me haha, i went through a tank easy this weekend, but so worth it.

Definately nice to start meeting more people, name badges can be supplied (like me and rad33) in the future :D

i went through about 3/4 of a tank enjoying the hills aswell but god dam its worth it!

yeah not wrong Ryan....I've been up that road a million times but it was the 1st time in a car that doesn't feel like a boat....I realized that the car could be pushed alot further than I was prepared to do so.

I caught up with Nick tonight (owner of the Carrera) and he's gonna send me some pics of the cars that went up, I think there might be a bit of video somewhere too, and I'll post the stuff up this week.

yeah not wrong Ryan....I've been up that road a million times but it was the 1st time in a car that doesn't feel like a boat....I realized that the car could be pushed alot further than I was prepared to do so.

I caught up with Nick tonight (owner of the Carrera) and he's gonna send me some pics of the cars that went up, I think there might be a bit of video somewhere too, and I'll post the stuff up this week.

would love to see the pics!

maybe we should arrange a nice hills drive sometime, nothing better than RB's singing through the hills! specialy one's with 2 turbos and 4wd :D

would love to see the pics!

maybe we should arrange a nice hills drive sometime, nothing better than RB's singing through the hills! specialy one's with 2 turbos and 4wd :D

yeah I'm hanging out to see the pics too.........I might give it a bit of a rest between drinks I think, it was a real hairy ride and I need to get the driver's seat cleaned before another one of those episodes.......those new 4WD Porches are ridiculous on those twisties and they put the power down in a very linear manner whereas my thing was an absolute handfull with the boost turned up abit more and almost 500hp at the wheels.

We both took a 20 minute breather at the top to calm the nerves down before driving back down.

HEY nothing wrong with 1 turbo and AWD :P;)

check you PM Chad

NPZ Mark had a ball driving you around :D

Pete when you need a driver i will make my services available ;)

OK! one turbo is enough, thats looks like fun, must of made you dizzy! ;):)

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