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Hey... me too. I need a 100k service. I have a tool box, a little know how and a willingness to learn :D

Mark... A31struck changed his name to SCR34M and fei-sti_wrx changed his name to hoony. Keep up man :w00t:

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Holy sh1t... i got to work today thinkin ok i gotta find a decent mechanic to do my service, then i get home and see this...

You guys kick ass, sounds like a plan to me, if we make it on a saturday or a sunday we can use my my work... i dont have hoists or anything as we have just moved premisis... not sure of when is good for you guys but yeah, can put on a bbq there and a few drinks... should be a good day i reckon....

Thanks alot guys really appreciate the effort!

the more the merrier, let's plan this and whoever wants to join in and get their car done just let all of us know..

let's make this work eh, nice BBQ and snacks and some beers and soft drinks, should be an awesome day out and save all of us that want to take part a whole lot of money :P

Andrew :D

sweet as, so whens a good time for everyone?... i predict my car being off the road for at least another month so whenever anyways, plus it just sits at work so...

Lets try and organize dates eh... oh, beer or spirits??...lol

A saturday would be better for me too. Oh, and better make it just beer (with plenty of food) I dunno about you guys, but I didn't think half smashed would be the best way to attempt this.

2nd weekend in June maybe?

ok, is the 7th of june good for everyone?? gives us plenty of time to get the parts together and more than enough time to organise the bbq n sh1t at work... if ya's wanna do the weekend after that is cool also...

Btw... i dont know how many ppl are attending but if less than 10(please let me knwo how many are coming) i was thinking a carton of corona and heaps of chops, steak and snaggaz... is this enough or do you pissheads need more??... either way, dont matter as us guys requiring the service are paying!!

lemme know eh?

ok, is the 7th of june good for everyone?? gives us plenty of time to get the parts together and more than enough time to organise the bbq n sh1t at work... if ya's wanna do the weekend after that is cool also...

Well I'll be hungover on the 7th... Maybe I'll be the foreman or something...

:D

Edit decided to change my post as it was a little negative just got these bad thoughts of a bunch of drunks trying to do work on a car :(

WTF... why post useless sh!t really?? BUNCH OF DRUNKS :) .... what a cheap ass comment :) ... read threads before you post so you know whats goin on next time :( ... or did you miss the whole one or two drink mention up there^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ :P

WTF... why post useless sh!t really?? BUNCH OF DRUNKS :blink: .... what a cheap ass comment :down: ... read threads before you post so you know whats goin on next time :D ... or did you miss the whole one or two drink mention up there^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ :D

ease up mate! i edited my post saying that cause i realised that, it said just make sure you are all finished if your planning on drinking and to be careful not to mess up your timing, no need to go off :( im not having a go at your idea either the best time to work on cars is with a bunch of mates its a great idea :D

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