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When police were talking about that goldy street racing incident on tv, i saw on the news that the camera crew waited at a set of lights, to get a picture of a hotted up car, guess what it was they filmed driving away from the lights? a gunmetal grey R32 with chrome rims. even though the guy wasnt doing anything, but driving along he gets snapped and used for footage of his car in a hoon story. no wonder the public think the way they do. was probably some 1 off here. im not sure if it was a 2 or 4 door.

Edited by 85URK
yet on friday ngiht jsut gone, at the intersection of smith street and kumbarri ave in southport, right opposite the caltex servo on smith street, i think 3 were killed there after a street race between a white volvo, old model, and a xf ford falcon, but 3 would have servived when the swift that got cleaned up, actually ran a red light and collided with the speeding volvo. it may have indeed been the volvo and the fords fault for racing/speeding excessivly at speeds estimated at around 160km/h, but it was the swifts fault for running the red light in the first place. it is open to argument but in my opinion it is intirely the swifts fault that cause this accident and the deaths that follows.

sorry for high jacking,

OT,

yes why bother between a swift/colt and a lancer.

but there is one rather NICEISH ralleyart colt with LIL EVO plates that i see driving to brisbane all the time, the girl that drives that is quite fine, hope it wasnt her.

feelings go out to the 2 victoms in this crash and every other crash on queensland roads this week

Fair Call the Swift driver may well of being at fault by running the lights, but they may still be alive if the other vehicle was doing the 70kph speed limit. All parties involved have made a huge mistake that they will never ever forget.....

Edited by Duncan1
When police were talking about that goldy street racing incident on tv, i saw on the news that the camera crew waited at a set of lights, to get a picture of a hotted up car, guess what it was they filmed driving away from the lights? a gunmetal grey R32 with chrome rims. even though the guy wasnt doing anything, but driving along he gets snapped and used for footage of his car in a hoon story. no wonder the public think the way they do. was probably some 1 off here. im not sure if it was a 2 or 4 door.

thats strange, at the time when they filmed it, i remeber sitting at the lights watching him talk, but pretty sure they didnt film me. and i have r33 wheels, so could possibly be mine.... :|

Fair Call the Swift driver may well of being at fault by running the lights, but they may still be alive if the other vehicle was doing the 70kph speed limit. All parties involved have made a huge mistake that they will never ever forget.....

that is true.

it is one mistake they will never make again, heard lesson learnt unfortunatly

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