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Hey guys..

nice mail lady just dropped off the latest issue of hpi.. which is their best of the best issue.. and its f#$kin tops!!

Bakes' full feature is on page 52... Best Mild Tuned R34 GTR.. photo shoot looks brilliant... cant say the same for bakes though. haha. :D

Congratulations mate.. well done! :)

Mark Berrys R34 is in there as Best Prospect aswell..

i havent flicked through the rest of it yet.. will let you know how it goes.

also winner of the best wheel is the VOLK GTC.

and the r34 cruise is in there... top stuff... great few shots of the side of Terrys head. haha

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yes.. about your column? what is this toyota hiace fad you speak of?? and also this toyota vellfire? thats a cool name. and when are you bringing in a container of these funky kit kats??

yes.. about your column? what is this toyota hiace fad you speak of?? and also this toyota vellfire? thats a cool name. and when are you bringing in a container of these funky kit kats??

Pics of Hiaces and Vellfire/Alphard in here:

http://www.nissansilvia.com/forums/index.p...p;#entry4964147

TRIAL have a whole site devoted purely to Hiaces. If you look at the thread above, the promo girl in the pic (the same pic used for my column too) owns the silver demo car...

http://www.squares2008.jp/

Kristian,

I must say I do enjoy your column. I get HPI (or is it PI now?) every month and yours is one of the first pieces I read. Well done on the recent position.

I'd love to write for HPI. I envy you. I considered pursuing a career in Journalism, but fell into my current field of work. I'm a Town Planner by profession, but often think of what life would have been like if I had chosen that career. I digress.

Well done again, and keep up the good work mate, I can't wait to get my hot hands on the next edition.

Cheers,

Adam.

Yep "IMPRIMATUR" is a great read.

I loved the reference to Elantra/Accord equation that takes away the crust that keeps the eyes of the KANACs CLOSED!

(btw Linton, I can't seem to find my head anywhere!) lol

haha its there terry.. dont worry.. i forgot to send in my pic of you doing the big foot impersonation.. maybe next issue. :banana:

that kanac article was brilliant... i gave it to my mother in law to read so she will stop hassling me.

its PI now... i dont know why... seems a bit weird to me... HPI or High Performance Imports just rolled off the tongue better.

this is one of the best issues ever.

Hakosuka is best old school hero

Nigel Petrie's S13 is best silvia... it gets my vote, that thing is a work of art.

and there is a really good article about the 3x initial drift silvias.. which has a great line in one article that says something about "having 300kw and realising it was just too much, and rebuilt it to have 266kw which was much more controllable.." thats proper speak right therr...

That's why you keep copies of what you write.

That works unless you're writing for them every month, and don't know what order they're gonna print your articles in :( I've done through to issue 117 currently.

I was curious to know if any readers knew what Imprimatur meant...

That works unless you're writing for them every month, and don't know what order they're gonna print your articles in ;) I've done through to issue 117 currently.

I was curious to know if any readers knew what Imprimatur meant...

oh..

well yeah it's a bit easier if it's a one off :(

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