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Well, Ive driven the R32 2 nights this week. The first night it got vandalised, and tonight I hit a stupid animal and snapped the drivers side mount on my front bumper, so its sticking out from the guard :blush:

anyway, Wayne, here is my old daily. 1989 Mazda 626.

If you missed the intercooler hiding behind the front bumper, and the 95db exhaust, you'd also miss that it had more power than some of the Skylines on this forum :P . Shoulda kept it, would have made an awesome track hack

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Well, Ive driven the R32 2 nights this week. The first night it got vandalised, and tonight I hit a stupid animal and snapped the drivers side mount on my front bumper, so its sticking out from the guard :D

anyway, Wayne, here is my old daily. 1989 Mazda 626.

If you missed the intercooler hiding behind the front bumper, and the 95db exhaust, you'd also miss that it had more power than some of the Skylines on this forum :) . Shoulda kept it, would have made an awesome track hack

I notice that car has a Black & White Cat.

Sooo glad its friday! bin a busy week! tires are going on tomorrow so wheels will be back on :D

i hear that lewis......we had the network down for the last 2 weeks....been so damn frustrating lol

seems my friday is going extra slow today. Alot of driving, and not enough work. Trying to find a present for my 2yo Niece, organise a car trailer to move the drift car tomorrow, and organise some new private health insurance.

is it beer o'clock yet?

Sooooooooooooo how is everyones Friday?

Crap and Boring...Slow also, hardly any customers, there is only so many times you can walk round the store looking for things to do, luckily we have a PC with a TV Tuner in it, so i am watching the Olympics.

Does anyone know when the Drifting is on? As last week, i swear i saw some on around 4pm, just cant remember which day it was or what channel - Hardly watch TV, mostly download episode off the net.

^ we used to go to the dog and duck for beers straight after work - i still pop in every now and then for a pint. Theyve got a good selection of beers Wouldnt bother hanging there any later than 8pm though

Richmond upstairs Friday after work sessions ftw!

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