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yeah I live 30 seconds down the road.. and I was driving a fair bit on the weekend..

did you get a good look at the car..?

I've got LED taillights, no wing, 20% tint, vertex kit, bronze TE37's..

dnt think it had te37s...not sure tho didn't really get a good look...

Spotted a few yesterday.

BP in Asquith a midnight purple R32 with carbon vented bonnet and a white R33 fairly stock looking, around 6:30pm. R33 had Qld plates.

A 4 door Silver R34 in Waitara shortly after, wasn't you Drew(Lanky) rego plates HOMIEE lol

And in the backstreets of Thornleigh, a white R33 with 400R kit, not sure if it was Jon(Primordial), couldn't see the LED tail lights, around 7:15pm

Spotted anna spanna (msnismo) in the 200ZR in turramurra just before st ives round 11 30pm :P

lol..I thought you eere with Doof when I got your sms!

I spotted her in Hornsby shortly before that...

Shoulda come over dude, I had a crazy night! :(

Spotted you drunkenly walking towards old side..... lol

also spotted a few of the normal drunks at teh northern last night :P

Spotted a blue R33 with green P's heading north on the Harbour Bridge around 2pm and a yellow R34 with a huuge spoiler going south (think I've seen him around the city before)

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the guys in terrigal what day was it and car types cause it could of been me.

Yeah Zilch couldn't of been me cause i ain't no HOMIEE.... <-> or could it

Hahaha you better not be.. :)

EDJ001: spotted zilch in asquith this arvo... stretch of road between maccas and kfc. i waved but was going the other way plus i wasnt in a skyline!

Sorry Mick! didn't see ya champ, was too busy avoiding a clown who was getting impatient with a L driver :cheers:

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spotted a few skylines in and around the city yesterday.

white 33 in beaconsfield - RR33SM

black 33 boosting past me on george st at town hall - _ _ _ 33 _

white 34 pulling out of side st next to uts - random plates

silver 32 following me on castlereagh st in the city - green p plater

Matt,

yeah sorry dude, I mean Jase - Jet.....detailing!

was drunk when I posted :ermm:

Oh, and spotted Sam again, Geoff (kinks) Nick (intune) Dave, Steve0000 and Anna at OP :huh:

woohoo spotted twice in only the 5 days i was over there! :)

spotted some sklyine hooligans making smoke signals on a skidpan :O

any piccies from the OP day that can be sent to me would be much appreciated!

Spotted 2 silver r33 skylines this morning in hornsby. TIM27N and AL89?? second one was turning into hornsby westfield.

The second one sounds like my friend's Series 2 that he's just bought.

Spotted this evening, a Silver R33 in Killarney Heights with a chicky driving, waved and got a smile back :)

And spotted a silver Stagea 1 car in front of me on Waringah Road, also around French's forest area,(Terminal?) I was in a black R33.

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