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And on the subject of dickheads, some tool in a black Sylvia with a bodykit was desperate to race me down the Lapstone Hill at the bottom of the Blue Mountains the other morning, around 9-10am, in heavy traffic. Brilliant idea...

He went off down the M4 doing maybe 160. Wonder how long that license lasts.

Think ive seen that guy before too, has the massive wing on the back too? I always see it around blaxland/lapstone.

I drove down to Penrith tafe from faulconbridge the otherday and drove past 4 people getting pulled over/cops with radar traps set up, 3 on opposite side of the road one on mine. Not a good time to be driving like that in the mountains.

SPOTTED awk90f at lights heading west on liverpool st and sussex st last night about 2125

white R34 GTST with a rather fetching asian female driver, some would say a glamour. I would have married her on the spot.

GTR ish body kit and sweet rims, this girl knew what she liked.

also a silver r33 series 2 parked around the corner with black rims and a slighty messed up front bar. could have been mine if it wasnt for the cheapie rims. was a few supras and a couple of Type R's parked around the way and a rather fetching M3. china town on a friday, pure car porn.

Spotted not one but two R35 GT-Rs on my 8 min drive to work along Mona Vale Rd, one random and the other belonging to Demir. I also spotted no R33 GTS-ts on the way to work.

Using my infallible logic, I now declare R35s more common than R33s :P

Spotted yesterday morning,a nice Bayside blue R34 GTR near the RAAF base, gave a wave, got one back.

Also a nismo blue R33GTST near auto parts world.

Farch spotted a Black R33GTR with bronze rims in Windsor, said it looked great.

Spotted not one but two R35 GT-Rs on my 8 min drive to work along Mona Vale Rd, one random and the other belonging to Demir. I also spotted no R33 GTS-ts on the way to work.

Using my infallible logic, I now declare R35s more common than R33s :P

+1

even i saw an R35 yesterday

but i saw about 5 R33 GTS's

:D

on my travels to sydney 2day..

got a wave off a white 33 gtst with no wing plates 'tr 33 gt', was on the f3

spotted a dark grey 32 gtr at pennat hills plates 'qup 12c'

drove with a maroon 33 on the the m4 or m7 i dunno which one it was lmao, badged as a gtr, but a green P plater, plates 'bcl 24f'

spotted a light blue 33 with gtr wing, also on the m4 or m7 lol

spotted a purple 33 at castle hill plates 'qik 33t'

plus lots lots more!!! yeh im cool lol

Today I spotted a dark blue s2 R33 GTSt on the bridge at Toongabbie (rego BFE-??? or similar) and a silver V35 fuelling up at the little servo on the corner of Gilba and Targo Roads in Girraween.

spotted a R33 gtst with white 400r front bar at smithfield

spotted a R33 gtst 4 door heading towards smithfield

spotted a R34 GTR V spec II heading south bound on pennet hills rd when i was heading home .....

and i got a wave from all of you , thats guys love it :banana:

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