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yes I have seen that hot little blonde around and she is very nice indeed!!

Hey Dean, last night at the drags Martin said you were 'proper rice' hehehe .... a GTR badge on a GTS-t is as bad as u can get!! :(

By the way wot happened to the thread about the skyline crash last week?

Any news about who it was etc?

And has any one been near the city the past few days?

I'd just like to say wow you would have to be game to be anywhere near the city in the next few days!

Cops all up in that shiznat ahaha

And on another note has anyone here downloaded the "Ruch - Montage" from Kazaa?

Just like a compilation of cars driftin and some crashes and stuff..... Anyone know the song from it

the "spinnin free whhhoooooaaaaaaa"

Spotted... my magna... being arse ended by someone with out rego and insurance and then arse ended again by a mechanic apprentice driving a customers car..

R.I.P. My Magna...

3 car pile up yesterday... I was at the front and totally not at fault..

on the upside i get a new car!

We had a prayer ceremony last night thanking god, i wasn't in the skyline or the bmw.. phew!!

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Spotted... my magna... being arse ended by someone with out rego and insurance and then arse ended again by a mechanic apprentice driving a customers car..  

R.I.P.  My Magna...  

3 car pile up yesterday... I was at the front and totally not at fault..  

on the upside i get a new car!

We had a prayer ceremony last night thanking god, i wasn't in the skyline or the bmw.. phew!!

Oh no not the magna, what is the world coming to, next it will be the pug, the almight pug is in the shop at the moment, getting some serious mods done, NOT

on a lighter note, hope you weren't hurt

Bugger, i was reading that clipsal 500 magazine and they said that there was going to be one in there. I remember going to the first of the clipsal 500s and there was a gtr racing in the gtp, looked and sound awesome being driven hard around the track.

nah the R34 GTR (blue, the same as John's old one) is in the Adelaide Rally, which are doing a parade lap tomorrow and you can go and have a look at it near the horse racing HQ just behing pit entry where we are sitting.

By the way wot happened to the thread about the skyline crash last week?

I have since found out that I know two of the three drivers that were involved. Regardless, I agree with a lot of the opinions posted in the deleted thread.

One driver is down an R33 and ~$90,000.00. The other (who was DUI, but not involved) left the scene pretty quickly after the accident. The third car was written off (as far as I know), but the driver is okay.

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