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Hey guys,

Sorry It's been a few months since I have organized a movie night, been busy - took my partner overseas and proposed to her :rolleyes:

Movie

The Mechanic

Meet location: Apple Peel Car Wash - 1 Fitzsimons Lane, Templestowe

Meet Time: 6:30-7:00pm on Friday, 11th March 2011

Leaving time: 8pm (gets us good spots at the drive ins)

Movie time: 9-9:30pm

Destination: Coburg Drive Ins

Price: Roughly $10 if there are over 10 people

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Congrats Adam, thats very good news to hear

ill inform work i have comitments on the 11th of march so i should be down, looks like you planned my last cruise before i turn 21 haha

hopefully my car will be ready b4 then some paint work is needed but should be good

i was also gonna tell ya we should do a meet like this for the new fast n furious "fast five" think it comes out in april

howd u loose it?

Cheers guys, yes she said yes :thumbsup:

Harsh man wtf... your normally a sensible driver.. wrong place wrong time?

good to hear Nath, havent caught up with u in ages

Yea been a while man. Need to get out more. Too busy been a cave rat...

edit: Harsh did you get done on the prinny?

LOL!!! so much interest...lol....nah..it was on my way to work in my commo....freakn truck was doing 40 in a 60 zone and was stuck in traffic in a way that i did get a chance to overtake tht shit...got frustrated and when i got the chance i just let it rip..(frustration on roads is not good...lol)...co coincidently it was down the hil so when i reved tht shit heap, it accel more than expected and hit 90-95 i think....undercover was there and caught me...lol

pretty much just wasnt my day and wrong place at the wrong time...like u said Adam...i am USUALLY sensible but hey my luck had to run out soon...lucky its only 1 month...n got heaps of plans what to do in that month when i save bucket loads of money since i cant drive :P

Wow Adam congratulations! That's incredible! She must have been stoked :D

I'm tooooootally down for this one! Car is in having a facial at the moment so am keen for a meet. Plus love Jason Statham.

See you all there.

yes as long as your receiver can tune in to the frequency they broadcast at the drive-in, i think it's somewhere around 84-87 MHz FM. Japanese radios typically only receive in the frequency range 76 to 90 MHz FM so that should be fine.

^^^^ NOPE!!! the drive ins range is in the 90s....i have my stock jap radio...didnt work...had to hire a radio from the place for $2 bucks..i think...or something small...

If you got jap radio in ur car...then ull have to do that or sit in someones car or just park ur car between two cars who has aftermarket unit and get them to have their volume up and windows down...i had to do that for the first time i went for this drive in movie night....

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