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sorry to hear bout the loss rac33r, and soopamarcus bout ur friend's gtt... always see the gtt along engineering walk...

i dun mean to kill all hopes, but my mr2 was stolen on a saturday afternoon in april 2000... i was overseas and had left the car with a friend in macquarie to sell... i placed the ad in the trading post and some guy rang my friend up to come see the car... when he showed up, my friend drove the car out of the garage and made a boo-boo by leaving the engine running when he got out of the car... just then, someone else rang my friend to ask about the car (probably the guy's accomplice)... as my friend was getting distracted by the phone call, the guy who came to "see" the car hopped in and sped off... the car was recovered the next morning in campsie, stripped of all panels, interior, wheels and stereo... thankfully it was insured... ever since, my frens and i always have another quick car on standby whenever any of us are selling our cars... one tip is to separate the key from the alarm/immobiliser remote control and keep the control on your body so u can arm the car if you get thrown out...

Hey lou15x, ive seen u around uni..and i remember ur red MR2..i rememebr in first year i heard the blow-off go off on anzac parade and i was like hmm interesting..hehehe its 3 years on now and hehe ive seen that uve gone thru many cars...

u got da maroon gts-t right??

looks sweet...i got da silver r33 ...

PM me and maybe we can meet up in uni one day ...

should get all the skyline owners out one day hehehe

mc

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yeah hehe... u had the red celica b4 eh? noticed the change when ur plates went on the skyline... well hopefully this one lasts for a while cos i'm pretty happy with it so far...

i've actually done some courses the same time as u, just u prob dunno my face... i'm in 3311 this term as well... :D

dOOd: yeah i know ya face... just never spoken to ya...hehehe

ill say hi next time dun worry about it!!!

hey just outta curiosity..u dun have anything to do with BEL? do you??

i just formulated a theory about you and BEL ages ago...

hehee

anywayz come say hi next time..cya mate..

ur names louis right?

mc

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hey marcus, yeah i'll come say hi next time i see u :D

hey xcuzme, yeah i see ur car around a bit too, last time was at bondi jnct last week... what happenend to ur side? brings pain to the heart to see something like that... yeah we should meet up soon, anybody keen on going to wakefield during the break?

p.s. shld start another thread? cos this has gotten off topic and the moderators may frown upon that...

Originally posted by lou15x

anybody keen on going to wakefield during the break?

p.s. shld start another thread? cos this has gotten off topic and the moderators may frown upon that...

yup, i am keen on the idea of wakefield action... i am in 100% if during the break...

and yeah start another thread, this one should be dedicated to RAC33R.

a few months ago my front grill got stolen at macqaurie. i thought that was bad enough.

This is getting out of hand!

oh yeh, and i remember seeing RAC33R a while ago at fox studios i think. sorry to hear she's gone

:D

Couldn't believe it when i found out about Rac33r and GTT. No wonder you didn't call to cruise on the weekend. I'm at UNSW/Kingsford maccas nearly everyday....and my car is always on the streets and has no garage. This is gettin outa hand, GTT was one of the best 34's i've seen, and rac33rs wasn't too bad:p Sorry to hear about your losses guys.

ps. unsw cruise! lol

my left side was hit and run a few months back, never had time...or the money...to fix it..... gotta get it done in a few weeks, i like it how it is, dont have to be worried about ppl openin their door onto me, scratchin it bla bla. plus it makes me look like a psycho.

u wouldnt see me at unsw much anymore coz a) im never there coz im too lazy, B) i dont park in the carpark much anymore because im supposedly "banned" for all the **** i do in there...come on, smooth concrete, i cant resist havin a bit of fun with it :(

i cant believe it about gtt, saw that car almost every day parked in those few spots near the red centre parked with that crazy silver/pink pearl volvo s40.... such a nice car :D

did rac33r go unsw too? i'm sure it looks familiar, mad car too.

yes we unsw boys must meet up sometime soon!

Argh man that sucks, I'm never going to take my car to Macquarie again :D Is this Flashpoint alarm easy to override or something? Or did they just remove it or the battery and put the car on the back of a truck? If anyone wants to put a lynch mob together to get these thieving scumbags, I'm up for that.

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