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the ford only comes in the colour scheme and the stripe packe is one they took off the new mustang then put on a much longer car and put a rspec sticker on it..

worst effort ever.

and they wonder why less ppl buy them.

seems I was slightly wrong..but still combo's not looking too great:

The RSPEC is available in four colour combinations, half of them to be built in the ‘hero’ colour scheme of Silhouette (black) with Vixen (red) accents. The remaining 175 units will be made up of Winter White, red and Kinetic (blue) with black accents.

the ute I was looking at only comes in that colour:

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and still ugly..and guessing still leaf suspension.

Today marks the 6 year anniversary of owning my r32!

2006 was a time when r32's cost $12-15k, r33's $20k & r34's being close to $30k

A time where SAU was probably at its peak and safe from Birds' rants. Wasteland was hitting 100pages/second and was impossible to keep up.

My r32 arrived fresh off the boat, 115,000km and stock. With unlimited potential funded by casual employment.

I'd like to thank all the cops for the many defects and EPA's, the credit card company for charging me a lot of interest and the harassment from commodores and stereotyping from the media/public.

Special shout out to the old school sau people who are no longer with us but have helped along the way. Justin, Nick, Paul, Rylan, Abu, Sam and many more.

Also Dezz...keep it real brother. Say hello to Jar for me :D

Dezz referring to my shout out. There were many more but forgot their names :(

Yup i'll be there

Come to the pre-meet if your from the east. Or come 1/2 way through like last time :P

How's the engine build coming along brah?

Will head in with Tony.

Yeah, engine has been out and I got the rolling shell at the moment.

Should be done by the end of the month / early September.

You are Toby not Tony.

What time is the pre-meet?

I forgot some of you don't even go outside the wastelanders section

So anyone coming from the eastside tomorrow that will be a bit late?

If there is a few people then:

7:15p.m at the 7/11 Petrol station (Cnr Springvale Rd & Hawthorn Rd) for a 7:20p.m departure.

We will head down the Eastern Fwy to Garage Cafe

http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/topic/406142-august-monthly-meet-come-try-on-a-jacket/page__st__40

seems I was slightly wrong..but still combo's not looking too great:

The RSPEC is available in four colour combinations, half of them to be built in the ‘hero’ colour scheme of Silhouette (black) with Vixen (red) accents. The remaining 175 units will be made up of Winter White, red and Kinetic (blue) with black accents.

the ute I was looking at only comes in that colour:

ge4636531768776304277.jpg?S=ISS

and still ugly..and guessing still leaf suspension.

Horse and cart spec... good enough for Ford in 2012 lol. Those colour coded mirrors/wheels make me want to hurl.

100 mph tape fixes everything.

Never again will i buy carbon fibre interior fkn waste of money pieces of shit crumbled in my hands yesterdays and ive lost all thw clips from the original dash. Im fkn screwing it in tonight. Until i find another dash woth new clips

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