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spotted on wakefield street a black car parked with "don't park here" scratched into the bonnet. poor bugga seems like a bit of a harsh way for some redneck to get his message across

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were they any good sled? should have offered some assistance if so

Not too bad but pretty young....RAA van was stuck in heavy traffic about 10 car lengths behind them so I didn't bother.

They couldn't have picked a worse place and time to break down.

spotted/met a few Sau'ers at Kmart anzac tonite - Bezender, Scandyflick, Vinnie and sorryi forget the other guys username! Nice to meet yas :P

SO many cars out tonite, too many to remember! Wasnt out in my car though, was in lukes daily.

Oh and Sambo on marion road bout 8ish, he recognised us finally lol. Said it before, LOVE your car, looks so tough going along!

saw on anzac highway yesterday middady roughly, a bright yellow r33...had GTR body (front n rear fenders) but the wheels looked funny...(read: gtst) ? Also had GTR badges but i could bet my left testicle it was a gtst made into a GTR lookalike.

saw sambo tonight washing his car at the corner of marion rd and henley beach, beeped, you kinda half looked up then i guess saw it was a falcon and looked back down again lol, you figured it out later though when caught upto you on marion.

And saw grims white stagea at the grand junction, main nth rd intersection around 8ish and then again at kmart anzacs for abit.

I will actually get to talk to people one day, sucks not having a car i can rock up in and people go, oh thats him lol.

If you people see a guy in a white BA falcon waving at you is probly me lol.

saw sambo tonight washing his car at the corner of marion rd and henley beach, beeped, you kinda half looked up then i guess saw it was a falcon and looked back down again lol, you figured it out later though when caught upto you on marion.

lol, sorry Luke i thought u must have beeped at the other car at the car wash, i thought to myself 'i dont know anyone who drives a white BA?' ah well, i'll know its you next time >_<

Oh and Sambo on marion road bout 8ish, he recognised us finally lol. Said it before, LOVE your car, looks so tough going along!

thanks Flick :D

Just spotted a tool in a dark blue R31 (like matty t's) go completly sideways around the corner over from my house then go round a side street, must have done a u turn cos he's come back out the side street, done a massive burnout, then come out and gone hard down my street and the car started making massive clicking sounds, sounded like limiter at first but he changed into 3rd and it kept doing it. HA HA, hope ya blew something up ya dick! think he turned into the shop down the road to have a look.. Think he mayhave been showing off to the corolla following closely behind him. Bloody p plater giving us good p plate drivers a bad name!

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saw matty t haha or well heard the air horns then saw you hanging out the window :P

lol......seen lauren's ute before that, then seen u behind her...........i know she saw me LOL :(

Spotted numerous SAU member yesterday night too! Also spotted Matty 31's ute with the SAU stickers and all doing the Rundle Street run x2 lol

haha, did i wave to ya? do remember seein a white 33 on my travels earlier in the evening :P

and cheers to dave (scandyflick), cara and carl (bezender) for joinin us on our random cruise.............LOL

VERY random eh :ermm:

Spotted a Yellow 34 with bling bling chromies and some wide kit on sth road bout 3-4ish yesterday.

Last night around 11ish, a green 33 with Vertex/bn Kit and a blue 33 going through drive through at maccas ttp. Never seen them before, green one looked pretty good!

saw plenty of skylines cruisin Jetty road/glenelg area around 3-5ish

Black 32 with Vertex kit n chromies, followed by white 32Gtr

that hot glitter-blue 34 i love

Silver 32 with black bonnet n boot

Red 33

Probly plenty of others too that ive forgot

saw plenty of skylines cruisin Jetty road/glenelg area around 3-5ish

Black 32 with Vertex kit n chromies, followed by white 32Gtr

that hot glitter-blue 34 i love

Silver 32 with black bonnet n boot

Red 33

Probly plenty of others too that ive forgot

Hopefully that car comes on the cruise tomorrow, would love to see that thing up close :)

spotted/met a few Sau'ers at Kmart anzac tonite - Bezender, Scandyflick, Vinnie and sorryi forget the other guys username! Nice to meet yas :banana:

Yeah was good to meet u guys finally :banana:

and cheers to dave (scandyflick), cara and carl (bezender) for joinin us on our random cruise.............LOL

VERY random eh :)

LOL yeah was eventful eh :banana: im thinking fo agetting a 52Db sticker made for my car :blink:

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