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Spotted this morning bout 7-ish, Matty in the daily going down south road, didnt realize it was you til i saw the SAU sticker on the rear quarter window, then it was to late to wave, saw you wave but. :(

Also on my way home spotted either a dark blue (like mine) or black R32 GTR going north down south road near the shops in o'halloran hill, stuck my arm out the window and waved but dont think you saw me.. Car looked very nice.

took a chance it was you, always wave at random gtr's LOL

last nite spoke to the guy who spotted me at the on the run (sorry mate, keep forgettin ya forum name). man, anyone who was out last nite will know it was a fun nite LOL

spotted Nightcrawler drive past us in kmart carpark last night after BDO, cheers for coming back to say hello :(

haha yeah was going to post today about spotting Flick and Luke (ex NOT URS) at Anzac Dragway BigW. I was cruising past with 2 crazy S15s (one white with black rims, the other blue with chrome-lipped black rims with P plates) egging me on to race - before they took off at 150km+ down South Road.

There were soooooo many boy street racers out last night down Gleneg direction after Big Day Out - it was quite crazy. And not a cop to be seen where I went.

Also spotted gzilla giving out suncreen at BDO - nice work mate. Sorry I didn't hang around to chat - was pretty wasted by that stage and trying to keep up with a mate who wandered off.

spotted driving past the mile end hotel (Was in the Bottle-o buying a carton of coopers finest) Bayside Blue R34 GTR, Standard slimline plates, Bronze Work XD-9's, twin cannons.... VERY nice car man. :(:huh::(

haha yeah was going to post today about spotting Flick and Luke (ex NOT URS) at Anzac Dragway BigW. I was cruising past with 2 crazy S15s (one white with black rims, the other blue with chrome-lipped black rims with P plates) egging me on to race - before they took off at 150km+ down South Road.

Say what? Ex not urs? :(

hey steve, whereabouts did u see me?>

on my way home from adelaide pro sound (and george did did an absolute amazing job of my parcel shelf.......thank you soo much)

RBB033....got a wave and wavd back

Silver r34 gtr on south rd, was being driven by a girl

Pete (Sled) on west tce(?) in his little truck!

red r34 on main north rd, waved and got the wtf look.........was quite funny to see the look on the guys face

Saw last night RB25DET (Red R33) parked on Jetty road, forget the time, must say very nice looking car, nice rims, bronze goes well with the red :banana:

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hey steve, whereabouts did u see me?>

on my way home from adelaide pro sound (and george did did an absolute amazing job of my parcel shelf.......thank you soo much)

RBB033....got a wave and wavd back

Silver r34 gtr on south rd, was being driven by a girl

Pete (Sled) on west tce(?) in his little truck!

red r34 on main north rd, waved and got the wtf look.........was quite funny to see the look on the guys face

Yeah it was good to have little chats everytime we stopped at lights......your car looks great out on the road Cara.

So......another silver R34 GTR (female driver) out on the road........would be good to catch up and compare notes.

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