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Well its gone..

Another SAU skyline leaves the ranks for other pastures.

Its been a great 20 months but tonight I saw her pshtt one last time and drive away.. sounded soo good from outside the car too :D

Some strange co-incidence today too:

* It was within the same month exactly 10 years ago that my R33 rolled off the production line somewhere in Chiba, Japan.

* This morning it ticked over 100,000km for the first time (I took a photo while driving :D.. even got video of it..)

* It was my birthday 3 days ago.

The common questions, may as well answer them all in one place :D

- Yes, I pretty much got the price I wanted - was sold "as is" cancelled rego, no safety cert or anything as it was off to NSW to be registered. Saved me some hassles.

- Why'd i sell it? hmmm, tough one.. long stories, dramas and well R33 are an expensive base to start from. Nothing wrong with the car really at all just was getting a bit sick of it. It will be nice to have further options again.

- What is next? dunno.. have some ideas..but wait and see what comes up. No massive hurry yet. It will be fast.. damn fast.

so I wave goodbye.. and least have some final great photos to remember it by:

carpark_rhs2.jpg

DING DONG THE WITCH IS DEAD! WHICH OLD WITCH? THE WICKED WITCH! DING DONG THE WICKED WITCH IS DEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAD!!

In all humor THE CURSE IS OFFICIALLY LIFTED AND BEEN PASSED ON WIT THE CAR TO THE NEW OWNER!

I now present to you GORDO THE UNCURSED!

Very nice car, but yeah if you do know the full story behind it you will realise that I am not being too harsh with the above statements!

Actually there is one more photo I would like to have seen, and that would have been a photo of Gordo's face when I got the courier to pretend that he had backed into Gordon's car just before the new owner came to pick it up

Priceless :D

muahahahhahaaa

(they don't call me Evil Homer for nothing)

I now present to you GORDO THE UNCURSED!

hehe.. yes, i hope so too :D

Actually there is one more photo I would like to have seen, and that would have been a photo of Gordo's face when I got the courier to pretend that he had backed into Gordon's car just before the new owner came to pick it up

grrr...so believeable too - I wouldn't have believed you clowns but wasn't expecting the other guy!! still plotting a come back for that one sometime... when you *least* expect it!!

I hope the younger guy takes care of it.. guy from country NSW. Bought it from the country, and back to the country it goes.

nice graphic down the side. really suited the car man.

it did.. it did! may have even been the clincher for the sale. thanx for the great work on that.. one day in the not too distanct future I may call upon your great service again.. :D

grrr...so believeable too - I wouldn't have believed you clowns but wasn't expecting the other guy!! still plotting a come back for that one sometime... when you *least* expect it!!

Bahahhahhahhahhaaa

I wait with bated breath :ghost:

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