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Oh was expecting it to be a canada thing. Looks good

Going with blokes from work?

Yeah, with the boss man.

Lachy you still doing the cross japan trip in the kei car?

It's been pushed back until 2018, who knows, I might be dead by then :P

Looks like Racewars 17 may be back on.

I shall have to pull le finger out and get the 32 done. Races Lachy??

Find me an RX8 and you're on!

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Find me an RX8 and you're on!

Done!! i've just emailed Nitto about some goodies. Need to get a hold of Ovaboost to sort him out with tuning it and making sure my auto combo will suit everything

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Morning all

Shibuya shuffle is a must Elle, especially at night. Nismo shop in yokohama, and the factory tour just down the road. Normal disney was pretty good, (carni food was amazeballs), go to the big Upgarage up near disney land, it is the better one.

If you are catching the train everywhere, head down to tokyo teleport to the toyota museum/workshop, they also have a really big shopping centre down there with a big transformer out front

Very very helpful ! Thank You so much Corey !

And Apologise for delays, very busy at work [emoji15]

Morning all

Shibuya shuffle is a must Elle, especially at night. Nismo shop in yokohama, and the factory tour just down the road. Normal disney was pretty good, (carni food was amazeballs), go to the big Upgarage up near disney land, it is the better one.

If you are catching the train everywhere, head down to tokyo teleport to the toyota museum/workshop, they also have a really big shopping centre down there with a big transformer out front

Very very helpful ! Thank You so much Corey !

And Apologise for delays, very busy at work [emoji15]

Morning all

Shibuya shuffle is a must Elle, especially at night. Nismo shop in yokohama, and the factory tour just down the road. Normal disney was pretty good, (carni food was amazeballs), go to the big Upgarage up near disney land, it is the better one.

If you are catching the train everywhere, head down to tokyo teleport to the toyota museum/workshop, they also have a really big shopping centre down there with a big transformer out front

Very very helpful ! Thank You so much Corey !

And Apologise for delays, very busy at work [emoji15]

Ok, so, I was just on my way to pick some one up at 5am, just taking it easy, wasn't doing anything stupid, car was traveling downhill on a turn, I was only doing 30ish km, the read wheels lost traction and I guess I was too slow to react, I let go of the accelerator and it just took me for a slow spin. If it wasn't for a pesky bus-stop nothing would have happened. All of the electrics still work etc...it's purely cosmetic. The dent could probably be pulled, but realistically I think i'm looking at a new door now, will have to ring around to some panel-beaters and get a quote.

not looking forward to when the Wife wakes up...

Ok, so, I was just on my way to pick some one up at 5am, just taking it easy, wasn't doing anything stupid, car was traveling downhill on a turn, I was only doing 30ish km, the read wheels lost traction and I guess I was too slow to react, I let go of the accelerator and it just took me for a slow spin. If it wasn't for a pesky bus-stop nothing would have happened. All of the electrics still work etc...it's purely cosmetic. The dent could probably be pulled, but realistically I think i'm looking at a new door now, will have to ring around to some panel-beaters and get a quote.

Thank god you're ok ! Can you not take it to smash and repair ?




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