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Congrats to Erin and team for a Very well organised day, the kids had a great time.

A shame about the yellow 33 running up the back of the the other 33 just infront of us. But other than that it went hassle free.

It was good to meet everyone esp hi to Afro love the 34 nice colour dude.

Luckily the drit road didn't go for very long (34 no like dirt).

Bring on MSC4

Cheers:cheers:

CYA34

Last cruise had 77 including 1 cefiro :D

There is going to be an article submitted by Dave/Andrew and I to HPI and QSC so we'll see what happens. Thanks to JustDave especially for his photos on the day :)

Yeh i was wondering about this, like having 85 skylines for a cruise isnt a good article for HPI etc :)

theres no good shots of all of us together though :)

Long as i get some coverage ill be happy! :headspin:

lol yeh i can drive manual too, auto aint so bad, i put alot of manual gtst's to shame

all those who have had to replace their clutch more than once in the last 6 months 'grunt' :kick:

Besides, a car should be looked at as a whole, not just its transmission :wassup:

maybe for the next msc you should try and get some hpi people to come along?

SAUWA was in HPI recently, nowhere in australia besides brissy do they have cruises with 80+ skylines, and im sure if there was word of HPI coming that the next MSC would quite easily surpass 100 :(

Yeah thanks Erin for a well planned cruise.

I thoroughly enjoyed the run, although I am suffering the consequences of not putting sunscreen on before getting to the lake - one half of my body is red and crispy, the other is white! :Oops:

The only downsides that I either witnessed or heard of:

- the unfortunate incident between the two Skylines - it made me want to cry and they weren't even my cars! Anyone got any pics of either cars? I didn't get to see the yellow Skyline up close, but from close inspection of the Gold Coast Skyline with cool tint job, it certainly wouldn't be looking pretty right about now (and neither will the bank balance!!!).

- the cunning tosser that thought he might be able to boost some wheels with all those Skylines around - WTF!!!

- seeing a fellow Skyliner being pulled over (and breathalised I think) on the way home

- losing all the Sunshine Coast cruisers and having to go home early :)

Perhaps the Sunshine Coast leg of the cruise could be planned ahead for those interested next time??

Other than that, I really enjoyed my first MSC - I look forward to the next one!

:(

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