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doxximus Grand Master

doxximus

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probably a good thing, im not too interesting.

so whats been happening everyone?

i've been busy at work and playing world of warcraft so i havent had any time really to do...well anything apart from organising the engagement, planning to build a house on the farm, world of warcraft (damn addicting), and now GT4 i guess.

whats been happening in the world outside?

paulr33 Grand Master

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probably a good thing, im not too interesting.

so whats been happening everyone?

i've been busy at work and playing world of warcraft so i havent had any time really to do...well anything apart from organising the engagement, planning to build a house on the farm, world of warcraft (damn addicting), and now GT4 i guess.

whats been happening in the world outside?

Hey Michael,

How are things? Haven't seen you around in a while. Im not into world of warcraft and havent played gt4 but ive got guys at work who love it and cant get enough of it, i never really got into those big scale games i still play stunts and red alert occasionally (very sad). Whats going on in the SAU scene? Theres a few things going on, here are some key events you may have missed

* Snowman is our new club president

* The recent track day at phillip island saw a big big turnout and one member left some nice skid marks coming through one of the corners (big darkie on the road)

* The monthly meetings are at the Bells Hotel in Sth Melbourne

* Autosalon is coming up soon and we have approx 11-12 cars (im pretty sure)

* The 15 year rule is still valid and you can import 1989 and 1990 until they make an official statement.

* A guy in perth who ran 511rwhp with stock injectors had his motor blow up (his tuner said it was fine and 4 pages of people said it was unsafe)

* The HKS GT-RS seems to be the pick of the bunch for the rb25det mild config

* Twin GT-SS on the rb26 seem to be pick of the bunch for the rb26

* Single GT35R seems to be the pick of the bunch for the rb30det conversion

What sort of work do you do? Hope the new house planning is going well

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