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Hi,

Im part of the skyline owners club in the uk and was having a look at your forum,

Its really good,

Have a look at my gts turbo i got her last week and im starting to do her up.

Its quite unusual for a young female to drive one of these cars in the uk as there seen as a mans car,is it the same in Australia?

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funkymonkey Grand Master

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nice one... most of the girls I know in england drive Micra's n 318i's.

Welcome to the forum. Over here there's still way more guys in Skylines than there are girls (think about 50 to 1 according to my guesstimations). Girls in imports usually drive FTO's, silvia's and the occasional R33 GTS or GTSt.

Enjoy your stay... and prepare to put up with a few hundred posts from guys askin if you're fit :rofl:

funkymonkey Grand Master

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lol... I'd say that passes as fit.

time for a holiday back to london I think...

did someone post a "lets all join SAU" on skylineowners.co.uk? maybe I should pop back on there n say hi to a few people.

GTRgeoff Grand Master

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Welcome to the forum, and nice looking car as well. Great looking kit. Pity you are putting such large rims on. Prepare to be extorted for tyres. Anyway, enjoy the car and hope to catch you around the forum.

BTW watch that Roy guy. He's off to the UK soon and before you know it he'll be taking over you garage and sleeping on the floor :(

funkymonkey Grand Master

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Troy's moving to the UK? oh my god... how's he gonna get sunburnt n go all pink now? Make sure you buy something proper while you're there n bring it back as a personal import.

Roy Grand Master

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Hey, this thread is not about me, anyway its no sin; getting sunburnt, sleeping on friend's floor setc, is it:)

We do love doing crazy things to them,i have a bit planned for mine just need to save up the pounds to do it.

Thats the great thing, the pound buys a lot when you are looking at Jap gear. Its so cool now that there are more jap cars coming into the UK, you can only do so much with turbo fwd cars pumping out 150hp:(

...and the cost of gettting them registered etc isnt as prohibitive...rather then a Sierra i can so easily see myself hooking up with another R32 once i have settled in...keep an eye out for me later this year cruising around Clapham Junction, ill be easy to spot

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Topaz Grand Master

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Yea i hate the fog light but it legally has to be put in!!!

yaeh, I used to live in Wales (that lump off to the left) and my parents Vauhall Cav had them....I used to stare at them and go....why? (...oh yeah its foggy!))

...nice pose to BTW :uh-huh:

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yaeh, I used to live in Wales (that lump off to the left) and my parents Vauhall Cav had them....I used to stare at them and go....why? (...oh yeah its foggy!))

...nice pose to BTW  :uh-huh:

I use to live in wales too.

I lived in newport just over the bridge,where were you living?

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