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was very sad to see street machines is closing down after being there for ever

i wonder if thats due to the tunnel projects?

got my car from street machines back in the day and ben and theo was excellent to deal with and looked after us very well

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Yeah saw the sign on the way past the other day... they've been there for as long as I can remember.

It'll be weird not seeing a whole stack of imports on the corner... a bit like it was weird when they went from selling Yank tanks and almost nothing but V8s (mate) to being virtually 100% turbo imports lol

WOW

I went past the other day and I didnt see a sign...

Thats a shame... I guess if it was due to the tunnel then they would just move the car yard...

If their not moving then one can only assume that their funds $$$$ are drying up.

  Einstein said:
i hear nothing but bad stories about street machines these days

last time i went there with a friend who was skyline shopping, the salesmen were rude, obnoxious, and stupid

salesmen? what salesmen? lol

i've been there a couple of times lately now (looking for cars for my brother) and you can't raise a salesman in that place if you try!

we were genuinely interested in a car, wanting to talk to them about it, and they couldn't be bothered leaving their little airconditioned office to come out and talk to us......

having said that, my '32 was bought through them by the previous owner back in 2001 (found the receipt in the car after i bought it, lol)

maybe they weren't making enough profit off all their Delicas? :(

also, are they having a 'closing down sale' where i can get a car cheap? :P

I for one am glad. Not allowed to post opinion on the forums but my glee should show how I feel.

Now if only a couple other car yards would close down I'd be the happiest man around.

Heres to closing down, and not just relocating :P

  AzzurrA said:
salesmen? what salesmen? lol

i've been there a couple of times lately now (looking for cars for my brother) and you can't raise a salesman in that place if you try!

we managed to root one out by checking out a 34gtr they had on display

"hey guys get out of the car and don't touch it"

f**k youuuuuuuuuuuu

  Einstein said:
i hear nothing but bad stories about street machines these days

last time i went there with a friend who was skyline shopping, the salesmen were rude, obnoxious, and stupid

i was there looking at buying the gunmetal GTR , the sales guy youngish bloke was rude and didnt really bother .. Theo on other had is a awsome bloke too bad he has crappy sales guys working

otherwise nice cars he has .. his brother Darren has nicer cars

John thats crap, it is going to be at the hospital as I have had dealings in this project. they are looking at running it down from buranda as well but if you notice they have bought a substanual amount of land in the area to facilitate this.

I know for a fact that the tunnel goes under the Boggo Road site as one of Mrbenno's friends is the engineer in charge of ensuring the Heritage listed buildings at Boggo Road are not effected.

dodgy imports?

u guys must have been doing it wrong

they sold us our car, and it hasnt missed a beat in over 3 years

i would go as far as to say, its the best thing ive ever bought

sooooo much joy, no negative stuff

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