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Hey Special K :P

Yeah thats the one Alex was talking about. Has it been sold and hit the streets already?

If so DAMN!

I wanna drive a GTR Veilside Tune. LOL!

BTW You should post more often.

Alex has not sold it yet, but he has taken it on a few cruizes... ever since I met him, he has been bringing a different car out every week!

Anyways Alex and Tim are always down for a cruize so if anything happens drop me a PM and I will be sure to bring them out again

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ps. Tonights meet was too far out! :P

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hahah man!!!! you guys didnt tell the 34 nur spec was going to come!!

emsta only SMSD me 1am in the morning to say he was in it LOL

man... ill make sure i come down for the next 1

we didnt know hehe - but we got his details now, we will tell him to come down again

Alex has not sold it yet, but he has taken it on a few cruizes... ever since I met him, he has been bringing a different car out every week!

Anyways Alex and Tim are always down for a cruize so if anything happens drop me a PM and I will be sure to bring them out again

:(

ps. Tonights meet was too far out! :(

HEHE! Yeah thats cool!

Oh so he still got the Veilside! SWEET! Tell him to bring it out next time or we just head down to the storage.

Yeah let you know of anything when it comes up

hahah man!!!! you guys didnt tell the 34 nur spec was going to come!!

emsta only SMSD me 1am in the morning to say he was in it LOL

man... ill make sure i come down for the next 1

lol i got his sms too, he probably sent a sms to everyone :(

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