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Hello All,

Just re-registered my 180 after having it off the road for 6 weeks. Any one up for a casual drive tonight if it doesn't rain.

If you are then send me a PM, I'm thinking about 8:30ish and i will figure out where to meet up in the mean time.

Dale

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I get my licence back in 3 weeks.. Cant wait :P will have to make a lil cruise the friday/saturday/sunday after, i will most probly be out driving around the place all 3 days lol..

Edit: Who's them? might give them a call to find out when exactly i get it back.

just got off the phone to them, they've extended it until the 9th of october and aren't budging on it :|
I get my licence back in 3 weeks.. Cant wait :D will have to make a lil cruise the friday/saturday/sunday after, i will most probly be out driving around the place all 3 days lol..

Edit: Who's them? might give them a call to find out when exactly i get it back.

transport sa mate, not quite happy about it either :(

october 9th is mine now, original date was september 24th :S

i'll come out for a cruise on the 9th for sure xD

Ok there is not going to be anything on tonight, there's not enough interest and i really have to much study to do for uni. might go for a hillzy before bed but that's it.

Ryan SMS me if your up for a hillzy later.

Seems to be happening alot lately. There was a defect station on Honeypot Road the other night (Southerners will know this road!).

Weird to have it on this road! But they were defecting anything and everything! But then again, they did defect this Suzuki Swift with... a 5" monster tacho on the dash... Sigh. Is there a need for such a large tacho on such a car?!

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