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You should have come, it was a good day.

Mine went on last after they had set up the dyno in AWD mode for my mate's GT4.

I didn't think 198 was all that good, but I guess considering that was 3rd gear (hitting the speed cut in 4th) and the diffs playing silly buggers it's a reasonable baseline.

That Aristo was just awesome.

Back OT, I keep seeing a black R33 GTS-T at the Calwell shops - anyone on here?

dont think he is on here, he works in the calwell butcher there his name is dave tall skinny lokking bloke looks asleep most of the time..

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About an hour ago: Reece completely losing grip and stacking it in Phillip. Sorry Reece, couldn't resist :) hehehe

which reese??

reece with the 32 or me?

guessing the other reece coz i havnt lost it anywhere lol

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dont think he is on here, he works in the calwell butcher there his name is dave tall skinny lokking bloke looks asleep most of the time..

hahaha I've known Dave for YEARS... when he first got that R33 he made me check it out cos he thought it had an R34 front end, and I was like "um no, it's a series2" :P

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saw a maroon R32 on monaro highway this arvo at about 4:45pm and a silver R32 GTR on belconnen way at about 5:30pm no waves from either

and i'm guessing reece (with R32 and also a c not an s) wasn't driving his car as i thought his died??? so what did he stack?

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Spotted a midnight purple R33 near the police station in Qbyn around 6pm, that colour really suits the car.

Noticed someone mentioned the Ralliart Magna a few pages back, if you do a little searching you'll find it's front wheel drive (was planned as AWD but later scrapped) and the engine is just a modified 3.5 litre from the mid-range models - non turbo. I think it looks utterly ridiculous and after having driven a 3.5 ltr Verada around for the past 2 months, i can't imagine it would be particularly interesting to drive even if it is a little bit faster and tighter on the roads than the other models.

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spotted a white R34 GTR with black plates heading in to jerra on wednesday arvo and a white DR30 with black bonnet, T wing and rims on the monaro yesterday arvo. also a chick driving an aristo today. i think the plates were 'ARISTO'.

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