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    Who's still around the Newcastle area?

    As things have gradually quietened down, just wondering who's still got a 200SX/Silvia etc?

    A few weeks ago I saw a maroon (I think) pre-facelift S13 near International Paint in Gateshead

    Last year a modified graphite grey S13 passed my 180 in South Shields and gave me a wave

    Anyone on here?

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    I'm at uni in Newcastle and got my red zenki s14 up here, it spends most of its time parked on the street though. I've personally not seen any other sbodies around here.

    I sometimes go out to the North Pennines for some b road fun, usually get to Edmundbyers and then go ham from there. Would be nice to get some meets happening.
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    I work in Newcastle Uni :-D.
    Not that I'd ever try and drive to work and park there (too much hassle and too expensive).

    To be honest, life's got so busy I faded away from meets :-(. Still that way unfortunately - maybe one day in the future I'll have a bit more time .

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    Owning a rowdy sbody is pretty useless in Newcastle. You can't use it properly, driving in the city is just awful, even more so with a horrible clutch. I'm used to countryside within 5 minutes of leaving my house.

    Also, why are the speed bumps so brutal here compared to elsewhere

    There doesn't seem to be too many meets going on in the area as far as I'm aware. There certainly isn't enough sxoc activity for meets here, but I don't even know of other jap car meets around here.

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    I don't know about elsewhere, but I seem to go through a lot of bushes on all my cars around here, probably thanks to the bumps and potholes.

    We did used to meet once a month at the Wessington, but I guess things fizzled out (wish I'd had the time try to go more often, just wasn't/isn't possible).

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    Very late to this thread (apologies), but still here

    We do need to get meets back on track.

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    just sold my 14,

    still happy to attend meets

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    Am still rocking the s13 with purple flames at Durham

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    I'd also attend some meets if they were back on (no S-body for about 2 years now though). There hasn't really been anything in a while unfortunately. I'd still bring the RX8, assuming I can get there without blowing the engine

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    Thread bump. Anyone fancy a get together next Sunday?

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    Go on then, who's left, who's new?
    I know Ste's still got his. Fry's is still there, just perpetually garaged.

    I actually (relatively) recently did see an pre-facelift S13 with pepperpot alloys outside the pub near my work in Washington - anyone here?

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    Yeah still hanging in there but I am getting to the point of a 17yo in the house making her way into motoring and....10k sat on the drive there ...kinda need the money.

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    Eek, don't be so generous . The most I got from my folks was driving lessons and added to the insurance on their Volvo 440 (which I crashed).

    I've toyed with the idea of letting go of mine sometimes, especially since I got the PSE, but I know I'd regret it. Everybody else tells me I'd regret it too, even the MOT tester .

    In local SX News, I see someone at the Nissan plant this week has a blue S15 (which was closely followed by a MK IV Supra)

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