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Replying to: roadburner (Nov 04, 2009 11:57 am) I've noticed that in some of the H-body GM forums I frequent. The Cobalt forum is really bad. Then there R 1s who use text symbols and code abrv. 2 talk online. I have no problems with people who have problems in spelling or grammar. Usually I know what they mean. It's the few who hop onto a leSabre forum using the text message type and hip talk to try to be cool asking how big the rims are they can put on their Park Avenue and other things about ruining a perfectly good car making it unsafe, in my opinion, to drive. Around the urban area here we see a few BMWs and MBs with silly, dangerous tires pimped out as drug dealer cars. I saw a relatively new MB in a hot burnt red (pretty) with silly wheels crossing a tiny driveway rise into a Speedway station at 1 mph because his tires were about 2 inches thick and the wheels were a color spoke to match car I've never seen on a Mercedes and they were _huge_. |
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Replying to: imidazol97 (Nov 04, 2009 12:26 pm) What this doesn't look good to you?? .   The other day I saw a late model Grand Marquis with 24" rims. Not only was that awful enough, there were plaques on the fenders "24' ". |
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Replying to: tjc78 (Nov 04, 2009 12:51 pm) I didn't realize Richard ended up getting the Grand Marquis after all 
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Replying to: tjc78 (Nov 04, 2009 12:51 pm) Add some Autozone or Walmart glue on portholes Add a two tone paint job, say maroon with sparkles in the paint below the beltline and on the roof and white on the horizontal parts. Add other odd ornaments to make your car unique from the next wannabe's lower cost car. The poetic justice is seeing them sitting with one or more of their 2 inch thick tires flat. Or they are creeping down the street to a station to put in air trying not to hurt the tire that's almost flat. I guess my problem is you can't teach an old dog new tricks? I just can't adapt to ruining a car and probably making it unsafe to drive because of the tires. Add the spinner type wheel covers that move when the car isn't or stay stationary while the car's moving. Probably out of style everywhere else but still an urban status symbol in Dayton urban area.
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Replying to: imidazol97 (Nov 04, 2009 12:26 pm) I've seen a few Escalades with Dub-Dubs (22" wheels) and 35 series tires. I can't imagine what happens when they hit a Northeast pothole. 
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Replying to: tjc78 (Nov 04, 2009 12:51 pm) I wondered what happened to my father's 1998 LaSabre. His was white just like that. I don't remember him buying those wheels though. |
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Replying to: deltheking (Nov 04, 2009 6:17 am) even in the northeast the sun has it's effects. my 91 mustang which is always garaged and only driven a few months a year has areas that show less sun effect than my 07 fusion which sat out on the lot for well over a year. |
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Replying to: imidazol97 (Nov 04, 2009 1:32 pm) Yeah they are about as tacky as you get. Even my girlfriend said the other day "what are those decals for" as she pointed to a really ugly set of portholes on an old Mazda 626 
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....Killer Gas Pedals? What's up with Toyoda? Is this a real issue or has the media found a new whipping boy?
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Replying to: oldfarmer50 (Nov 04, 2009 4:04 pm) |
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