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Old 10-11-2009, 02:36 AM   #11 (permalink)
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I used to laugh at my Aunt and Uncle for "topping off" then driving home... hot summer day, you could see the gas literally running out of the tank of their Mazda MPV minivan. Right back out the filler neck, past the cap.

After they had it for a couple years, the paint was completely gone below the filler neck area, and it was beginning to rust through without warning, before the paint even started coming off. It quickly became garbage, just like every other vehicle they drive (including the Prius).


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I'd like to think that people might open their eyes at some point... instead, I find it more and more likely that I'll just close mine.

-- Author kept secret.

Je ne veux pas d'une meilleure vie. Je veux être heureux avec celle que j'ai maintenant.
(I do not want a better life. I want to be happy with the one I have now.)


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