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Old 05-30-2013, 02:39 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Funny "pimp my ride" style video of boat-tailed GEO Metro

This is a video we made as an introduction to a message series on being Weird when normal isn't working for my church. It got quite a laugh and I think you guys will enjoy it. Boat tails sure do get a lot of attention...

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Old 05-30-2013, 03:39 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Old 05-30-2013, 05:02 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Old 05-30-2013, 05:41 PM   #4 (permalink)
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I especially like the rain-x part. Been using it for probably over 40 years.

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Old 05-30-2013, 06:29 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Boat tails sure do get a lot of attention...
They sure do!

A friend of mine uses the acronym IFTBW( It's Fun To Be Weird) for online names. Birds of a feather... something...something.

Awesome vid!
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Old 05-30-2013, 06:38 PM   #6 (permalink)
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"You save money on fuel...so you can buy plenty of these"

It makes me reflect on how much money and work I put into saving money (and in essence work). But as others have, even recently, said, it's a hobby and something fun to do without getting in trouble.
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Old 05-30-2013, 06:41 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Old 05-31-2013, 01:56 AM   #9 (permalink)
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Genius! Only 1 problem... gotta lose the seat covers for, you know, weight reduction!
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Great video, nice production values.

You should go into all the pizza pan threads and show them how it is done—held at the rim instead of in the center; and I like the stand-offs for brake cooling

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