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Old 04-04-2008, 09:35 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Old 04-05-2008, 01:37 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Great update! The video was floating around the forums a while ago but I never heard what happened to them. It's always a good thing when people are not being restricted by the paranoia of the ignorant people in positions of power.
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i say we redo that project with a lighter car.
what improvement could we make?

1) safer floor
2) slow moving vehicle sign
3) high pressure spacer spare tires
What else?
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i say we redo that project with a lighter car.
what improvement could we make?

1) safer floor
2) slow moving vehicle sign
3) high pressure spacer spare tires
What else?
How about this?

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Sorry MetroMPG, I just noticed your thread on the same topic below. Doh!


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