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MetroMPG · 10-11-2017, 05:45 PM

On the bright side, the combination of cardboard skirts + rear spoiler on this little red car caused the biggest bystander commotion I've seen to date:

2 girls on the sidewalk stopped, turned, pointed and one actually yelled as I went by:

"OMG! WAIT... is that ... THAT IS ALL CARDBOARD!!"

At that point, we were all laughing.

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