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Old 09-07-2008, 03:03 PM   #6 (permalink)
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I agree with gorad, it definitely could have been from Mexico. Do you remember the license plate? Did it look like a USA plate or ?????

Last year I thought I spotted the new Saturn Astra going to LAX, but another saturnfan pointed out that the car was the *previous* gen Opel, sold as a Chevy in Mexico :

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On the trunk, you can *barely* see the Chevy chevron in the center of an "Opel" circle.

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Doing a little digging, Mexico is my guess to. Don't recall the number but it was a California plate with 09 tags. I was curious so I tailed it a bit.

It clearly said Renault on the hatch lid....

groar, couldn't say about the grille, the whole car was a deep navy blue/black but its possible.

There is probably different regs with cars than with trucks, but I could have sworn we can't register a Mexico car here in CA. Smog being the main reason. But if we can, the boarder is only 3 hrs away, could be shopping time soon
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