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Old 07-03-2015, 01:35 PM   #11 (permalink)
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Old 07-03-2015, 03:01 PM   #12 (permalink)
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It might have some function as a passive anti-theft
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Old 07-03-2015, 04:42 PM   #13 (permalink)
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Why on Earth do you people think it's ugly? I wouldn't say it's a thing of beauty, but it's no worse looking than the aferage production car on the roads - including the Mustang it was created from.
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Old 07-04-2015, 01:44 PM   #15 (permalink)
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Why on Earth do you people think it's ugly? I wouldn't say it's a thing of beauty, but it's no worse looking than the aferage production car on the roads - including the Mustang it was created from.
Have you talked to your doctor about this?
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Why on Earth do you people think it's ugly? I wouldn't say it's a thing of beauty, but it's no worse looking than the aferage production car on the roads - including the Mustang it was created from.
Because it is actually worse. A lot worse.
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It might have some function as a passive anti-theft
That was funny. I've often said the same thing about my own mods.
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Old 07-05-2015, 12:18 AM   #18 (permalink)
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But a Metro is already less likely to be stolen than a Mustang
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Because it is actually worse. A lot worse.
Care to explain why you think so? (Leaving out the color of the paint, of course.)

Can you honestly say it's uglier than this: https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/hphoto...2f&oe=5630E2A6 (Nissan Juke). this http://www.fiatusa.com/assets/images...rt-184x130.png (Fiat 500), this https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...t_20100508.jpg (Mini Clubman), or this https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...8_Scion_xB.jpg (Scion xB), to name just a few off the top of my head.

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