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11-25-2009, 11:31 AM	#1 (permalink)
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11-25-2009, 01:21 PM	#2 (permalink)
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i think they look cool too!
and they work!

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gone-ot ...beats walking... Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: . Posts: 6,190 Thanks: 179 Thanked 1,525 Times in 1,126 Posts	...when the "testing" is done, leave the "tufts" on the car, and when people ask what they are, just tell them they're "...Irish Pennants."

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okay any body here have a list of other brands of generators? experience with using the other places on a car? I am off to surf the webs for more info... which I i will post here!!!!!

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