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Old 05-30-2012, 9:24am   #61
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Ouch. You too, Mike? That's just wrong.
On so many levels.....
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Hyundai toying a Hyundai in Texas close enough for the purposes of this topic?
Now if Friz was in one of those cars.............Pete
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Now if Friz was in one of those cars.............Pete
Be careful Kittah.....I have Photoshop too. You wouldn't want to wind up in the driver's seat of.....oh....say a Miata for example, would you?
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Be careful Kittah.....I have Photoshop too. You wouldn't want to wind up in the driver's seat of.....oh....say a Miata for example, would you?
Miatas and Hyundais are illegal in Alberta
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Be careful Kittah.....I have Photoshop too. You wouldn't want to wind up in the driver's seat of.....oh....say a Miata for example, would you?
Oh, Please, please, PLEASE! A pretty PINK one........that would take Sweetsie- his name even sounds kinda foofy- out of the torment five-oh game for a while.
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Oh, Please, please, PLEASE! A pretty PINK one........that would take Sweetsie- his name even sounds kinda foofy- out of the torment five-oh game for a while.
Not likely Bobby, I am your nemesis
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Not likely Bobby, I am your nemesis
I've got a shotgun full of rock salt that'll be your nemesis if I get the chance....
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Red may have to shut this one down.
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Only if someone gets butthurt and reports us to a CF mod first
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On so many levels.....
That pic was taken in a Walmart Parking lot (anything else would be uncivilized!)

What it really was, I believe, was a pair of totaled out salvage title cars going to Mexico to have a fresh start as "new" Hyundais. (it was in Del Rio). I actually took it myself...

such cheap cars--you knock the bumpers off and the insurance company totals them.
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That pic was taken in a Walmart Parking lot (anything else would be uncivilized!)

What it really was, I believe, was a pair of totaled out salvage title cars going to Mexico to have a fresh start as "new" Hyundais. (it was in Del Rio). I actually took it myself...

such cheap cars--you knock the bumpers off and the insurance company totals them.
We have them come through here exactly like that all the time. A phucked up 2003 sonata with a tow bar where the rear bumper used to be pulling an ancient Aerostar down the highway

They buy them at auction in Colorado and resell in Mexico.
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We have them come through here exactly like that all the time. A phucked up 2003 sonata with a tow bar where the rear bumper used to be pulling an ancient Aerostar down the highway

They buy them at auction in Colorado and resell in Mexico.
I seen that many times, there will be 5-10 pickups usually each pulling another vehicle like a mexican parade heading south.
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How many gringos are they smuggling into mexican in those cars?
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I don't really see the substandard automobile trade in SD Co so much (although we know where they all go), but what we do see is the overloaded mexican garage sale trucks headed south:

do you have these in Tx or is this just a Cali thing?



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I don't really see the substandard automobile trade in SD Co so much (although we know where they all go), but what we do see is the overloaded mexican garage sale trucks headed south:

do you have these in Tx or is this just a Cali thing?



Looks like Hokie on the prowl with his extensive collection of mods and expertise...
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I don't really see the substandard automobile trade in SD Co so much (although we know where they all go), but what we do see is the overloaded mexican garage sale trucks headed south:

do you have these in Tx or is this just a Cali thing?



California Highway tradition there.
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I don't really see the substandard automobile trade in SD Co so much (although we know where they all go), but what we do see is the overloaded mexican garage sale trucks headed south:

do you have these in Tx or is this just a Cali thing?



Quite a common sight here.

If you have a garage sale in El Paso, no need to plan on being out there any longer that 8 AM. By 0630, the J-Towners have shown up and bought everything. We had a sale one time and by 7 AM, we were cleaned out.

But you have to watch them like a hawk....Caught one dude trying to walk in the house too. I asked him "Que estas haciendo" (What are you doing). He tells me in Spanish he needs the bathroom. I told him in Spanish if he tries that again, he'll need a pine box. Despite our cultural differences, a moment of true understanding transpired between us.
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