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Old Apr 10, 2009 | 01:17 PM
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Originally Posted by ssmoked
i am pretty sure i can poke plenty holes in your actities.
Yes, I'm avoiding Russian roulette, hang gliding, Mavericks surfing competition, piloting single engine airplanes, sky diving, chain saw juggling and motor scooter riding these days.

To be honest what worries me more about motorcycling is not the getting killed part, it's the possibility of crippling injuries. I've had a close family member killed last year in a m/c head-on, car driver was convicted/found to be at fault.
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Old Apr 10, 2009 | 02:02 PM
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Originally Posted by ssmoked
where is the Rav4?
Oh snap how can I forget my babybehind the garage.. I've done many mods to it such as HID's, leds, window tint, AFE air filter, etc..



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Old Apr 10, 2009 | 03:23 PM
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Originally Posted by IS-SV
Yes, I'm avoiding Russian roulette, hang gliding, Mavericks surfing competition, piloting single engine airplanes, sky diving, chain saw juggling and motor scooter riding these days.

To be honest what worries me more about motorcycling is not the getting killed part, it's the possibility of crippling injuries. I've had a close family member killed last year in a m/c head-on, car driver was convicted/found to be at fault.
sorry for the loss.
but hey, gotta live life to the fullest right (under balanced means)?!
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Old Apr 10, 2009 | 04:42 PM
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Originally Posted by ssmoked
sorry for the loss.
but hey, gotta live life to the fullest right (under balanced means)?!
Yes, you bet! Be safe.
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Old Apr 10, 2009 | 07:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Stage3
I'll never understand the concept of buying a car that's not a rare car and letting it rot away in a garage collecting dust.
Yea, I never got that either. All the cars in my sig are driven all the time.

Originally Posted by Allen K
My IS is my beater...
Yup, mine too. I would use "beater" loosely though; my cars are all kept in very good condition.

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Old Apr 10, 2009 | 08:42 PM
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We've got a 1996 Nissan Quest GXE as the family beater - it looks like a beater but it's in surprisingly good mechanical shape. I just redid all the coolant bypass hoses, valve cover gaskets, changed the fluids, replaced the AC hoses and accumulator, and threw on 2 Goodyear Assurance TripleTred tires - all by myself.

Gotta love working at a dealership.
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