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Old Nov 6, 2009 | 01:26 PM
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There are some things you just don't expect to see when out driving.

I mean, I knew it was going to happen but I just didn't expect to be the one to see it.



Yeppur, it's a bathtub mat, I didn't stay behind him/her long enough to see how it was attached as it was hard enough to stop giggling long enough to get my phone out.
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Old Nov 6, 2009 | 01:34 PM
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hahaa license plate frame rattling?
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Old Nov 6, 2009 | 01:58 PM
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I was in NYC last week, and I watched someone park their car by tapping the car behind them, and then parking it while it was still touching the other car and effectively trapping that car in. Effing ridiculous. No wonder there were so many 'Bumper Bully' contraptions on cars there.
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Old Nov 6, 2009 | 04:19 PM
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Cliff is that a new car or am I color blind? (body color looks white)
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Old Nov 6, 2009 | 04:48 PM
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WTF is that stupid thing even for? Is it actually so you can park by touch? You've got to be kidding me.
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Old Nov 6, 2009 | 06:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Faymester
WTF is that stupid thing even for? Is it actually so you can park by touch? You've got to be kidding me.
The real ones go the full length of your rear bumper and are suppose to prevent parallel parking from rubbing the paint off your bumpers, somehow over the course of when these things popped up people have left them draped over the bumper, they are suppose to be in the trunk, then when u park you pull it out , but that must be to hard.

Funny how I never see the front end covered, even when parked
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Old Nov 6, 2009 | 07:58 PM
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Why laugh? It wants to be a super hero

"up, up, into the sk....rail!"
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Old Nov 9, 2009 | 09:50 AM
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Originally Posted by Sash
Cliff is that a new car or am I color blind? (body color looks white)

Nah I had an Acura that day, was giving Gracie a rest.
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Old Nov 9, 2009 | 02:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Faymester
WTF is that stupid thing even for? Is it actually so you can park by touch? You've got to be kidding me.
I thought it's one of those that you keep in the trunk and when you're loading stuff, you take it out and drape it over the bumper (kind like a bumper protector but it's not permanently stuck on your bumper). It's like a bumper apron lol.
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Old Nov 9, 2009 | 02:49 PM
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he/she should atleast choose a different color lol.
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Old Nov 9, 2009 | 04:58 PM
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The car needs a bib. Maybe they have a big *** scratch under the matt
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Old Nov 9, 2009 | 05:34 PM
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Someone's on the rag today
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Old Nov 10, 2009 | 07:25 AM
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Thats us NY'ers for ya. Don't laugh, I actually have the Bumper Bully in my trunk. But I use it mainly for people not to rub their ***** on my car while they park.
I can park well, and plus I have backup camera. But there are a lot of bad/discourteous drivers in the world that I need to fend off.

I use it quite often, but the few times I got lazy to put it out I got knicked.... Badly too.

I definitely recommend getting one. And..I don't drive with it out still. LOL
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Old Nov 10, 2009 | 07:28 AM
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For me it would seem the opposite and it gives other drivers the illusion they can tap the hell out of your bumper. And with a fiberglass rear bumper like mine that's a big no-no.
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Old Nov 10, 2009 | 07:28 AM
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This just feels like the automotive equivalent of walking out of the rest room with a long thread of toilet tissue sticking to the bottom of your shoe.
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