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There are many times I'd like to help a neighbor but will never do it or offer unless they ask.
Like mmarshall said, I too only help anyone when they ask and I almost never offer but that is a story for another day.
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Correct...a '49 or '50 Olds coupe, although I don't think that's a stock roofline. It was very common to "chop" and customize American vehicles of that era with lower rooflines and smaller windows, just like it is today with lowered suspensions. Chopped Mercury coupes, such as the one below, were especially popular.
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Well I may have signed myself up for a form of hell. The Jeeps replacement is here.
This is the opposite of how I normally buy cars, this one has a perfect engine/trans but needs cosmetics and a diff replaced. Normally I buy with dead engine/trans but everything else perfect. I'm the 2nd owner and I feel bad for the first since they spent $32k in the last 20 years to keep it alive.
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IMO, that's an ideal gauge-panel.....simple, to the point, no-nosense, and easily legible.
The only change I'd like to see is a speedometer with 10, 20, 30, etc... increments instead of 20, 40, 60, etc...
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Looks like that was a few months ago. When they steal the Tesla, I wonder if the owner of the Tesla took his phone with him. Since the phone acts as the key, I don't think they would have gotten very far as the phone would lose BT connection with the car.
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Haha!
Yeah it was like 3 months ago. For some reason it popped up in my YouTube recommendations last night too.
Yeah it was like 3 months ago. For some reason it popped up in my YouTube recommendations last night too.