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Old Oct 28, 2010 | 03:29 PM
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Embarrassed to post this but maybe it will convince someone else to look at their own. Not sure if the wife drove through a forest fire or what but it did not look like this 6k miles ago..

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P.S. I got the truck back from the body shop last night. Fender replaced and bumper all fixed up. She is still shiny and I can't find where old paint ends and new paint begins so I am happy with the repair work. They gave me a Chevy Cobalt as a rental, and oh my gosh I felt like i was driving a go-kart. I'm not even 6' tall and seat all the way back with the steering wheel up it was hard to get out.
 
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Old Oct 28, 2010 | 03:33 PM
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lol they gave me a hyundai elantra when i brought my truck in to the shop 2 days ago. im 6'1 pushin 3bills. so im not a little guy. i felt lik ei was in a clown car
 
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Old Oct 28, 2010 | 04:23 PM
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Damn! I have never seen a filter like that! That remminded me to buy the tune up kit for my K&N filter....
 
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Old Oct 28, 2010 | 05:13 PM
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That is a nasty filter, I guess be glad you had it in there!
 
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Old Oct 28, 2010 | 06:59 PM
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Happy to hear that the repair was done properly.
 
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Old Oct 28, 2010 | 07:09 PM
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Haha, my mom drives a Cobalt. Im 6'4" so driving that little thing sucks. They are really fun to drive though; that thing gets up and goes on the freeway. It handles the weaving in and out of traffic well; not that I drive like that.
 

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Old Oct 28, 2010 | 07:40 PM
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Holy ****!!! I though mine was bad with one end pretty dirty. Well you'll get a little better MPG with a new filter.
 
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Old Oct 28, 2010 | 08:06 PM
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Originally Posted by rengnath
Haha, my mom drives a Cobalt. Im 6'4" so driving that little thing sucks. They are really fun to drive though; that thing gets up and goes on the freeway. It handles the weaving in and out of traffic well; not that I drive like that.
My sister has a scion tc and i would never ever treat it like that. Hahaha yea right
 
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Old Oct 29, 2010 | 12:51 AM
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im 5'7" pushin 350 and i used to drive a civic coupe... WTF was i thinking...
 
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