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Old 04-12-2007, 07:24 PM
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Rental cars are wonderful. A great way to Test, the limits of a new car, to look good, and then to make you look like an a$$ too.
Keep your eyes on your surroundings....not the leggy redhead.
Or ELSE...this is what happens.



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Hope you got the extra insurance! That's crucial on a rental car.
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Old 04-12-2007, 07:30 PM
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Originally Posted by teamben158
Hope you got the extra insurance! That's crucial on a rental car.
In california....Insurance....never heard of it...
Yeah its covered...thankfully. And Im not at fault.
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Old 04-12-2007, 07:39 PM
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ALWAYS pay the xtra money for insurance on a rental!
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Wow... It was just a v6 though right? You may have improved it.
Did you get the redheads number?
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Haha! What a beautiful picture!
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dude, D how fast were you going?
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And Im not at fault.
How'd you manage to not be at fault? It sort of looks like the front end, the end where you should be looking, is what hit whatever. It doesn't appear to be bad enough to be head on collision, so you either rear-ended someone, or side swiped them. Did someone run a red light or something?
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actually, you don't always need rental car insurace. if you have full coverage on your insurance policy, that extends to rental cars. and also, some credit cards, like my visa automatically insure any rental cars i pay for with that card. rental car companies make alot of money selling insurance.

anyway, yeah, thank god it was just a v6 pos, if you had crashed a shelby 350h...i'd have to do unto you what you did to the car.
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Maybe he went thru a green and someone ran a red...
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Originally Posted by scionofPCFL
And Im not at fault.
How'd you manage to not be at fault? It sort of looks like the front end, the end where you should be looking, is what hit whatever. It doesn't appear to be bad enough to be head on collision, so you either rear-ended someone, or side swiped them. Did someone run a red light or something?
I was on a fresh green. The dingbat 17 year old unlicensed, uninsured girl blew thru a very RED light....in front of a Nice looking Redhair female CHiPpy. She saw the whole thing. She came across the left side. 5 seconds later, she'd been in the door, and I'd be.....well.......
I was doing the speed limit.
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what was the speed limit tho?
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So did you get her number? TTIWWOP of CHP officer! and 17yr old!!!
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?TTIWWOP???
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This Thread Is Worthles WithOut Pics. I know you have one pic of the crushtang but what do we really want to see?
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5 seconds later, she'd been in the door, and I'd be.....well.......
Really, 5 seconds later she'd have hit another car, as you'd be long gone. To hit you in the door, assuming 45 mph (although I feel that's a tad low), it would have been about .03 sec's later.
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Gotcha, didn't put that together.
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Originally Posted by xSTANDxSTRONGx
?TTIWWOP???
Huh?
Speak engrish
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Wtf Grandpa D?? You can't drive!! draxcaliber if you like the Shelby GT-H (that's the name not 350H ) so much why don't you go out and buy one?? Just messin with ya man!
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well, you can't buy one...they are made only for hertz rent-a-car. you can only get one after hertz decides to sell them. and heck, if i could, i would, cars like that are a freakin gold mine. do you have any idea how much the original gt-h's are from the 60's?
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