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Old Mar 30, 2006 | 12:32 PM
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*******s!!

I got hit by an uninsured cruise missile!. No frame damage but took everything apart to make absolutly sure.
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Old Mar 30, 2006 | 12:36 PM
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Old Mar 30, 2006 | 06:33 PM
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Old Mar 31, 2006 | 03:07 AM
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no, real deal

wanted to post pics but the site wont take them. Says they are too big.
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Old Mar 31, 2006 | 03:54 AM
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Old Mar 31, 2006 | 08:46 AM
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Originally Posted by Xeron
I got hit by an uninsured cruise missile!. No frame damage but took everything apart to make absolutly sure.
America is strange. In Europe it is not possible to get license plates without proff of liabillity insurrance.

Glad you got away alive.
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Old Mar 31, 2006 | 03:58 PM
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America is strange. In Europe it is not possible to get license plates without proff of liabillity insurrance.
You can where I live in Europe.
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Originally Posted by Xeron
wanted to post pics but the site wont take them. Says they are too big.
Why don't you resize the pictures and post them?
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Old Apr 1, 2006 | 02:20 PM
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Originally Posted by sprins
You can where I live in Europe.
You live in one of the eastern countryes ?
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You live in one of the eastern countryes ?
Nope, the most liberal West-European country (if not the most global liberal country) of them all

In a lot of countries the plates are car-bound, not owner-bound. When a car is registered here it gets plates that last the cars lifetime. The plates tell the cars age. IOW the neighbours can check from which year your car is
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Old Apr 5, 2006 | 09:32 PM
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Frame is straight as an arrow. Needed to be pulled abiut 2mm.
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Wow, hopefully no injuries to you and/or passenger.

What exactly happened?
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