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Old 02-01-2025, 11:29 AM
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Street take overs. Burning up engines, tires and running over each other.
Street takeovers and burnouts are high on my list of WTFs.

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I also think that most folks want to be liked, and want to belong and the easiest way for a lot of folks to do that is to mimic the folks around them. So even if what everyone else is doing is silly, lots of folks will do silly stuff just to belong to that group.
Some of that 'silly stuff' ↓ that I just don't understand...
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Another thing I don't understand is why someone would pay $627K for this thing at Mecum's recent Kissimmee auction
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Street take overs. Burning up engines, tires and running over each other. This seems like a rather stupid event, but hundreds of people show up and get involved.
Sounds like you've seen a Mustang at a Cars n Coffee event
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I don't understand spending tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars to drive your old car around in (basically) a circle and end up where you started. I mean - you're already right there!
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Another thing I don't understand is why someone would pay $627K for this thing at Mecum's recent Kissimmee auction


Because it's cool as hell?

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