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Old 12-12-2017, 04:29 AM
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Old 12-12-2017, 05:16 AM
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Looks like this ^^ one could've benefited from Volvo braking.
And very similar road types, too.

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Old 12-12-2017, 05:21 AM
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Old 12-12-2017, 05:32 AM
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Old 12-12-2017, 07:06 AM
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I went to the Army Surplus store today, they had some cool $40 Tactical gloves with carbon fiber knuckles. I didn't buy them as they didn't fit me as well as the $15 motorcycle ones I ended up with.

https://www.amazon.com/Rapdom-Tactical-Carbon-Knuckle-Gloves/dp/B00DR8TKDK


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Old 12-12-2017, 12:57 PM
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Old 12-13-2017, 04:17 AM
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Old 12-13-2017, 04:27 AM
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Old 12-13-2017, 04:37 AM
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Old 12-13-2017, 06:46 AM
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Old 12-13-2017, 11:44 AM
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Old 12-13-2017, 12:17 PM
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Seat belts not yet mandatory.
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Old 12-13-2017, 01:11 PM
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I don't normally go for skinny chicks but I could get frisky with that... as long as she is into middle age, bald, chubby guys.

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Old 12-13-2017, 02:18 PM
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I don't normally go for skinny chicks but I could get frisky with that... as long as she is into middle age, bald, chubby guys.
Oh hey, your cousin Wei made this one! Lets buy it!
Old 12-13-2017, 02:23 PM
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That looks like a really bad photoshop.

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Old 12-13-2017, 03:42 PM
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Old 12-13-2017, 05:11 PM
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Seat belts not yet mandatory.
probably safer to be thrown out of the car anyway... In those days the driver sat in the crumple zone.

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Old 12-14-2017, 04:32 AM
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probably safer to be thrown out of the car anyway... In those days the driver sat in the crumple zone.
Unfortunately it was worse than that. The driver was the crumple zone.
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Old 12-14-2017, 04:59 AM
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Unfortunately it was worse than that. The driver was the crumple zone.
Funny, when I saw that previous post, I thought the same thing.













to keep it somewhat random (but in the theme of wrecks)


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Old 12-14-2017, 05:10 AM
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