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IS this car proving a point? Being used to demonstrate something, or has it been through some spectacular trial and is still running? Just trying to understand what's going on with what is apparently just a trashed Tesla.
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^I'm not getting the joke either^^^^^^
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IS this car proving a point? Being used to demonstrate something, or has it been through some spectacular trial and is still running? Just trying to understand what's going on with what is apparently just a trashed Tesla.
It could be that the joke is that "no smoking title" is JOKINGLY referring to the fact that it's for sale and the prior owner was not a smoker.

Kind of like a real estate listing that the home had never been smoked in.
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Oh, ok...I get jokes ^^^^( in my Homer Simpson voice )
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^^^ That’s a cool pic! 70 what?

Random: driverless WAYMO took us to a restaurant out in Chandler, AZ

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^^^ That’s a cool pic! 70 what?

Random: driverless WAYMO took us to a restaurant out in Chandler, AZ

70 years Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II has marked in her reign.
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I don't have the backstory, but they specialize in EV repair, so I guess it's a rolling advertisement

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