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Old Apr 7, 2015 | 06:00 PM
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So your cruising the back roads of Kansas in your C3.. You come across this ahead of you.... DO YOU ACCEPT THE CHALLENGE?


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Old Apr 7, 2015 | 07:27 PM
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How could you skip that challenge? It's begging to passed....
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Old Apr 7, 2015 | 08:37 PM
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You have enough horsepower and torque to go thru under it. Maybe .... Looks like the shape of a C3 ..... almost.
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I have been in exactly the same position..... no way to go under and
not room to pass...... patience is a virtue and probably safer to
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UOTE=wyocat;1589367302]So your cruising the back roads of Kansas in your C3.. You come across this ahead of you.... DO YOU ACCEPT THE CHALLENGE?


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Old Apr 7, 2015 | 09:21 PM
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I don't think I could stop myself, I'd have to do it! I bet that driver would need new underwear after that!
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Old Apr 7, 2015 | 09:52 PM
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Vette - no (too much too lose, not enough to win)

Crotch rocket - yes (why the he// not?)
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Old Apr 7, 2015 | 10:15 PM
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Hell yeah I'd do it….in your car!
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Not in my car. But in some other smaller car, that has been lowered....I would guess that someone has tried it.

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As Richard Pryor would crouch down and say...............


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Originally Posted by doorgunner
As Richard Pryor would crouch down and say...............


"Poof!"
Never- be your luck he turns left or right in to his field where there is no driveway and you will be shucking corn-oats......
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Originally Posted by wyocat
So your cruising the back roads of Kansas in your C3.. You come across this ahead of you.... DO YOU ACCEPT THE CHALLENGE?


Hey, I'm glad I'm not the only one who has thought about this while following one of those.
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What challenge? Are you wanting to go under or go around?
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In my FILs Mini Cooper, heck yeah. In a corvette, heck no. I don't think you have the width clearance.
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