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Old Mar 13, 2008 | 05:51 PM
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Always, especially if there's a chance that a building could fall on it!

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Old Mar 13, 2008 | 07:22 PM
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Originally Posted by EBvette02
I look back too... the question is... What do you think when you look back?
Mine is - Damn, thats a nice car!


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Old Mar 13, 2008 | 09:52 PM
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Originally Posted by vettegator005
yeah i do it too. i also look at my car in glass as i drive by.

Me too!! There's a great place, restaurant, that has a full glass front in a shopping center where I live. The kids with their "ricers" cruise it so we like to show them what real sports cars look like!!
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Old Mar 14, 2008 | 12:23 AM
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I always look back.......one time I forgot to set the parking brake and heard it rolling away......OOPS! Caught it before it hit anything.
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Old Mar 14, 2008 | 12:30 AM
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Oh yeah...........
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Old Mar 14, 2008 | 12:51 AM
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i keep thinking that she'll look back at me and wink!
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Old Mar 14, 2008 | 03:25 AM
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I'm guilty!!
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Old Mar 14, 2008 | 05:27 AM
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I'm constantly looking back, tripping over curbs and running into baskets until something like this cuts through my view:



At that point, I pretty much forget what the hell I was driving.
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Old Mar 14, 2008 | 08:25 AM
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Every time..........and I park in my own garage.
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Old Mar 14, 2008 | 08:31 AM
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Better believe I do!!!
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Old Mar 14, 2008 | 08:36 AM
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Old Mar 14, 2008 | 09:59 AM
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You know i do
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Old Mar 14, 2008 | 10:47 AM
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You bet I do but it is so much better looking at it as I walk toward it.
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Old Mar 14, 2008 | 09:35 PM
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Originally Posted by RON NARDONE
Every Time I Shut Off My Car And Walk Away I Look Back At It.ill Bet Just About Every Forum Member Does This Too Post Back And Let Us Know
I must say I really try not to look back for fear of having people think I love my car. But I do love my car. But anyway, what I like more is when I get to walk back to it, I get to see it longer that way
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Old Mar 14, 2008 | 09:55 PM
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All the time
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