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Old Apr 4, 2017 | 04:18 PM
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Victim of 10" of rain and a retaining wall.
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Not mine. I couldn't have posted if it was.
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Old Apr 4, 2017 | 04:36 PM
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I knew these cars melted in the rain
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Retaining wall was about 15' behind the vehicles so that material built up some energy as it fell.
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The truck melted, too.
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Where was that?
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This has not been a good week for C6 owners, I think that is the third one !
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Old Apr 5, 2017 | 12:28 PM
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Stop posting this disturbing pics! Another C6 bites the dust
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Amazing. The force generated is hard to imagine.
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The truck melted, too.
Guess because it is a GM product also. Looks like a pattern.
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Ouch
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