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JenniferBedell
 Post subject: Re: i hear we have an AutoX on real pavement?
PostPosted: Mon May 23, 2011 10:43 am 
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I really liked this course too - nice job! A little more space around that pivot might have saved me some money, though :oops:


??? Hmmmm? Tire damage on the exit or something?


Nah, the Elise had a fight with some grass, and the grass won. :roll: 2-3 inch crack on the chin of the clamshell.

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Maria Winslow
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Nah, the Elise had a fight with some grass, and the grass won. :roll: 2-3 inch crack on the chin of the clamshell.


I didn't realize that car is made of paper-mache!
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Matt McGrain wrote:
Maria Winslow wrote:
I really liked this course too - nice job! A little more space around that pivot might have saved me some money, though :oops:


??? Hmmmm? Tire damage on the exit or something?



Or a little more slowness going in perhaps?..... :D

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JenniferBedell
 Post subject: Re: i hear we have an AutoX on real pavement?
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Maria Winslow wrote:
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Nah, the Elise had a fight with some grass, and the grass won. :roll: 2-3 inch crack on the chin of the clamshell.


I didn't realize that car is made of paper-mache!


On the contrary, papier-mache is resilient stuff, and far too heavy! The Elise is made of fairy wings. :lol:

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Just patch it with some Mithril and resin and respray it.

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Just patch it with some Mithril and resin and respray it.


Why don't we have a like button? I'm sure Jennifer has some!
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Steven Carter
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[quote="RobLupella
Or a little more slowness going in perhaps?..... :D[/quote]

this. I :shock: every time Maria over-drove the C-box and plowed cones on exit, thinking "OMG, there goes the clam!" But no, it was just a whiff of grass that did it in...

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JenniferBedell wrote:
Matt McGrain wrote:
Maria Winslow wrote:
I really liked this course too - nice job! A little more space around that pivot might have saved me some money, though :oops:


??? Hmmmm? Tire damage on the exit or something?


Nah, the Elise had a fight with some grass, and the grass won. :roll: 2-3 inch crack on the chin of the clamshell.


Sorry to hear about your car getting totaled.
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RobLupella
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JamesMilko wrote:
JenniferBedell wrote:
Maria Winslow wrote:
I really liked this course too - nice job! A little more space around that pivot might have saved me some money, though :oops:


??? Hmmmm? Tire damage on the exit or something?

Nah, the Elise had a fight with some grass, and the grass won. :roll: 2-3 inch crack on the chin of the clamshell.


Sorry to hear about your car getting totaled.


At least hers runs and comes out to play :P

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