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Old Jul 14, 2007 | 03:03 PM
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if you park in a wooded shaded parking spot beware of the oak trees they are dropping their acorns which = acorn sized dints
Old Jul 14, 2007 | 04:06 PM
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If you park under coconut trees, they are dropping their coconuts which=coconut sized dents, lol.

Good point though, lol.
Old Jul 14, 2007 | 04:12 PM
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If you park outside beware of bird droppings.....disgusting....
Old Jul 14, 2007 | 06:09 PM
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if you park at walmart beware of morons returning their cart. they don't care if they scratch your car.
Old Jul 14, 2007 | 06:10 PM
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lol i'm liking how this thread is turning out!!!
Old Jul 14, 2007 | 06:26 PM
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lol, The trees around my university dump tree sap on my car. It gets so bad that sometimes my wipers get stuck.
Old Jul 14, 2007 | 08:00 PM
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If you plan on being parked for hours and start in the shade, it'll be in the sun when you return.
Old Jul 14, 2007 | 08:47 PM
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where i normaly park its in the shade and still in the shade when i return but its a oak tree stupid oak tree
Old Jul 14, 2007 | 08:56 PM
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then I would climb that tree and remove those damn acorns. then you have your parking spot back.
Old Jul 14, 2007 | 09:26 PM
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have you seen how many acorns are on a full size oak tree!!!
Old Jul 14, 2007 | 09:32 PM
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If you park outside, beware of anything happening to your ride.
Old Jul 14, 2007 | 10:45 PM
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Originally Posted by duck_dodgers_24_5
have you seen how many acorns are on a full size oak tree!!!
Ohhh it's just a days work lol....
Old Jul 14, 2007 | 11:18 PM
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Originally Posted by dencio83
if you park at walmart beware of morons returning their cart. they don't care if they scratch your car.
Hate that crap. Almost every car I have had has come out with a huge scratch, sometimes dings from carts.

ALWAYS PARK AND WALK! LOL!
Old Jul 14, 2007 | 11:27 PM
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When I went by the new Mal-Wart about a mile away the other day, there was a cart doing maybe 15 MPH across the lot with no one near it. *sigh* As I was just going by, I didn't see what it impacted...

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Originally Posted by Tomas
When I went by the new Mal-Wart about a mile away the other day, there was a cart doing maybe 15 MPH across the lot with no one near it. *sigh* As I was just going by, I didn't see what it impacted...

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i've seen the results of that, its pretty messy the bilboard or the plastic child seat acts like a wind sail

quiet a horror story
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Originally Posted by duck_dodgers_24_5
Originally Posted by Tomas
When I went by the new Mal-Wart about a mile away the other day, there was a cart doing maybe 15 MPH across the lot with no one near it. *sigh* As I was just going by, I didn't see what it impacted...

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i've seen the results of that, its pretty messy the bilboard or the plastic child seat acts like a wind sail

quiet a horror story
I have seen the impact too, not good. Wind blowing about 20mpg, parking lot down hill. Mustang owner was not happy!
Old Jul 15, 2007 | 04:07 AM
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wow i didn't know that wind gets 20 miles per gallon i would of expected more a lot lot more lol
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We actually just had a dust storm recently. How bout winds gusting to 73 miles per gallon. Now that I may say sir is one HYBRID Duststorm.
Old Jul 15, 2007 | 04:38 AM
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Originally Posted by duck_dodgers_24_5
wow i didn't know that wind gets 20 miles per gallon i would of expected more a lot lot more lol
NICE! ahhaha
Old Jul 15, 2007 | 05:25 AM
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Originally Posted by duck_dodgers_24_5
have you seen how many acorns are on a full size oak tree!!!
They harvest some tree fruits or nuts by mechanically shaking the trunk. I figure 3 or 4 good stout bashes from your Scion's bumper would shake durn near every acorn from the tree. Then tell your insurance agent that it was hail...



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