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PostPosted: Thu Mar 08, 2012 4:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Lost a fight with a bus.

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PostPosted: Sat Nov 17, 2012 12:58 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Gotta love Mexico, you can crash a bug, leave it on the side of the road and not think anything of it Laughing

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Alÿs tells the following story: “On 20 March 2011, I left Mexico City in my VW Beetle and drove up north to Culiacán. Upon arrival, I crashed my car into a tree in the Botanical Garden. Nature will do the rest”



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PostPosted: Sun Dec 01, 2013 7:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Driven home after the rollover? Nice!
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Looks like a Porsche in the Shell sign on both sides of the road.
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 16, 2014 11:39 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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PostPosted: Thu Jan 16, 2014 3:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

my daughters bug from a couple of years ago
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 16, 2014 5:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Gotta love Mexico, you can crash a bug, leave it on the side of the road and not think anything of it Laughing

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Alÿs tells the following story: “On 20 March 2011, I left Mexico City in my VW Beetle and drove up north to Culiacán. Upon arrival, I crashed my car into a tree in the Botanical Garden. Nature will do the rest”



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AAA in Mexico, it's tough to believe in this day and age they still don't have better child labor laws.
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 11, 2014 6:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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PostPosted: Tue Feb 11, 2014 9:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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It's amazing how many people like to use a perfectly good car as a battering ram Shocked
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PostPosted: Fri May 23, 2014 2:39 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

About 37 seconds through the clip a Bug gets smacked.

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PostPosted: Fri May 23, 2014 4:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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About 37 seconds through the clip a Bug gets smacked.

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At 25 seconds you can see a bus in the back ground and what looks like a cargo/box bus right before the bug.
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PostPosted: Fri May 23, 2014 9:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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About 37 seconds through the clip a Bug gets smacked.

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Did anyone else notice the bug at 37 sec was a zwitter?
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 09, 2014 8:17 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Silly bus thinks it's a stripper.
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 10, 2014 12:09 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hurst type front bumper guard, some odd lettering at the gas flap, and a pachinco machine in the back? Confused
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