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Old 01-01-2008, 04:55 PM
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To be honest this is no worse that kids buying cheap base spec hatchbacks fitting a chrome pipe on the exhaust and a few blue light in the wheel arches and custom alloys. It just make the car feel unique to them so they misguidedly feel special. It's harmless.

My only concern is that in most cases post production modifications like this are not safety tested so if cars like this are ever involved in an accident have the changes compromised the inherent structural safety of the vehicle as established during the type approval tests of the original design.
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Looks like something out of a fairground... still it does no harm it takes all sorts
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It's an ugly monstrosity, far too decadent ...... just like anything else thats over decorated, it becomes tasteless.
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OMG-How yuk is that! Seems to me that 'adults' are getting younger!!
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well, to be honest, if you had something like that, where the hell would you drive it and, more importantly, where would you park it without it being stripped clean and/or scratched to pieces in about 5 minutes flat?

i mean you could hardly take it to Tescos and do the weekly shop in it, could you?

its the equivalent of buying a bright red leather jacket which looks great in the changing room-sort of-and you take it home and think well now what do i do with it?-there is now way on earth you are going to leave the house wearing a bright red leather jacket under any circumstances whatsoever-personally speaking of course

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