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Old 1st February 2018, 10:50 AM
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Default Entertaining thread over at VWVortex

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Old 1st February 2018, 11:16 AM
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haha!

The funny thing is, judging by the photos of the trashed BMW, the 'rear-ender' he was chasing actually did little damage.
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Old 1st February 2018, 11:24 AM
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Mark, I agree there's very little damage to the rear bumper. Panel gaps look good. lol
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Old 1st February 2018, 08:46 PM
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Great find, pity the later videos were taken down.
It's another example of why the yanks need to reform their gun laws.
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Oh man, I can totally understand the frustration of the BMW driver but what a tool.

What on earth kind of tyres was he using, zero grip
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Oh man, I can totally understand the frustration of the BMW driver but what a tool.

What on earth kind of tyres was he using, zero grip
50 50 weight distribution, a drivers car

Strange place for the video to stop though
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So you can improve the styling of Chris Bangles finest!
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