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Old Jul 15, 2017 | 08:52 PM
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If it has already passed customs it is on its way and will be there this week sometime.
 
Old Jul 15, 2017 | 08:55 PM
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If it has already passed customs it is on its way and will be there this week sometime.
That is if he was in the US..

Don't forget he is in the Canadian outback...
 
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Hasn't crossed the border yet, I just hope it gets here before Thursday or after. I have a show I want to go to and don't want Frances to miss it this year..unless I can somehow have it dropped off somewhere I can pick it up later..
 
Old Jul 15, 2017 | 08:57 PM
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Originally Posted by donjamer
That is if he was in the US..

Don't forget he is in the Canadian outback...
That's right ..the town is called Buck F*%K Nowhere...
 
Old Jul 15, 2017 | 08:58 PM
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Originally Posted by donjamer
That is if he was in the US..

Don't forget he is in the Canadian outback...
I still think they have hard roads there.
 
Old Jul 15, 2017 | 09:05 PM
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I still think they have hard roads there.
In the winter they are...
 
Old Jul 15, 2017 | 09:10 PM
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Originally Posted by 56panelford
In the winter they are...
Been a lot of years since I drove on a gravel road.
 
Old Jul 15, 2017 | 09:11 PM
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Been a lot of years since I drove on a gravel road.
They don't put gravel on the ice, it melts the road
 
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Old Jul 15, 2017 | 09:13 PM
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Been a lot of years since I drove on a gravel road.
It's only the bush roads that a gravel or private lanes..
 
Old Jul 15, 2017 | 09:20 PM
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It's only the bush roads that a gravel or private lanes..
Can't keep a new car new very long?
 
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Can't keep a new car new very long?
That is the same everywhere.. LOL
 
Old Jul 15, 2017 | 09:30 PM
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Probably not as long there with the longer salt usage.
 
Old Jul 15, 2017 | 09:31 PM
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Can't keep a new car new very long?
About 4 years and they are showing signs of age up here if you are driving them in the winter, these trucks will be toasty warm in the garage for the winter..
 
Old Jul 15, 2017 | 09:35 PM
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Probably not as long there with the longer salt usage.
Last 2 cars I used for traveling to work were 10 years old and 400,000 km's on them. The 95 Grand Am I had you could stick a pencil through some parts around the trunk area and most of the pinch welds had fallen off, the only reason I scraped them. they still drove excellent though ..
 
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We don't buy new cars so it doesn't matter.
 



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