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There are dirt bags everywhere, no getting around it. Knock on wood, I've had no problems here in NE Ohio yet...we'll see how long my luck lasts. My kid, on the other hand, has a 2000 Celica GTS that's largely stripped down for track use (though he uses it some day to day as well)---a very unassuming looking car, silver in color, no bling to call attention to itself. He had his keyed by some a-hole a year or two back. Boy was he PO'd and you can't blame him. He's just startin' out, doesn't have a lot of money, carries fairly minimal insurance.
Driving the Box not too long ago (top-down) I was stopped at a light on a four-lane road. Guy on a Harley pulls up next to me, pretty 'biker' lookin', and I expected him to give me some crap about what I'm drivin', this semi-exotic German-built machine, thinking hard about what my reaction's gonna be. He surprised me:
"Nice car," he says with obvious conviction.
"Uh..thanks! I'm lovin' it," I respond and we go our separate ways.
People are hard to figure...
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