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[SPAZZ]

I said Bush's middle eastern butt $ buddies....so, if you are one of those then I was talking about you...but, if you were not one of Bush's middle eastern butt $ buddies, then I was not talking about you.

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You said "this country is full of mentally disturbed Barney lovers who sleep with middle eastern butt buddies," which sounds like a general slur against middle-easterns.

Whether it was directed at the Bin Laden specifically family or the entire Middle East, it's incorrect. The Bin Ladens (excluding Osama's clan) don't hate America. They love us. They make too much money off us to hate us. And the average Middle Eastern person only hates us for taking their land away from them post-ww2 without reason, annexing palestine, including jerusalem - islamic holy land, arming Israel with enough weapons to overpower the rest of the middle east, manipulating leadership to usurp oil production, attacking sovereign nations without justification, and generally disrespecting their way of life and calling them evil.

Then again, most of the world has a general attitude of contempt for Americans for being closed-minded self-centered xenophobic twits. We really should do our best not to further that stereotype.

[Raque Thomas]

Originally posted by SPAZZ
That is what happened on 911...a money deal gone sour for Bush and they took it out on the country...Bush got scared and let Bin Laden's family leave the country out of fear and he thought that nothing else would add to the damage.

Could you explain this statement please? I'd like to know the facts behind this.

[nyc #1 ironman]

fire hydrant..

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Originally posted by nyc #1 ironman
fire hydrant..

Ouch! Did you break it?

[nyc #1 ironman]

YEP !!!!,,,LOL,,,

[WormGod]

Backed into a parking space one night. There was a stack of bricks about 3ft high on the sidewalk behind teh space. I nubbed that and is left some scuff marks on my rear door cladding. Couldnt see the stack in my side mirrors since it was directly center to the VX. Being dark with no parking lot lighting didnt help either. No real damage, but it left it's mark on the cladding for sure.

Had to count this as "building" since "stack of bricks" is not there.

[Jolly Roger VX'er]

okay...I'm going to fess up here and admit something I've almost totally forgot about....

about 1 month after owning my VX and before using VanEyes, I decided to take her to work to show my co-workers and I was on steady night-turn...must have been sleep-deprived....just managed to back into a middle-sized tree that is adjacent to the end of my driveway...was in low range and "bumped" into the tree resulting in a cracked driver-side brake light and a "dinged" plastic rear bumper on driverside.

After removing the rear bumper cladding...I saw no damage behind plastic bumper....so "I" replaced brake light and rear bumper cladding....been good as new since! The bumper was reasonable but "ouch" the brake light assembly was 'spensive!

[ScottinMA]

do you recall what you paid for the rear bumper cladding?

[Francesco Rizzo]

In my two years, I've backed up into two cars. First, a parked cavalier late one night whic I walked back into the bar to let them know what happened, and then the other just this month when my neighbor was backing out of a spot accross I was backing out of.. we met in the middle of the street! I've since installed a cam and already avoided a few crazed drivers speeding through parking lots, and a cart or two. No damage THANKS TO CLADDING!!! but did total 4 Thou to other cars at idle speed!

[Jolly Roger VX'er]

Originally posted by ScottinMA
do you recall what you paid for the rear bumper cladding?

It's been 4 years...I think I paid around $400 for the bumper and
around $300 for the brake light assembly....I remember about $700 total in parts....but, I thought the bumper alone was going to be that much!

Also "whacked" a ring-necked pheasant resulting in a broken amber turn-signal lens on front end....surprised that a new lens from dealer was only $10.

[SPAZZ]

the rear door cladding cost more than any other piece of cladding on the VX!!!!!!!!!!!!!;eekp; I have a spare rear door cladding, rear bumper cladding, L & R door cladding, PR cladding, PF cladding and front bumper cladding. The rest I either sold or got destroyed in the roll over. I love having spares.;Dp;

[Heraclid]

Backed into a small sapling in Uwharrie during the early going. No damage at all. Nothing since. Really don't see any problem with the rearward visibility of the VX any more - quite accustomed to it and no problems.