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yagotme

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62. 60's and 70's mustangs were kind of scowly.

Reply to Jerry2144 (Reply #54)

Wed Jan 15, 2025, 12:49 PM

Jan 2025

Just depends on how far you let your imagination take you, I guess. Are the modern VW's with the cute eyelashes OK??

But post gas crunch when things shrank to save fuel to now.

So, cars were large, then they shrunk, then are getting bigger again. So, if larger cars cause road rage, then there must have been a TON of it back in the day.

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