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Old 02-06-2012, 01:04 AM
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They rare, but are slightly more common than the Chrysler K-car. It was a terrible car but saved them from oblivion because they sold the crap out of them. What's funny is that I see more AMC Pacers and Grimlins than either the K-car or the Chevette.
When I was in college, our campus police drove K-cars. We could outrun them on foot for a pretty good distance...talk about acceleration!
The Canadian television program "The Red Green Show" went through quite a few K-cars, which were "sacrificed" to serve as the bases of Red's junkyard invention projects... Also:
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I saw a dog catch one of those and bury it. I had always wondered what dogs would do if they actually caught a car. <insert Steven Wright face>
I wonder if he still walks his dog on the ledge outside the windows of his high-rise apartment because (as he said), "Some people are afraid of heights--I'm afraid of widths." :-) In addition:

His car modification that he once mentioned (and knowing him, I wouldn't be surprised if he actually tried it, at least briefly) was...unique: "I got tired of people always passing me, so I replaced my car's headlights with strobe lights--now when I drive at night, I'm the only one who's moving..."
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