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Old 07-24-08, 09:16 AM
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Originally Posted by Mr. Underbridge
You'd understand if you've been to K street where it happened. You don't speed to anywhere. Why some moron would bother owning a Corvette and driving it in downtown Wash DC is beyond me. I couldn't max out the speed on my mountain bike riding over there. Hell, on M street, I couldn't even *run* in the street because the cars were slowing me down.
Same thing in London, lots of super fast cars but gridlocked 5mph traffic
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