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Posted: 9/22/2016 7:29:07 PM EDT
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Kudos to not owning a new car in twenty plus years! It looks like all of your neighbor's are on board as well. Lol. When I bought the house it was a average middle income neighborhood. Now it's mostly rentals. What's a guy to do. Kids are grown house is almost paid off I ain't movin. |
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Posted: 9/22/2016 7:31:13 PM EDT
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Posted: 9/22/2016 7:33:05 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I'm not usually this cheap but it was too good to pass up. I bought and sold my 2001 Buick for $2700. Profit! Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I'm cheap but geez I'm not usually this cheap but it was too good to pass up. I bought and sold my 2001 Buick for $2700. Profit! I wouldn't have something like that now because of the kids but if I was single l, who cares? |
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Posted: 9/22/2016 7:33:28 PM EDT
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Nice car Grandma.  Be careful reversing out of that driveway. 
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Posted: 9/22/2016 7:35:24 PM EDT
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I see a move to Florida in the future
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Posted: 9/22/2016 7:35:33 PM EDT
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I owned a 92 Olds 98. From 2002 to 2005. It was a great running car and very comfortable to drive. Outstanding gas mileage for the time. All the plastic was falling apart (guessing Texas heat where it was from). Then mechanical problems showed up from lack of prior owner maintenance and age/mileage (supercharger, idle air and sensors, coil packs, brake cylinders and calipers, suspension, steering components) Enjoy it. I hope you don't have lots of repairs. The old couple who owned it had to have kept it in the garage. It looks like it just came off the showroom floor |
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Posted: 9/22/2016 7:35:53 PM EDT
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Get a pulley and tune for that bitch, grandpa.
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Posted: 9/22/2016 7:36:06 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryWhat hair? |
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Posted: 9/22/2016 7:45:55 PM EDT
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Around here that car would have no rockers left, and a rotted out subframe, and need about a billion feet of new gas and brake lines. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I haven't owned a new car since the late 1990s. I try to keep my monthly auto cost to a minimum. Here is my newest purchase This beauty is a immaculate 1992 Buick Park Ave Ultra. One owner 100k miles. All service records and not a scratch on her. The interior is close to perfect. Costs $500, new AC compressor $800. I will be driving this beauty for the next 10 years. 
I know, I know not sporty but drives like a dream and the Supercharged V6 runs like a raped ape. Don't none of you fuckers call me Grandpa. 
Pics don't do it justice and the interior needs a little cleaning? http://i542.photobucket.com/albums/gg428/mcwherterj_photos/image_zpsqxb1vh85.jpeg[/URL] http://i542.photobucket.com/albums/gg428/mcwherterj_photos/image_zpskejsmu2p.jpeg[/URL] Around here that car would have no rockers left, and a rotted out subframe, and need about a billion feet of new gas and brake lines. I was about to say the same thing. I helped a buddy fix up a 1999 Park Avenue. It leaked fuel and brake fluid. 80% of the fuel and brake lines needed replacement. |
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Posted: 9/22/2016 7:46:19 PM EDT
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How many phone books do you use to see over the steering wheel? I'm 5'11" so I'm good. Although I could have sworn I was 6' a couple years ago. Fuck! |
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Posted: 9/22/2016 7:47:15 PM EDT
[#11]
Would make a nice low ry der, mang.
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Posted: 9/22/2016 7:49:32 PM EDT
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That will make an excellent demo derby car in another 150k
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Posted: 9/22/2016 7:50:30 PM EDT
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Clicked on thread hoping for a GN. Disappointed is abound.
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Posted: 9/22/2016 7:54:43 PM EDT
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Nice set of wheels.
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Posted: 9/22/2016 7:55:08 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryThis guy knows what's up |
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Posted: 9/22/2016 7:56:21 PM EDT
[#16]
Fine "motor car." The only thing better would be a motor coach.
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Posted: 9/22/2016 7:57:33 PM EDT
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I too love Buicks. Never owned a park ave, but I'm tooling around in my 3rd lasabre.
Full size, comfortable car. Currently getting 26.3 mpg as a summer avg. WINNING |
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Posted: 9/22/2016 7:58:35 PM EDT
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All us old people drive Buicks.
We have an '02 Park Avenue that has been a very good car.....and will get up to 29 mpg on the highway. |
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Posted: 9/22/2016 8:01:57 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Did you get a free pair of those sunglasses you get when they dilate your eyes? |
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Posted: 9/22/2016 8:02:01 PM EDT
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Holy fuck that's ugly.
I always liked that 3.8 engine though. |
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Posted: 9/22/2016 8:05:18 PM EDT
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Is it too late to add a landau top?
that would be classy as fuck. |
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Posted: 9/22/2016 8:10:39 PM EDT
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Holy fuck that's ugly. I always liked that 3.8 engine though. Check out my HD assault rifle I picked up a couple weeks ago.  [/URL]
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Posted: 9/22/2016 8:11:19 PM EDT
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Is it too late to add a landau top? that would be classy as fuck. Thinking about chrome fender trim for sure! |
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Posted: 9/22/2016 8:12:51 PM EDT
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Smart. |
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Posted: 9/22/2016 8:15:41 PM EDT
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You'll need to take the course.  https://youtu.be/KBgIvH0tu6Y
You pay taxes on the whole road. Weave. Damn, I'd forgotten about that show. Birthplace of Bill Nye, before he got self righteous and annoying. |
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Posted: 9/22/2016 8:15:58 PM EDT
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Check out my HD assault rifle I picked up a couple weeks ago. http://i542.photobucket.com/albums/gg428/mcwherterj_photos/image_zpssp1rys4e.jpeg[/URL] Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Holy fuck that's ugly. I always liked that 3.8 engine though. Check out my HD assault rifle I picked up a couple weeks ago. http://i542.photobucket.com/albums/gg428/mcwherterj_photos/image_zpssp1rys4e.jpeg[/URL] Damn man, you take shit to a whole new level. |
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Posted: 9/22/2016 8:16:58 PM EDT
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lol grandpa, are you 97 years old with poor eyesight and hearing?
 do you have a mobile meth lab in the trunk? |
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Posted: 9/22/2016 8:17:43 PM EDT
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If you plan on driving it for 10 years you might want to rethink your plan.
(unless you have deep pockets to fix everything that will go wrong with that car because EVERYTHING will go wrong with it) |
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Posted: 9/22/2016 8:26:25 PM EDT
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If you plan on driving it for 10 years you might want to rethink your plan. (unless you have deep pockets to fix everything that will go wrong with that car because EVERYTHING will go wrong with it) It's not a Mercedes. It's a general motors product. There will be plenty in the junk yard for cheap parts. |
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Posted: 9/22/2016 8:29:28 PM EDT
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If you plan on driving it for 10 years you might want to rethink your plan. (unless you have deep pockets to fix everything that will go wrong with that car because EVERYTHING will go wrong with it) I highly doubt that. Biggest thing with these cars is the plasticshittastic intake manifolds, leaking coolant. So once it goes, do the upper and lower intakes, replace the dumberthenshit plastic elbows for the bypass' and you're set. |
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Posted: 9/22/2016 8:33:37 PM EDT
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Those cars are so nondescript I'm shocked more people don't die in them from being invisible to other motorists...
and this is from a guy who drives a Crown Vic Here's to you mr. greyman |
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Posted: 9/22/2016 8:35:26 PM EDT
[#32]
im jealous, cause i need a new daily driver.
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Posted: 9/22/2016 8:36:55 PM EDT
[#33]
OP, do you wear mom jeans?
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Posted: 9/22/2016 8:39:53 PM EDT
[#34]
I recently broke my almost 20 year streak of sub $5,000 cars when I bought my Tacoma.
No regrets. |
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Posted: 9/22/2016 8:41:15 PM EDT
[#35]
I miss having a sub-$1000 shit box. There is a certain freedom in driving something that you do not give a single fuck about.
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Posted: 9/22/2016 8:41:50 PM EDT
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I don't think any new car has seats that comfortable anymore. You will have to clean and condition that leather to keep it from cracking.
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Posted: 9/22/2016 8:48:03 PM EDT
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I am 28 and have an unnatural love of Buicks and Cadillacs. Some day I will have one.
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Posted: 9/22/2016 8:49:55 PM EDT
[#38]
Awesome Bruick!
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Posted: 9/22/2016 8:52:22 PM EDT
[#39]
My son's first car was a 2004 Buick Regal with 200,000+ miles. We paid $900 for it. Sadly, he was rear ended a couple weeks ago. Totaled it. And then there's the bright side. The other guy's insurance made us a settlement offer. $4913.87.
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Posted: 9/22/2016 8:52:23 PM EDT
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I miss having a sub-$1000 shit box. There is a certain freedom in driving something that you do not give a single fuck about. This thread has made me think I need a disposable car in my life again. |
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Posted: 9/22/2016 8:55:37 PM EDT
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This thread has made me think I need a disposable car in my life again. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I miss having a sub-$1000 shit box. There is a certain freedom in driving something that you do not give a single fuck about. This thread has made me think I need a disposable car in my life again. Indeed. Had hooptie Taurus for quite a while. Dented, rusted hood, just ugly but ran good and had cold AC. Cheap repairs with parts available anywhere, didn't have to wash it, could drive with impunity and park wherever the hell I wanted. I kinda miss it.
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Posted: 9/22/2016 8:58:47 PM EDT
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Damn man, you take shit to a whole new level. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Holy fuck that's ugly. I always liked that 3.8 engine though. Check out my HD assault rifle I picked up a couple weeks ago. http://i542.photobucket.com/albums/gg428/mcwherterj_photos/image_zpssp1rys4e.jpeg[/URL] Damn man, you take shit to a whole new level. Thinking about doing a carbine course with her. |
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Posted: 9/22/2016 9:02:17 PM EDT
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I used to drive my grandmas 93 Regal when I got my license. It had the NA 3800 but it still hauled ass. Whenever I borrowed that car it was gas to the floor as soon as I was down the road and out of sight.
I once took it driving through some windy wheat field roads and was going way faster than it was meant to go. The wheat was near harvest and high, right on the edge of each shoulder. As I went careening down the small 2 lane road, a huge ass white tail buck popped out of the wheat and right in front of me at less than 50yd. I saw it and immediately resigned myself to wrecking grandmas Buick. Amazingly the buck froze, took one look at me, and dove back into the wheat right from whence it came. I have never seen a deer make a smart move like that before or ever since. |
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Posted: 9/22/2016 9:03:39 PM EDT
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I highly doubt that. Biggest thing with these cars is the plasticshittastic intake manifolds, leaking coolant. So once it goes, do the upper and lower intakes, replace the dumberthenshit plastic elbows for the bypass' and you're set. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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If you plan on driving it for 10 years you might want to rethink your plan. (unless you have deep pockets to fix everything that will go wrong with that car because EVERYTHING will go wrong with it) I highly doubt that. Biggest thing with these cars is the plasticshittastic intake manifolds, leaking coolant. So once it goes, do the upper and lower intakes, replace the dumberthenshit plastic elbows for the bypass' and you're set. Grandpa OP's car does not have a plastic intake manifold.
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Posted: 9/22/2016 9:04:58 PM EDT
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I highly doubt that. Biggest thing with these cars is the plasticshittastic intake manifolds, leaking coolant. So once it goes, do the upper and lower intakes, replace the dumberthenshit plastic elbows for the bypass' and you're set. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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If you plan on driving it for 10 years you might want to rethink your plan. (unless you have deep pockets to fix everything that will go wrong with that car because EVERYTHING will go wrong with it) I highly doubt that. Biggest thing with these cars is the plasticshittastic intake manifolds, leaking coolant. So once it goes, do the upper and lower intakes, replace the dumberthenshit plastic elbows for the bypass' and you're set. No plastic intake on the Ultra, it has a supercharged 3.8 V-6. The seals blow out in the supercharger and results in destroying the unit. Transmissions usually go before the huffer implodes. Steering racks blow seals and have to be replaced. Instrument clusters go bad and have to be replaced. Suspension rots out in the rear and wears out fast in the front. Yeah, good luck finding cheap junkyard parts for it that aren't already shot. I had one of those cars 3 years old and it was a steaming (literally) pile of shit. I bet the guy the OP got it from is out celebrating. |
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Posted: 9/22/2016 9:07:20 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: The price is right but it ain't no Crown Vic or Caprice. Full size RWD is where its at. ETA- Mike ran a 5th Avenue, also nice (318ci Mopar) This. While I can't feel any love for the Buick, I am down with OP's logic. I haven't bought a new car for myself since 2001. The newest car, model year-wise, that I own is a 2010. The newest to me-wise is a 2003. Both RWD. |
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Posted: 9/22/2016 9:15:48 PM EDT
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Grandpa OP's car does not have a plastic intake manifold. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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If you plan on driving it for 10 years you might want to rethink your plan. (unless you have deep pockets to fix everything that will go wrong with that car because EVERYTHING will go wrong with it) I highly doubt that. Biggest thing with these cars is the plasticshittastic intake manifolds, leaking coolant. So once it goes, do the upper and lower intakes, replace the dumberthenshit plastic elbows for the bypass' and you're set. Grandpa OP's car does not have a plastic intake manifold. Nope, and big ass chrome bumpers! |
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Posted: 9/22/2016 9:17:33 PM EDT
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Is it too late to add a landau top? that would be classy as fuck. My 79 Monte Carlo had the Landau top and bucket seats. It was classy as fuck.
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Posted: 9/22/2016 9:24:19 PM EDT
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In spite of what you have been led to believe, that car will exceed 55 mph and operate successfully in the right lane. Believe, and make it happen. But his left turn is only 7 miles away. Do you want him to get lane locked? |
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Posted: 9/22/2016 9:24:44 PM EDT
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No plastic intake on the Ultra, it has a supercharged 3.8 V-6. The seals blow out in the supercharger and results in destroying the unit. Transmissions usually go before the huffer implodes. Steering racks blow seals and have to be replaced. Instrument clusters go bad and have to be replaced. Suspension rots out in the rear and wears out fast in the front. Yeah, good luck finding cheap junkyard parts for it that aren't already shot. I had one of those cars 3 years old and it was a steaming (literally) pile of shit. I bet the guy the OP got it from is out celebrating. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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If you plan on driving it for 10 years you might want to rethink your plan. (unless you have deep pockets to fix everything that will go wrong with that car because EVERYTHING will go wrong with it) I highly doubt that. Biggest thing with these cars is the plasticshittastic intake manifolds, leaking coolant. So once it goes, do the upper and lower intakes, replace the dumberthenshit plastic elbows for the bypass' and you're set. No plastic intake on the Ultra, it has a supercharged 3.8 V-6. The seals blow out in the supercharger and results in destroying the unit. Transmissions usually go before the huffer implodes. Steering racks blow seals and have to be replaced. Instrument clusters go bad and have to be replaced. Suspension rots out in the rear and wears out fast in the front. Yeah, good luck finding cheap junkyard parts for it that aren't already shot. I had one of those cars 3 years old and it was a steaming (literally) pile of shit. I bet the guy the OP got it from is out celebrating. The Buick is not a throw away Toyata or Honda. Hell man it's 25 years old and drives and looks brand new. I know it will need repairs as time goes on but I can deal. |
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