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I am always amazed by these.

All this work goes into making them look so nice, but it's done in a way that it disintegrates so quickly. The paint cracks like porcelain, or sheds in whole sections.

The quality of the parts is so low.

But it can't be that much more effort to do in a way that would be lasting and high quality, with the paint prep at least.
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Good on everyone for standing their ground in this thread. Especially Greasy. That guy really got under my skin.
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macgerk77 wrote:
Good on everyone for standing their ground in this thread. Especially Greasy. That guy really got under my skin.
I gave up, the phrase 'Never argue with idiots, they drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience' came to mind.

I did google scooters for sale in Tampa and only came up with half a dozen so I don't really know what his point was.

I did wonder as well if anyone had bought the 4th Vespa in the pics, the one that's missing between the cream and the pink one. Probably with a dodgy engine by the looks of it.
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I'm almost certain that I saw this pastel
trio, plus one or two more, lined up in a photo staged in front of a Florida McMansion somewhere on the interwebs. Props is all they are good for.
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Is that Bondo repair tape ?
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O-K
jerryd wrote:
I am about the most talented knowledgeable mechanic about anything mechanical.
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Is that Bondo repair tape ?
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