Opinions? Is this Real or Fake

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Mon 16 Mar 2009 13:26
Opinions? Is this Real or Fake - uk_in_usa
A guy buys a car and finds inside a pictorial history of how it's been welded back together from scratch

englishrussia.com/?p=2348

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Mon 16 Mar 2009 13:30
Opinions? Is this Real or Fake - Lud
What do you mean, 'fake'? Just a few shots from the A3 production line on an ordinary busy day.

Very smart motor.
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Mon 16 Mar 2009 14:25
Opinions? Is this Real or Fake - Mr X
I wish the cowboys who repaired my old Audi had done as good a job.
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Mon 16 Mar 2009 16:32
Opinions? Is this Real or Fake - Mapmaker
You poor darling. Something must have gone right for you once upon a time. Surely?
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Mon 16 Mar 2009 16:42
Opinions? Is this Real or Fake - FotheringtonThomas
Can't see similar on "Snopes" - send it in!

Given the rather excessive amount of dismantling, I'd say "Fake!".
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Mon 16 Mar 2009 17:56
Opinions? Is this Real or Fake - Rattle
I think the story is fake but I think the pics do show a cut and shut being made. The weld line seems very nasty and you can clearly see in an accident it will be a major weak spot.
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Mon 16 Mar 2009 19:16
Opinions? Is this Real or Fake - pmh2
From the same russian site (make sure that your virus protection is uptodate!).

englishrussia.com/?p=1856

Anybody like to suggest what is really going on?

(Oilrag this is for you!)


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Mon 16 Mar 2009 19:42
Opinions? Is this Real or Fake - oilrag
I`m still too jetlagged...fighting to stay awake, feels like 4.00AM... zzz

Edited by oilrag on 16/03/2009 at 19:43

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Tue 17 Mar 2009 00:01
Opinions? Is this Real or Fake - welshlad
its one of those new 3-D jigsaws £9.99 at toys r us :-)
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Tue 17 Mar 2009 00:08
Opinions? Is this Real or Fake - rtj70
Interesting ad by Crown Oil on that site. For Red Diesel. Which is legit but interesting they advertise on there.

I hope the original story is a fake!
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Tue 17 Mar 2009 07:00
Opinions? Is this Real or Fake - L'escargot
I think it's probably real. The seller just had a weird sense of humour in wanting the buyer to know the history of the car.

Edited by L'escargot on 17/03/2009 at 07:01

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Wed 18 Mar 2009 01:03
Opinions? Is this Real or Fake - uk_in_usa
I think it's probably real. The seller just had a weird sense of humour in
wanting the buyer to know the history of the car.


I thought it was real too. I have often been amazed by how a bodyshop can turn a number of disparate chunks of metal into a car.
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