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I thought is was a video to prove the rear view mirrors are so strong you can hang a bag full of expensive clothing off them at speed 
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I thought is was a video to prove the rear view mirrors are so strong you can hang a bag full of expensive clothing off them at speed  Absolutely -- and that beach bag has a mind of its own, and moves from the passenger seat to the passenger-side to the driver's-side (check-out the water's edge sequence at 0:47). At least in that colour you wouldn't lose it if it fell off....
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It's a pity they didn't make him wear a seatbelt  he might just be following the bag up the road otherwise being similarly untethered.
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I like the colour of it , but hope it doesnt end up down here for sale after that sandblasting.
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.....hope it doesn't end up down here for sale after that sandblasting. Despite whizzing around the Welsh countryside in the video, it is left-hand drive (to appeal, I presume, to the American and European market). I thought that importing a LHD car into NZ isn't recommended if you want to avoid the cost of conversion to RHD. Or is is classified as a "Special Interest Vehicle" ?
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It's a pity they didn't make him wear a seatbelt  he might just be following the bag up the road otherwise being similarly untethered. In some of the road sequences it is fitted with a trade plate (E3644, just visible at 0:14, but not at 0:17), but no plate on the beach. Would that make a difference ?
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It's a pity they didn't make him wear a seatbelt  he might just be following the bag up the road otherwise being similarly untethered. In some of the road sequences it is fitted with a trade plate (E3644, just visible at 0:14, but not at 0:17), but no plate on the beach. Would that make a difference ? No, I think he'd still be scraping skin and bone off the road..
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You are right LOTW it would qualify as a Special interest vehicle, and generally importing left hookers is a pain, perhaps it would be just the thing for nipping down to the restaurant on Mustique
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It's a pity they didn't make him wear a seatbelt  he might just be following the bag up the road otherwise being similarly untethered. In some of the road sequences it is fitted with a trade plate (E3644, just visible at 0:14, but not at 0:17), but no plate on the beach. Would that make a difference ? No, I think he'd still be scraping skin and bone off the road.. Darn it, so much for my syntax ! Did you hear about Santa's little brother who refused to speak well, punctuate properly, or use proper syntax ? He's the insubordinate Claus.
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The company seem to be promoting this car as an off-road vehicle -note all the beach videos and the NZ style gravel roads, I guess pictures of it going down the M1 sandwiched between two Trans Europe juggernauts are not quite so romantic....
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