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During my extensive international junkyard travels , I've documented plenty of examples of this type of art car. Here's an early Chevy S-10 , found in a Denver car graveyard with a generous coating of cassette tapes and bottle caps. 1987 Chevrolet S-10 art car in Denver wrecking yard. Images: The Author] Become aTTAC insider.
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2all onwards, we will have physical buttons for the five most important functions the volume, the heating on each side of the car, the fans, and the hazard light below the screen. That will be in every car that we make from now on. He finished by saying, Honestly, its a car. We will never, ever make this mistake again.
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I've had 25K problem free miles with our 2017 Smart EV, but now the car will not charge. Do any of you have a charging port for our car? The dealer tells me the charging port is the problem, but that Mercedes/SMART have none of them and do not plan to make more. Do any of you know anything about this issue?
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