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  1. Feb 28, 2016 at 6:18 PM
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    Spotted in Tacoma, WA this afternoon...

    Tow trucks come in all shapes and sizes evidently.

     
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  2. Feb 28, 2016 at 6:21 PM
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    BUCKLE UP! It makes it harder for Aliens to pull you out of your Truck.
    Well, isn't that delightful? Is that an Audi?
     
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  3. Feb 28, 2016 at 6:22 PM
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    Money. This is why friends don't let friends buy VW's.
     
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  4. Feb 28, 2016 at 6:23 PM
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    I believe its a Miata towing a Passat. The Miata is lowered too. Because the situation couldnt get any more ridiculous.
     
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  5. Feb 28, 2016 at 6:25 PM
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    Ah the marvels of German engineering
     
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  6. Feb 28, 2016 at 6:26 PM
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    Some people dont realize that attaching 2 front wheel drive vehicles with a tow strap doesnt make a 4x4.
     
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  7. Feb 28, 2016 at 6:26 PM
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    Maybe this was one of the "kids on leashes" scenarios where the parents are driving the VW and they're trying to keep the new driver in the miata from taking off on them :spy:
     
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  8. Feb 28, 2016 at 6:27 PM
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    course not. Its a 4x8.
     
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  9. Feb 28, 2016 at 6:31 PM
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    miatas are rwd. I know because my mom had one when i was in high school and i got a $900 ticket in it three weeks after i got my license haha
     
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  10. Feb 28, 2016 at 6:35 PM
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    The guy with the miata is probably that friend whos always down to hang out. I bet when you ask friends to help you move he shows up first with his f'n miata.
     
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  11. Feb 28, 2016 at 6:35 PM
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    And now I feel like an ass for thinking these guys were stupid.:oops:
     
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  12. Feb 28, 2016 at 8:33 PM
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    @scocar care to chime in?

    You appear to be headed southbound with the Tacomadome off to the right and there's a bit of traffic that merges right there as well as traffic that moves to get onto the 16 towards The Narrows.
     
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  13. Feb 28, 2016 at 8:35 PM
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    That would be exactly where I was.
     
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  14. Feb 28, 2016 at 8:40 PM
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    I have driven by there more times than I can count. That area gets a little stupid with traffic, shit, the northbound with the "truck lane" and off ramp gets more retarded cause you get those why try to use it to get ahead only to merge back onto I5.
     
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  15. Feb 28, 2016 at 10:12 PM
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    haha I got busted doing 65 sideways in 4" of fresh snow in a state park with 2 girls lapped up on the front seat.... Ahhh good times

     
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  16. Feb 28, 2016 at 11:17 PM
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    Yet distracted driving. I guess the unsafe tow crew inspired you to dive in.
     
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  17. Feb 29, 2016 at 8:45 PM
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    Distracted how? By snapping a picture facing forward with my eyes never leaving the road? Are you the uninformed posterchild for safety?
     
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  18. Feb 29, 2016 at 9:00 PM
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    I don't think I'm the uninformed one.
     
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  19. Feb 29, 2016 at 9:01 PM
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    maybe not in this thread
     
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  20. Feb 29, 2016 at 9:35 PM
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    Just saying. I snap a photo without my eyes ever leaving the road and I am automatically a distracted driver? Glancing at the radio is more distracting then taking this picture. Unless you have never looked at your radio while driving then I suppose this makes you a distracted driver too. Welcome to the club.

    I didnt get on my phone and upload the photo to TW while I was barreling through traffic, I dont text and drive, I wasnt talking on the phone. I waited until I was safely off the road hours later to share the photo with anyone.

    The last time I checked, distracted driving laws in Washington state didn't include snapping a picture.
     
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