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Old 09-13-2011, 01:31 PM  
xenigo
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Originally Posted by Shotsie View Post
Driving a nice car in the city is a bad idea no matter what the neighborhood is like. If it doesn't get broken into then your bumpers are gonna get destroyed from all the parallel parking in the city, or kids are gonna be wacking it constantly playing hockey or stickball. At least that's how it is on the east coast, maybe it's different out in Cali with everything more spread out. If you want to keep your car spotless you gotta move to the suburbs.
Agreed. Can't wait to get back to the suburbs. But there are areas around Oakland that are pretty nice, where you don't have to worry about things like this happening.

For instance, a neighborhood like this wouldn't pose any risk similar to what I'm talking about:

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=oakland+CA&hl=en&ll=37.855745,-122.24454&spn=0.007446,0.016512&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=60.158465,135.263672&vpsrc=6&t=m&z= 17&layer=c&cbll=37.855721,-122.244991&panoid=Ip-ezU415LITg2VtzfZWiA&cbp=12,269.45,,0,0.94
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