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1. I have always driven very old cars. First because that’s all I could afford. Then because I live in NYC in a not-so-great neighborhood where the kids on the street climb all over the vehicles and throw rocks and shit. My first car I bought for $200 from somebody who had won it in a game of poker. I drove it all the way from Texas to NYC, and it broke down three times on the way. The first time, in Arkansas, the mechanic said: “When you get to New York, if you get to New York, park this car on a corner, remove the license plates and registration sticker, and walk quickly away.”

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1. I have always driven very old cars. First because that’s all I could afford. Then because I live in NYC in a not-so-great neighborhood where the kids on the street climb all over the vehicles and throw rocks and shit. My first car I bought for $200 from somebody who had won it in a game of poker. I drove it all the way from Texas to NYC, and it broke down three times on the way. The first time, in Arkansas, the mechanic said: “When you get to New York, if you get to New York, park this car on a corner, remove the license plates and registration sticker, and walk quickly away.”

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