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#11

01-18-2009, 11:32 PM

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RE: Chopped.

A convertible 3 would look as bad as that VW Eos...pass.

#12

01-19-2009, 12:35 AM

Bob Hubbard

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RE: Chopped.

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Is it me or does the bottom half of the car look taller, the doors?

It's an optical illusion because the roof has been shaved.
The doors appear "normal" in the un re-touched version.
Bob.

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01-19-2009, 03:59 AM

virgin1

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RE: Chopped.

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Is it me or does the bottom half of the car look taller, the doors?

Actually, to me it looked like the original picturehad beenstretched a bit to make the car look longer. The doors are pretty high on our cars... Ford-like (or these days Chrysler), if you will.

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01-19-2009, 11:16 AM

jaimie08mazda3

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RE: Chopped.

vince id drive a convertible mazda3

#15

01-19-2009, 12:21 PM

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RE: Chopped.

Someone on one of the other forums "chopped" a sedan into a convertible a few years back, and did a pretty good job of it too. Even made it into a 2-dr by deleting the rear doors and elongating the front doors slightly, which isn"t too hard.
I know I"m gonna be hated for saying this, but it reminded meof an elongatedGeo Metro convertible. Those high, rather flat sides. W/Othe roof, the car seems to lose a lot of it"s character.