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justaprogressive

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29. Please clarify...

Thu May 2, 2024, 09:33 AM

May 2

One of the few wealthy people I work with who is near retirement and whose husband is a retired banker drives a 2002 BMW that has almost 300,000 miles on it, she's super proud of it.

By this do you mean the the BMW is of the 2002 model year...

OR

do you mean she owns a BMW model 2002 from the 70's? Inquiring minds

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