Those racing stripes aren't paint

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There's the kind of guy who goes to Pepboys and, in a misguided attempt to upgrade his car, will buy everything shiny. And there's the fella who bypasses Pepboys altogether and goes straight for Home Depot. Enter, the "Tapestang".

Reader John spotted this particular Ford Mustang V6 decked out in all manner of adhesive enhancements including an egregiously non-functional tape-on hood scoop in his Austin, Texas apartment complex. Flanking the ersatz intake is a thick rim of black-and-red tape not unlike the ACR-X Dodge Viper.

John calls the tape "duct tape," but given the attention to detail on the spoiler I'll be generous and say it's racing tape. As for the word "Annunaki" on the side. That could be the person's name, or the Sumerian God. So maybe we should not make so much fun of the person.

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This reminds me of a similar Ford in another apartment parking lot when I was in college in Austin. It was a red Ford Probe with the words "1996 Ford Probe" on a banner atop the windshield and a deep yellow flame of tape on the nose. Same guy? I wonder.