If you're anything like me, you're a complete idiot.  Granted, we all dabble in idiocy from time to time, but I'm what you call "a professional."  For example, only an idiot would affix a Garmin StreetPilot 2620 GPS navigation unit to the dashboard of a Porsche 996 using the company's "permanent" double-sided adhesive disk.  All together now:  "What an idiot!"

In my defense, Garmin's StreetPilot 2620 was the height of innovation - something to be proud of, something to glue to your most expensive automobile, if not your forehead.  Furthermore, every safety-conscious driver knows that it's bad news to put anything on your dashboard "that isn't glued down."  This is especially true if you employ your GPS in rallies or other open road races where safety inspectors will reject anything stuck to your dash that isn't "permanent."  Nonetheless, by today's standards, this GPS unit is an embarrassing pimple.  It's time to squeeze.

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