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Stapp: “Those panels are better equipped to handle the hail than the ... hood of a Toyota Prius.”

Michael Martinez

November 20, 2021 05:00 AM

From June 2018 through September 2019, four major hailstorms pelted the inventory at Stapp Interstate Toyota north of Denver.

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