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Gavin Brantmeier Prabhakar (10) and Arlo Ziolkowski (10) drive around downtown Clayton Jan. 25. Working on his car several days a week, Brantmeier Prabhakar’s 2000 BMW 328Ci manual coupe has modifications including custom headlights, a cold air intake, wheels, headers and tuning. He visits the Slammedenuff car show in Chicago every year, where cars with lowered suspensions are showcased. Ziolkowski’s 2019 Volkswagen Jetta GLI 35th Anniversary Edition is only one of 3,500 units produced. “I definitely know a good amount of people through cars,” Ziolkowski said. “Just by looking at different accounts of people posting stuff in St. Louis about cars, and also meeting people through meets, talking to a lot of different owners.”
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