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      <item logid="969" ns="0" title="Kalkulator kredytu samochodowego" pageid="0" type="delete" action="delete" user="Wikiadmin" timestamp="2018-01-29T21:36:43Z" comment="Spam: Inhalt war: „Jest to na bank przewłaszczenie. Posiada najczęściej niższe oprocentowanie kredytu. Warto zastanowić się o sprawnym oraz miarę ekonomicznym samochodzie, kto na nieszc…“ (einziger Bearbeiter: [[Special:Contributions/Alina…" />
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