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09-21-2007 | 07:23 AM
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what a classic line Nick
04-01-2008 | 03:18 PM
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From: Bakersfield, CA, for now...
Reading that story brought back memories... Almost 40 years ago I delivered mail on a rural route in the Bay Area. I got out of my tall step van truck on a steep hill to deliver a package to the door. Put it park and set the parking brake. Got about half way down the driveway when I heard a pop and turned around to see the truck slowly starting to go downhill. The far side of the road was below grade, so you are looking down at the roofs of those houses... After dropping the box I was supposed to deliver, I ran down the street gaining on the truck as it passed the center line heading for the downhill side. Those stepvans had a U-shaped handle outside the door to help you up into the seat (driver side on the right for delivering mail). I grabbed the handle and swung inside. Got inside and put my foot on the brake. I stopped about 4 feet from the drop off to the houses below. I thought all was well until the adrenaline kicked in and my brake foot started shaking uncontrollably. Every shake would move the truck back about 6 inches closer to the edge. I desperately put both feet on the brake and hyperventilated just in time to keep me from dropping off the edge.
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04-01-2008 | 03:18 PM
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Ice, you greatly improved a morning that has been less than it could have been Really funny, thanks for sharing your story. When we first got the S targa my son had the ebrake on and started it in 1st gear(thought he had left it in neurtal), and slow motioned into/partially thru the garage door. No car damage, just brain and brake failure.
04-01-2008 | 04:33 PM
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Well I guess since my original post I have had another incident. it was a while ago so I had almost forgotten. i guess some guys just don't learn.
I has just finished rebuilding my Audi and was about to take it to get the A/C recharged. I started it in the garage and saw my wallet sitting on the other car in the garage . I hoped out to grab it , turned around and there is the Audi rolling out of the same damn garage .... god what is it with garage .. or owner..
well fortuately ( or unfortuately ) the door of the Audi was open and that is what stopped it from roling away completely...... i hate the sound of bending metal and crunching plastic.
I has just finished rebuilding my Audi and was about to take it to get the A/C recharged. I started it in the garage and saw my wallet sitting on the other car in the garage . I hoped out to grab it , turned around and there is the Audi rolling out of the same damn garage .... god what is it with garage .. or owner..
well fortuately ( or unfortuately ) the door of the Audi was open and that is what stopped it from roling away completely...... i hate the sound of bending metal and crunching plastic.
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04-01-2008 | 05:50 PM
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I'm at my friends shop, using his lift to do some work on my E-250 Van. He goes to get lunch, but forgets to tell me that the switch sticks sometimes, and doesn't tell me what to do if it does. So the van's going up, can't stop it. There's a wood framed loft above the front of the car that about 2 feet lower than the capacity
of the lift. (he works on foreign cars, nothing big like mine). So I spy the electrical panel on the back wall about 20' away. Make a mad dash as I hear wood starting to splinter. Smash my leg on protruding piece of metal, but manage to pull the main switch. My van raises the loft about a foot, but amazingly no damage. The conversation when he got back was interesting.
of the lift. (he works on foreign cars, nothing big like mine). So I spy the electrical panel on the back wall about 20' away. Make a mad dash as I hear wood starting to splinter. Smash my leg on protruding piece of metal, but manage to pull the main switch. My van raises the loft about a foot, but amazingly no damage. The conversation when he got back was interesting.
