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Old Jan 11, 2005 | 05:39 PM
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Disaster Strikes Back!

It seems I can't go a week without something horrible happening... well here's the latest.

Try to guess what happened from the first picture.
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Old Jan 11, 2005 | 05:40 PM
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From another angle...
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Old Jan 11, 2005 | 05:44 PM
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That sux....you got owned by poor visibility and no guardrails...Get a jack. Jack her up, pile a few cinder blocks under the wheel, then Accelerate on out. Good Luck
DOn't fell bad, My car finally passed on today
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Old Jan 11, 2005 | 05:48 PM
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It all started when I was making a delivery to this house with a long, dark driveway... All was fine when I pulled in, but when I was leaving the driveway was not wide enough to turn around... so I had to pull into their lawn a little bit... damnit! The back rear tire slipped off the pavement and into this little ditch... resulting in my suspension hitting the ground and my wheel spinning freely in the air...


I had to call a tow truck to pull me out for $30!!!

The attached the chains to the frame directly in front of the front wheels... it seemed fine and no harm was done... the only thing I am worried about is maybe the driveshaft could be damaged... but I don't think much pressure was really being applied to it

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Old Jan 11, 2005 | 05:48 PM
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"passed on".... what for you mean??? you mean it passed on and became a firehawk?
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Old Jan 11, 2005 | 06:08 PM
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dude I would dance in the streets if I were you. I used to drive a tow truck and we charged $80 just to show up.
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Old Jan 11, 2005 | 06:10 PM
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100 for me a few weeks ago when I got stuck in water.

I would be more worried about twisting the uni-body, bending a torque arm, and crushing the floor under the back seat.

i think driveshaft will be fine.
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Old Jan 11, 2005 | 06:39 PM
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AAA all the way ba-bee!!! $85 a year, 4 free calls/tows!!
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Old Jan 12, 2005 | 11:35 AM
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well I got a deal, because the guy's house I was delivering at was a biker buddy with the tow truck driver... he told me it would have easily cost $65 with no hesitation!

Basically the car was just teetering on the front left and back right wheels, and the front right of the car was very high... almost to where the tire would come off the ground...

The metal bracket(sorry I don't know the name) next to the rear wheel was sitting on the edge of the pavement, and there was a slight pressure underneath the driver's seat floorpan area... not to severe though (I had about 20 minutes to investigate, and take pictures with my cell phone and a 2,000,0000 candle spot light!
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Old Jan 21, 2005 | 04:07 AM
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AAA is the stuff. people always tell me "what if i never use it. then i have wasted the 85$!!" and i am like "you don't lock your keys in your car at least once a year?"
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Old Jan 21, 2005 | 01:22 PM
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I haven't been ABLE to lock the keys in my car since I got my alarm... I always use the remote on my keychain to lock it...its foolproof I say
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