Today's Idiot.

Went to Chevy today to get a gas filter.
The dealer & Bank share a parking lot.
The driver of the car that was parked next to me became impatient and
didn't want to wait for the car passing by him his backend so he put it
in drive and drove forward over the concrete stop block.

Both front wheels went over before the guy realized what was happening.
Then there was some loud scraping sounds, maybe the oil & trans pan, the
floor pans, gas tank, rear suspension, exhaust, then the tail pipe as it
dragged over the concrete block last. He was lucky there wasn't two of
those blocks back to back like the other spaces down the row.

I watched as the guy drove off, seemed like no fluids were pouring out
from underneath. So maybe the guy lucked out this time.

It was real jewel out of the " hood " too, an 86 - 89 Olds Cierra Wagon,
a real rust bomb.

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Harryface
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1991 Pontiac Bonneville LE
3800 V6 ( C ), Black/Slate Grey
_~_~_~282,025 miles_~_~_

~_~_~_~_U.S.A._~_~_~_~_~_

~~~The Former Fleet ~~~
89 Cavalier Z 24 convertible
78 Holiday 88 coupe
68 LeSabre convertible
73 Impala sedan

Harry, I once saw a guy driver ove a concrete median on a 4-lane and rip
a hole in his transmission pan.

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There are two classes of pedestrians in these days of reckless motor
traffic - the quick and the dead.
~ Lord Dewar 1933 ~

Climbing into a hot car is like buckling on a pistol. It is the great
equalizer. ~ Henry G. Felsen 1964 ~

HaHa! Gotta Love People Like That! What I Love is when you see people fly
over railroad tracks that are inclined, some here are hilarious b/c they
will go flying over them and then BOOM... Sparks Everywhere! I guess that
shows my age since I'm laughing about it.... I'm In Alabama, What Can I
Say!?!? HaHa

> I'm In Alabama, What Can I
>Say!?!

I'm halfway thru Louisiana
On my way back home to
Alabama

(Mick Taylor, 1978)

In article <10ctvih8npr08fb@corp.supernews.com>, "Heath Darwin" <heath59@farmerstel.com> wrote:
>HaHa! Gotta Love People Like That! What I Love is when you see people fly
>over railroad tracks that are inclined, some here are hilarious b/c they
>will go flying over them and then BOOM... Sparks Everywhere! I guess that
>shows my age since I'm laughing about it.... I'm In Alabama, What Can I
>Say!?!? HaHa
>
>
Sounds like the Dukes of hazzard!!!!

Rich B wrote:

> Harry, I once saw a guy driver ove a concrete median on a 4-lane and rip
> a hole in his transmission pan.
>
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> There are two classes of pedestrians in these days of reckless motor
> traffic - the quick and the dead.
> ~ Lord Dewar 1933 ~
>
> Climbing into a hot car is like buckling on a pistol. It is the great
> equalizer. ~ Henry G. Felsen 1964 ~
I've done that before. I had a job where I installed and supported the
equipment for 911 systems. Coming back through springfield OH really late
one night I pulled off to get gas and a breath of cold night air to wake me
up. Started to pull out of the gas station and it was a right turn only
with a median in the middle and I had to go left to get on the highway. It
was late and I wanted to get home and there wasn't any traffic either way
so I made a bumpy let turn. I was driving my 4x4 s-10 though and not a low
to the ground car.