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Old 02-23-2006, 08:57 AM
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OK, so I am driving back from Tampa just a short while ago in my rusted out, gas guzzling, big block V-8, '87 chevy car hauler with a million miles and a full size truck on the back. A guy passes me in the left lane with a mid 90's 4 door civic with the Autozone performance package (small wing, fart tip, altezzas). As he goes by (no faster than 70, not beating on it, driving normal) my buddy comments to me, "why would you put a wing, exhaust, and tail lights on a car and then keep stock hubcaps?" I replied, "Maybe it's a sleeper" What happened next I have never seen before in my life (and I've probably driven close to a million miles by now). No sooner than I say that, the entire car disappears in a cloud of oil smoke. I'm not talking a little oil leak or blowby, I'm talking I took my foot off the gas and covered the brake because I couldn't see where the hell I was going smoke screen. I slowed to probably 50 or so and he coasted into the left emergency lane. As I went by I could see the inside of his car filling with smoke through the vents while he looked all around with this panicked look on his face. We had a good laugh, I said I had to share this when I got back, and I gave it a little gas to get back up to speed and went on down the road. Now, I am not posting this to bash imports, hopefully everyone knows where I stand on these retarded "import vs. domestic" arguements. I am merely trying to show that everything breaks and it is possible for the most reliable car in the world to leave you stranded on the side of the Howard Franklin bridge in the middle of heavy traffic.
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that sucks for that guy
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HAHAHAHA he tried a David Copperfeild move but it back fired on him.
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did you have a car on the hauler? if not you should have pulled over and offered him a tow. for a price.
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cool.
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Originally Posted by Duceanahalf
did you have a car on the hauler? if not you should have pulled over and offered him a tow. for a price.
Yeah, full size truck. Plus to be honest, I'm not going to get killed trying to load a car on the bridge anyway. Had it been on a regular road, possibly, but not on the bridge (unless it was Alberto (Pollo) I would have done it for him and he knows that)
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Originally Posted by BigBadBuick
I am merely trying to show that everything breaks and it is possible for the most reliable car in the world to leave you stranded on the side of the Howard Franklin bridge in the middle of heavy traffic.
that's what happens when people spend money on plumage instead of under the hood.
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awsome. sucks for him.
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I was waiting to read that he tried to race your truck. Blowing up is pretty good too. I had an import sport bike do the same thing trying to run from my Magna a while back. The guy had to pull off the road.
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I have a mid 90's civic on hubcaps...
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