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YOUR RESEARCHWhy do I always get stuck behind this guy...
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Mine looks original and has alot of fine pits from what i imagine is due to blowing sand from the beach.
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Thank goodness for those paintless dent repair shops!!
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The guy was a freeking genious, looked like he was rubbing the metal under the hood and all of a sudden it popped back to normal.
What an a-hole. An open back dump truck, full of dirt and rocks. He turned to get onto the interstate, and I was able to pass him. I could see the rocks bouncing on the road behind him...
great, the rocks that missed you today will be there tomorrow and the entire freaking spring waiting for you... what an *** is right....
BTW were you taking pics while driving
hehehehe
I pulled a piece of metal out of one of my rear tires on friday... I was thinking.. that thing doesnt look like its too deep - YET - and I wiggled it, seemed ok so I kept going till it came out.. no leaks. I was doing a brake flush but feel happy I saw it....
there is no shortage of junk on the roads and those rock spitting, dirt clod rolling open trucks are BS...
seems when you go to pass one they hit a bridge expantion joint and it causes a small avalache right into you! I always back way off around any underpass or overpass as I know they have a rough spot and will cause the dreaded launch of debris
I think the dump truck drivers actually have a button they can push to annoy drivers behind them.
A gravel truck tilted his bed up on my Dad one day sprayed his car and eveyone elses on H-1 a long time ago. A week or so later the same thing happened clipped an over head hwy sign killing the driver. Job sucks for them especially if the company owner is skimping on maint.
Twice I've had truck tires blow in front of me with tire parts flying while on my bike. Either somebodies a lousy shot or retreads are lousy. Best to stay clear of trucks.
The worst I've had is a 4X4 appearing from under a car in front of me on the hwy then thump right under the wheels. Life is a drag some times.
In California , they would get a ticket for that. But I usually average one windshield a year on the work truck due to flying rocks. Wonder how much a new front windshield is on a 996 . Mine looks original and has alot of fine pits from what i imagine is due to blowing sand from the beach.
That sucks. I'd pass him as fast as I could, and if I got stopped I'd beef out the cop for not giving HIM a ticket (and I'd probably still get one anyway. Lol!). Still, I'd take it court cause I'd have been doing it for my safety.
I had a friend who was behind a cement truck, and a couple of the segmeted metal troughs that they hang on the back and side came off and beat the sh*t out of his car and almost came right thru the windshield and killed the passenger. The truck didn't even know and kept on going, and they had to pull over cause they could see for the smashed up windshield. Bunch of crap, that is.
The tire blowing is a real concern and everyday I see people just driving right along side big rigs. Its best to drive past them or stay behind them a safe distance. In Seattle where it rains a lot, the spray off the tires can limit visabillity as well, yet the scared driver won't pass, they stay in the worst possible spot - its amazing they are allowed to drive with those type of skills for comprehending a dangerous situation.
We also have a load tie down law, there have been several cases of injury or death due to items falling off trucks. There is even a hotline to call and narc on the violators - awe socialism does have its rewards
I think that here in Indiana, it is illegal for big commercial dump trucks to drive without a cover. There is a quarry fairly close to my house, and all the trucks that come out of that facility have covers over the cargo (thankfully). I would love to have seen this guy get a ticket...
Best one I like are the contractor vans/pickups with seventeen 20-foot ladders clamped on the top of them.
About three weeks ago I was working in Virginia and came upon an intersection. The other side of the traffic had a green light turning to red. A contractor van hit the brakes and a ladder came flying into the road. It would have hit me if I wouldn't have hesitated before the green light. Thankfully I was in a rental car but come on, it doesn't take that much of an effort to clamp those things down.
Another rig to give plenty of room to is any flatbed hauling loaders or any earthmoving equipment. I was behind one going down the grapevine and when it hit a bump gravel flew off the flatbed or loader and all over the highway...
Are you a boss now? Any 911's for the employee's to drive
That dirt is high iron content which you can tell by the oxidized red iron. Hawaii has the same and it really stains paint if left on.
You are too nice...
I used to perform nuetral drops and ebrake rips @ 70 mph to a stop so he'd have flatspots driving home. I was an angry kid in my late teens...
This guy used to yell at me all day then scream some more and send me on errands in his car....lol big mistake.
hahahahahahahahahahahah...
I did neutral drops (with foot on the brakes)..... and I didnt realize it was a front wheel drive (Ford Taurus).... snapped the drive shaft..... Long story.... at the end of the day, he felt bad for me for having being stranded with a snapped driveshaft (he didnt know that though).... and gave me a 0.25 raise.... gee thanks! He deserved it though.... I was a poor college kid, working for him as a computer techie and used to send me on one way suicide missions to NYC. Great car memories though, me and my friend who use to work together always laugh our asses off when we talk about it. Thanks for reminding me.... that was 20 years ago, hahahahahahahahaha.
lol similiar story, I was doing Audio/Video/Computer installs being sent from LI to NYC on similiar terms....I had 2 bosses one was a dick the other was really nice...the nice one made me run to the bank to deposit checks and the other one sent me running around like a tool, well the nice one got arrested for stealing a million plus...(the deposits I was making)..from the company..the other still owns the company and is still a tool.
oh btw the nice one let me drive my first porsche..his 94 911 (red)....I was 18 btw...
Last summer a golfball sized hard dirt ball bounced out of a dump truck, i swear i watched in slow motion as it hit the road and instead of breaking up, bounced right onto the hood and made a dent that broke my heart!!
Couldn't fall asleep that night it bothered me so much!!
Thank goodness for those paintless dent repair shops!!
The guy was a freeking genious, looked like he was rubbing the metal under the hood and all of a sudden it popped back to normal.
Absolutely no visual evidence of a dent ever having happened.
Pete
