Driving Stories
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From: Kannsas City
Since you brought it back up, I have a driving story. Nothing to do with my truck, but still a funny story. A lady I used to work with drove a Honda Accord or a civic (can't remember now), 1.2 liter 4 cylinder or something like that with automatic. She had to pick up some rather portly people. They crammed in the 2 door car, one pushing the other into the dash. My friend had to drive up a hill and her car couldn't make it. She shut off every accesory and still couldn't make it, so she backed up and turned around and had to find an all downhill route. The funniest part is when she had to tell them that her car was having engine trouble and couldn't go over 40 on the highway.
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99 F-150 XLT 4X4 Sport, extd. cab, 5.4 V8, Black, color matched bumpers, four wheel disk brakes, four wheel ABS, 17" aluminum wheels, 3.55 gears, tow package
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99 F-150 XLT 4X4 Sport, extd. cab, 5.4 V8, Black, color matched bumpers, four wheel disk brakes, four wheel ABS, 17" aluminum wheels, 3.55 gears, tow package
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From: Bakersfield, CA, USA
A few stories immediately come to mind regarding one of my high school friends. He wasn't as dumb as these storeis will make him sound, just a bit crazy!
He drove a hand me down '68 Ford station wagon with a 390 engine (2 barrel carb, no limited slip). This is a pretty bullet proof engine, with a 9" rear (strong). He enjoyed finding a hilly road, putting the car in nuetral, rolling backwards to about 15 mph. Then he would throw the transission lever into low and stomp on the gas. The car would just sit still, shaking, while the engine screamed at red line and the right rear tire went up in smoke. He would hold it for 15-30 seconds. The rubber on the road would be about 1/2" thick.
Same car eventually made it to 100,000 miles. Gordy managed to miss the rollover on the odometer, and he had really wanted to see it. So he drove the car backward to and from school for a week to unroll the odometer!
Same guy decided that rather than work over the summer, he would buy beater old VW bugs, fix them up and sell them at a profit. To save on painting costs, he and his partner would tape the car off themselves. Taped over the windshield, too. Decided to drive the car to the paint shop with one guy standing on the right seat, looking out the sunroof while calling instructions out to the 'blind' driver sitting in the left seat. How these guys survived high school, I'll never know!
He drove a hand me down '68 Ford station wagon with a 390 engine (2 barrel carb, no limited slip). This is a pretty bullet proof engine, with a 9" rear (strong). He enjoyed finding a hilly road, putting the car in nuetral, rolling backwards to about 15 mph. Then he would throw the transission lever into low and stomp on the gas. The car would just sit still, shaking, while the engine screamed at red line and the right rear tire went up in smoke. He would hold it for 15-30 seconds. The rubber on the road would be about 1/2" thick.
Same car eventually made it to 100,000 miles. Gordy managed to miss the rollover on the odometer, and he had really wanted to see it. So he drove the car backward to and from school for a week to unroll the odometer!
Same guy decided that rather than work over the summer, he would buy beater old VW bugs, fix them up and sell them at a profit. To save on painting costs, he and his partner would tape the car off themselves. Taped over the windshield, too. Decided to drive the car to the paint shop with one guy standing on the right seat, looking out the sunroof while calling instructions out to the 'blind' driver sitting in the left seat. How these guys survived high school, I'll never know!
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From: Kennesaw, GA USA
I was turning left tonight onto a main road and there are 2 left turn lanes. I was in the right one and a brand new yellow mustang gt was next to me in the left lane. Our light goes green and as we start going he drifts over the line into my lane and his back bumper is about 2 feet away from the front of my truck. I don't slow down at all (I hate tailgaters also but he was cutting me off) and we go about 15' and he nails the brakes I nail the brakes then he speeds up moves over to the right lane nails the brakes and puts his window down. I pull next to him stop the truck and roll down the passenger window. He yells "stay off my ***!" and I say "Stay off your ***? You cut in front of me. That little dashed white line is there to let you know where your lane is and you crossed it D*CK HEAD!" He says "Suck my d*&k" I say "sorry I'm not like that" He says "you could have fooled me"
I say "If anyone looks like a d*ck s*cker it's you. What's the matter were they all out of the pink mustangs so you had to settle for the pretty yellow one when your mommy bought it for you?" I then roll up the window and start driving he burns rubber speeds past me and gets on the highway. No offense intended to any other yellow vehicle owners. I in fact like the looks of the yellow mustangs but I couldn't resist laying into that spoiled little punk.
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99 F150 XLT Silver 2WD S/C 4.2 5-speed, Pioneer DEH P4000, Superchip, Flowmaster muffler // Rear door switch guards - check them out at http://www.geocities.com/motorcity/show/5031
I say "If anyone looks like a d*ck s*cker it's you. What's the matter were they all out of the pink mustangs so you had to settle for the pretty yellow one when your mommy bought it for you?" I then roll up the window and start driving he burns rubber speeds past me and gets on the highway. No offense intended to any other yellow vehicle owners. I in fact like the looks of the yellow mustangs but I couldn't resist laying into that spoiled little punk.
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99 F150 XLT Silver 2WD S/C 4.2 5-speed, Pioneer DEH P4000, Superchip, Flowmaster muffler // Rear door switch guards - check them out at http://www.geocities.com/motorcity/show/5031
