Warning: Stomping the hell out of the go pedal can cause serious injury. Torn cartilage, just got out of surgery. Must remember to NOT try to push the pedal through the floor.

Tim

 

Man talk about not being a happy camper ! lol you dont look to happy man ........ Hope you feel better...... And about those Smoke's get Rid of them i havent have a smoke in a month and it's the hardest thing i have ever doen and i have only been a smoker for 3 years ...! plus i can put the money i save in the L ! lol Good luck man....! P.S the hood is Killer.....

 

Chick:

All you need is a beer in that picture...

Pace yourself, man...

Get better soon.

 

But it doesn't look like you are in to much pain, must be those little pills sitting next to you!!!

How long till you can stomp the go pedal again?

 

OK I'll be the dunce to ask....how did it happen. Don't tell me it really hapened from getting on the gas

I am starting a count........since you are down and out I wanna see if you can top ICULOKN's previous best of 1000 posts in like 3 days That was not meant in a bad way Rich.

Hope you get better soon Tim.

BTW, I still think it is hilarious to put a face with screen names.....I never in a million years would have pictured you to look like that. Also not meant in a bad way.

OK I'll shut up now.....

--Joe

 

Tim,

You want me to drive down and take you to the track? I can get that truck of yours in the 7's!!! lol

 

look real close at what's under those pillows in the second pic Rich... i think he's got it "covered".

 

Im so hurt now!!

The key is being so bored that you have nothing better to do than play on the Net. If you look at some of my posts around Jan & Feb you can see when my pills were kicking in!! LOL

 

chiken-dude

been there

pain killers, smokes, leg propped up on a cooler (i know, it is for the icing sessions for the knee )

get to hopping round the coup soon

Bob

 

Ouch .....

Reminds me of the first day I had my "L" ... I pulled
up next to this Vette and slipped it into neutral. Gunned
the engine and he answered ... So off we go when the
light turns ....

IT SURE WOULDA BEEN NICE TO REMEMBER TO PUT IT
BACK IN GEAR .....

VROOOOMMMMMM ..... SCREAMING SUPERCHARGER ...
NOT GOING ANYWHERE with BIG RED FACE .....

Good Luck on your recovery ... and watch those pills ....
Kaintuk Cocaine !!!!

 

Hope that was something vodka-like in the glass...goes real good with the Vicodin

 

hmmmm wolff, I was thinking they were vicodin's also

Hope you get better soon Tim

 

Thanks for the well wishes guys.

Here's the scoop. I had an existing condition with my knee (some arthritis but not bad). There was one big spike that showed up on a regular xray and that spike cut through the cartilage when stomping the gas pedal.

It normally takes a twisting motion in the knee, with a lot of pressure to tear a cartilage and that might have happened in some other incident but I don't remember having such an incident and the symptoms didn't show up until after I bought the Lightning. It has steadily gotten worse and I felt a lot of pain everytime I went to the dragstrip or drove the L hard.

I haven't had a serious problem with it until I bought my L and I honestly believe that trying to push the gas pedal *through the damn floor* is what caused most of the damage.

The last time I went to the strip I had one hellofa lot of pain there and at home for the next few days. At that point I knew something had to be done, just couldn't take it anymore.

If none of this makes sense, it's because of the pain killers.

Tim

 

not sure how old you are, but I'm 54 and just got my 2002; no knee problems EVER, but now I'm worried! Ain't it hell gettin' old?

I work near the Mayo Clinic and perhaps this will go down in the annals of medical history as the first known case of "Lightning Pedal-Stomp Syndrome."

 

if it's any consolation, i've come down with what has been diagnosed as "strainius phuquetardius", a condition that affects, the pootietanger age group. in the quest for more hp, the pootietanger will most always think that his brute strength, is what he feels is breaking the locked pulley loose, when in fact, it is his lower back slowly stretching to meet his upper back. there is no know cure. it is normally treated with hydrocodone,soma compound, and beer.