Re: Close Call!!

["Ken" <mcfly67@qwest.net>]

Sounds rather Danny Sullivan-esque...
My heart was in my throat reading that.  I think we are all a little
relieved that another MK1 didn't go to the big pic-n-pull in the sky.  Or
has Mars succumbed to the suductive Dark Side....

Ken
1979 Scirocco  "McFly"
16v conversion - Engine in, now the hard part
Electrical  : (
VORTEX:  "Indiana Red"

----- Original Message -----
From: Randy B <sirocco@telocity.com>
To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2001 10:12 PM
Subject: Close Call!!


> Well I had a pretty exciting experince two days ago.
> I have been running AVS Intermediates at the treadwear bars for a couple
> months now without any problems.
> It has been raining like it was the end of the world for the last week.
> (you can probably figure what happened now)
> I was heading to work (yes I got a temporary part time job) while it was
> raining so hard it was like driving in pea soup fog.
> I was driving in the right lane at 55mph and the car was pulling terribly
> because of all the standing water and then it happened.
> The car (Mars) started drifting towards the curb and when the tires caught
> it snapped the car went into a 360* spin.
> Luckily I completed my pirouette in my own damn lane in heavy traffic and
> ended up in the mud on the side of the freeway.
> I popped the RF tire (holds air now, bead must have seperated from the
rim)
> and had to be pulled out of the mud by AAA.
>
> I immediately drove home, changed my undershorts, changed the wheels/tires
> over to me BBS/Toyo T1-S's (which I should have done a month ago) and
> proceeded to race to work at 75mph (I was late) saying to myself "What
> Rain????"......Toyo T1-S's RULE!!! in the rain.
>
> Not a dent, not a scratch, and still driving like the car was built to be
> driven.......another escape I guess......
>
> Randy
>
>
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