fossten
Dedicated LVC Member
Today my Mark showed its toughness.
Had some black ice on the roads this morning, still have icy roads now.
This morning I was heading to work and I had just driven past a school on a major thoroughfare. I accelerated past the blinking signs, and it was so dark I couldn't see any of the lines on the road.
I hit the median with my front left tire and rode up on it. I immediately cut the wheel to the right, which accomplished two things: It took me off the median, and it started me spinning.
I spun out of control toward oncoming traffic. Fortunately, the other cars were far enough away from me that the drivers were able to stop and wait for me to fly by. I slammed back wheels first into the curb, went up over the curb, and landed 4 wheels down in the exit road of a car dealership, facing the red light as though I were waiting for it to change. I was now perpendicular to the direction I had been going.
I resisted the urge to yell "Ta-da!" and put the car in reverse and backed up a few feet to test the tires. All intact. The light turned green. I drove on to work.
NOT. A. SCRATCH.
After work I took the Mark to my favorite mech because my TQ has been shuddering again. He poured a tube of Shudder Guard into my tranny, and 5 minutes later I was driving home, merely $10 poorer (instead of $1,500 for a rebuild) and smiling as I tried futilely to re-create the shuddering.
Some days I really love this car.
Had some black ice on the roads this morning, still have icy roads now.
This morning I was heading to work and I had just driven past a school on a major thoroughfare. I accelerated past the blinking signs, and it was so dark I couldn't see any of the lines on the road.
I hit the median with my front left tire and rode up on it. I immediately cut the wheel to the right, which accomplished two things: It took me off the median, and it started me spinning.
I spun out of control toward oncoming traffic. Fortunately, the other cars were far enough away from me that the drivers were able to stop and wait for me to fly by. I slammed back wheels first into the curb, went up over the curb, and landed 4 wheels down in the exit road of a car dealership, facing the red light as though I were waiting for it to change. I was now perpendicular to the direction I had been going.
I resisted the urge to yell "Ta-da!" and put the car in reverse and backed up a few feet to test the tires. All intact. The light turned green. I drove on to work.
NOT. A. SCRATCH.
After work I took the Mark to my favorite mech because my TQ has been shuddering again. He poured a tube of Shudder Guard into my tranny, and 5 minutes later I was driving home, merely $10 poorer (instead of $1,500 for a rebuild) and smiling as I tried futilely to re-create the shuddering.
Some days I really love this car.
