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914World.com _ 914World Garage _ Dammit! After such a long wait... now it's broke!
Posted by: Qarl Apr 1 2005, 04:29 AM
I can't believe it... 
I'm fine.
However, I hardly got any sleep last night and my back hurts!
This happened away from my house! At least it's in a garage until it can get fixed.
More details later. I have to drive to Ft. Myers and back today... 8 hours of driving! ugh!
Posted by: McMark Apr 1 2005, 04:32 AM
YOWZA! Can't wait to hear that story. Hit on three corners?
Posted by: watsonrx13 Apr 1 2005, 04:57 AM
Karl, please tell me that you're joking around again.... 
Posted by: Steve Thacker Apr 1 2005, 05:33 AM
Holy shit batman! Qarl tell me that you are ok. Man I feel for ya, I'd be crying like a baby.
Posted by: Jeroen Apr 1 2005, 05:38 AM
Man this better be an april fools day thing
Posted by: Kerrys914 Apr 1 2005, 05:55 AM
Good one 
April 1st and I thought Karl has a Ravanna Green one 
Posted by: Joe Ricard Apr 1 2005, 06:37 AM
That's not Karl's garage where's the teener and spiffy floors.
Posted by: ArtechnikA Apr 1 2005, 06:50 AM
nope, and it doesn't look like a FL plate ... (i can just barely make out 'California' i think...)
if i'm wrong and this is not just an Apr 1 joke, Qarl - go see a doctor about your back - io know you know where to find one. and do tell us about the insurance followup ...
Posted by: CptTripps Apr 1 2005, 07:08 AM
The up-side would be that his weener would grow back to it's normal size.
I'm guessing April Fools....
Posted by: bd1308 Apr 1 2005, 07:16 AM
yeah me too....it's an april fools....i'll be waiting for my fake offer on a set of cheap good 2.0 heads, and i'll fall for it hook-line-and-sinker, just like a always do didnt get much sleep at night
Posted by: Curvie Roadlover Apr 1 2005, 07:43 AM
Qarl, I feel your pain. This happenned to me on my way in to work today. 
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Posted by: maf914 Apr 1 2005, 08:14 AM
| QUOTE (CptTripps @ Apr 1 2005, 05:08 AM) |
| The up-side would be that his weener would grow back to it's normal size. |
That's what she said!
Posted by: James Adams Apr 1 2005, 08:21 AM
I can't believe it, I had the same thing happen to me this morning!
My neck hurts a little - do you think this will buff out?
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Posted by: mike_the_man Apr 1 2005, 08:29 AM
I agree, got to be a joke. At least I hope it's a joke. If not, I feel sick looking at it. That garage is way too dirty to be Qarl's.
Posted by: tat2dphreak Apr 1 2005, 08:36 AM
not his garge... Qarl wouldn't let oil spots on his garage... and his floor is nicer...
Posted by: mharrison Apr 1 2005, 08:39 AM
I ran into a squirrel on the way home last night in my Cayenne...... 
Posted by: ArtechnikA Apr 1 2005, 08:40 AM
okay, i'll play along.
Qarl said:
| QUOTE |
| This happened away from my house! At least it's in A garage... |
i'm still not buying it tho...
Posted by: davep Apr 1 2005, 08:48 AM
| QUOTE (Qarl @ Apr 1 2005, 02:29 AM) |
| However, I hardly got any sleep last night and my back hurts! |
That would be from his wife kicking his butt for a couple of hours!
Posted by: grasshopper Apr 1 2005, 08:48 AM
jeez, what are the chances, my back hurts..... just a little 
I guess i under estimated my rust problem 
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Posted by: 914GT Apr 1 2005, 08:49 AM
I doubt if he changed his wheels either.
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Posted by: neo914-6 Apr 1 2005, 08:59 AM
It WOULD be a great ploy to the all CF panels...
Posted by: xitspd Apr 1 2005, 09:16 AM
Qarl,
I am really sorry about the car, I remember how excited you were to get it. On the positive side I am pleased to hear you are OK!
Dan
Posted by: ken914 Apr 1 2005, 09:30 AM
All right Qarl, fess up!
Details, admissions of deceipt...
Ken
Posted by: Curvie Roadlover Apr 1 2005, 09:34 AM
| QUOTE (James Adams @ Apr 1 2005, 09:21 AM) |
| - do you think this will buff out? |
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Posted by: Demick Apr 1 2005, 09:35 AM
My old man is a television repairman, he's got this ultimate set of tools. I can fix it.
Posted by: fiid Apr 1 2005, 09:43 AM
Qarls garage floor has the checkered tile pattern too.
Damn. had me going for a minute there.
Posted by: scruz914 Apr 1 2005, 10:12 AM
Good one Qarl. I was horrified at first. Brand spanking new, crushed on three corners, and it took so long to arrive. I have to be more on my toes today.
Posted by: URY914 Apr 1 2005, 10:33 AM
He's been waiting 6 months to use those pictures. 
Paul
Posted by: buck toenges Apr 1 2005, 11:00 AM
Plastic fuel line gave out on me today! Bummer
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Posted by: SirAndy Apr 1 2005, 11:19 AM
| QUOTE (watsonrx13 @ Apr 1 2005, 02:57 AM) |
| Karl, please tell me that you're joking around again.... |
Posted by: mack914 Apr 1 2005, 11:29 AM
No fancy floor, because he's hiding the car from his wife. Over at a friends, told his wife car was stolen.
Posted by: Aaron Cox Apr 1 2005, 12:22 PM
| QUOTE (buck toenges @ Apr 1 2005, 10:00 AM) |
| Plastic fuel line gave out on me today! Bummer |
Posted by: 914helo Apr 1 2005, 01:22 PM
Well if it was true you'd have a great conversion project for a 914 
Posted by: airsix Apr 1 2005, 02:23 PM
They had to put those wheels on it so they could tow it and roll it around. (They're borrowed from another local Lotus club memeber Karl knows). The light mag LSS wheels (3 of them anyway) were cored like apples - hubs punched right out of them. This didn't just happen today. We were on the phone about it early yesterday (early for me - I'm on west-coast time). Karl is being quite mature about it. I don't know as I'd have held up as well emotionally. He's been through some rough stuff in his life and he's pretty tough for it. His big concren yesterday was that the insurance co. WON'T total it. It's looking about 50/50 right now. Either way he's out of a Lotus for at least a few months. I'm trying to cheer him up by saying it frees up time to work on the 914. He didn't think that was very funny.
Karl, check your PM's - I sent the contact info for Motocorsa in Portland. Ask for Arun (Tonkin). If insurance totals the car (as you implied you were hoping) Motocorsa bight be the quickest sourse for a replacement . Since they just signed as a dealer last fall they got several "extra" cars. There was a Safron (albeit non-LSS) car in inventory at the old MSRP as recently as last month. It might still be available.
-Ben M.
Posted by: GTeener Apr 1 2005, 02:32 PM
I feel bad for someone but not you
That's not your garage or car (different wheels)
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Posted by: GTeener Apr 1 2005, 02:38 PM
Doh! Someone beat me to the garage & wheel observation
Posted by: airsix Apr 1 2005, 02:50 PM
| QUOTE (GTeener @ Apr 1 2005, 12:38 PM) |
| Doh! Someone beat me to the garage & wheel observation |
People, read what Karl wrote, and read what I just posted. The car isn't at his place. He was like 30 miles from home. They towed it to another lotus owner's house. They had to put 3 of the other guys wheels on the car to move it. The accident punched the hubs out of 3 of Karls wheels.
-Ben M.
Posted by: GTeener Apr 1 2005, 03:01 PM
Well if'n it's true, sorry for laughing at you. Poor day to spring the news on us. 
Hope all works out OK in the end.
Posted by: ArtechnikA Apr 1 2005, 03:07 PM
part of an effective con is to have a partner, so Ben's message leaves me unconvinced...
plate from the Elise in question...
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Posted by: ArtechnikA Apr 1 2005, 03:08 PM
plate from Qarl's Elise arrival thread ...
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Posted by: Rouser Apr 1 2005, 03:18 PM
Qarl, you butthead, that's not funny! You NEW you'd get caught on this one.
God, I feel for the real owner of that Elise; how the Hell did he/she smack both ends like that without hurting the side? Think the owner got caught between two Cayennes?
Posted by: GTeener Apr 1 2005, 03:49 PM
| QUOTE (ArtechnikA @ Apr 1 2005, 01:07 PM) |
| part of an effective con is to have a partner, so Ben's message leaves me unconvinced... plate from the Elise in question... |
Looks like that masher plate says F1 DNA
Posted by: Andyrew Apr 1 2005, 05:07 PM
No one notice that Qarl didnt say anything about it being HIS car????
Come on....
He IS being truthful.. its just not his car....
Posted by: airsix Apr 1 2005, 05:21 PM
Rich,
you have a good point, but I have one final thing I want you to consider: (pulling down a diagram of Chewie) this is Chewbacca. Chewbacca is a Wookiee from the planet Kashyyyk, but Chewbacca lives on the planet Endor. Now, think about that. That does not make sense!
Why would a Wookiee -- an eight foot tall Wookiee -- want to live on Endor with a bunch of two foot tall Ewoks? That does not make sense!
But more importantly, you have to ask yourself: what does that have to do with Karls wrecked Elise? (calmly) Nothing. Ladies and gentlemen, it has nothing to do with Karl's Elise! It does not make sense!
Look at me, I'm an average joe in Washington State consoling a freind in Florida with a wrecked exotic car, and I'm talkin' about Chewbacca. Does that make sense? I am not making any sense. None of this makes sense.
And so you have to remember, when you're reading this thread and deliberating and conjugating the Emancipation Proclamation... does it make sense? No! My fellow club members and 914 enthusiasts of this supposed "Garage", it does not make sense.
If Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must accept that Karl wrecked his car! The defense rests.
-Ben M.
ps - Oh! Look over there! Something shiny! (quick Karl, run!)
Posted by: redshift Apr 1 2005, 05:49 PM
LMAO!
You are all hookers, without pimps.
M
Posted by: scruz914 Apr 1 2005, 06:00 PM
| QUOTE (ArtechnikA @ Apr 1 2005, 01:08 PM) |
| plate from Qarl's Elise arrival thread ... |
The plate on Qarl's car was totally ruined in the accident, along with the wheels. He had to put the plate from the other Lotus on his car so it would not catch the eye of the authorities.
Posted by: Qarl Apr 1 2005, 06:24 PM
Alright, alright, alright. Here's the deal!
I am not lying...
1. I didn't say it was a picture of MY car.
2. I know the owner of that car DID wait a long time to get the car.
3. It is broke
4. I do suffer from chronic back problems.
5. I DID get up at 5:00 am this morning and drive to Ft. Myers and back.
6. I never said it was MY garage.
7. I figured that since 99% of us can disect every bitty detail of what's wrong with a 914 from a few photos off e-bay that one of you would be able to pick up on the wheels being different. I was right!
8. It IS April Fools day.
Posted by: redshift Apr 1 2005, 06:45 PM
Today, the media announce the Pope had died... then a full hour and a half later, they started reporting him not dead..
M
Posted by: Curvie Roadlover Apr 1 2005, 07:37 PM
| QUOTE (scruz914 @ Apr 1 2005, 07:00 PM) | ||
The plate on Qarl's car was totally ruined in the accident, along with the wheels. He had to put the plate from the other Lotus on his car so it would not catch the eye of the authorities. |
Good one!
Posted by: Qarl Apr 1 2005, 08:22 PM
1311 views in about 16 hours! 
Suckers!
Posted by: KaptKaos Apr 1 2005, 10:50 PM
| QUOTE (airsix @ Apr 1 2005, 03:21 PM) |
| Rich, you have a good point, but I have one final thing I want you to consider: (pulling down a diagram of Chewie) this is Chewbacca. Chewbacca is a Wookiee from the planet Kashyyyk, but Chewbacca lives on the planet Endor. Now, think about that. That does not make sense! Why would a Wookiee -- an eight foot tall Wookiee -- want to live on Endor with a bunch of two foot tall Ewoks? That does not make sense! But more importantly, you have to ask yourself: what does that have to do with Karls wrecked Elise? (calmly) Nothing. Ladies and gentlemen, it has nothing to do with Karl's Elise! It does not make sense! Look at me, I'm an average joe in Washington State consoling a freind in Florida with a wrecked exotic car, and I'm talkin' about Chewbacca. Does that make sense? I am not making any sense. None of this makes sense. And so you have to remember, when you're reading this thread and deliberating and conjugating the Emancipation Proclamation... does it make sense? No! My fellow club members and 914 enthusiasts of this supposed "Garage", it does not make sense. If Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must accept that Karl wrecked his car! The defense rests. -Ben M. ps - Oh! Look over there! Something shiny! (quick Karl, run!) |
DAMMIT!!
Not the Wookiee defense!!
Posted by: GWN7 Apr 1 2005, 11:09 PM
The South Park Wookiee defense...nothing can beat it.......
The wookiee lives on Endor, so he has a supply of Ewoks to use as q - tips to keep his hairy ears clean. The old supply and demand ratio.........
Posted by: xitspd Apr 2 2005, 09:25 AM
Carl! You got me! There is an old saying in the UK. If you catch a weasel sleeping, "piss in his ear!" You caught me sleeping.......
Posted by: sanglee007 Apr 2 2005, 11:42 AM
| QUOTE (airsix @ Apr 1 2005, 03:21 PM) |
| Rich, you have a good point, but I have one final thing I want you to consider: (pulling down a diagram of Chewie) this is Chewbacca. Chewbacca is a Wookiee from the planet Kashyyyk, but Chewbacca lives on the planet Endor. Now, think about that. That does not make sense! Why would a Wookiee -- an eight foot tall Wookiee -- want to live on Endor with a bunch of two foot tall Ewoks? That does not make sense! -Ben M. |
Wookies are valuable as slave labor for the Empire. Usually in the mines.
As they were constructing Death Star 2 (DS2) they would naturally have had wookies on hand to help bend girders and remove arms from insolent officers.
Having no means transport enough food to feed them, they would have let groups of wookies go into the endorian forest to feed on the natural resources; ewoks, trees, squirrels, hikers.
Several wookies would be lost to the mighty meat-trap and would be filed as "losses" by the Imperial Accountantcy Bureau.
Some would escape. Making a home in the wild forests of northern endorian, disrupting logging and making a mess of trees with their graphity (KAALWELK
Sang
If any of this makes any sense...seek help.
Posted by: airsix Apr 3 2005, 05:40 PM
I have to tell my side of this story. On March 17 I saw Karl posting on one of the Elise forums (where his handle is 'Qball'). He was asking if anyone had pictures of a wrecked Saffron yellow Elise. I imediately knew what he was up to and sent him a PM calling him on it. He promptly swore at me and begged me to keep quiet. I volunteered to play along but we didn't speak about it again.
-Ben M.
Posted by: KaptKaos Apr 3 2005, 10:38 PM
| QUOTE (airsix @ Apr 3 2005, 03:40 PM) |
| I have to tell my side of this story. On March 17 I saw Karl posting on one of the Elise forums (where his handle is 'Qball'). He was asking if anyone had pictures of a wrecked Saffron yellow Elise. I imediately knew what he was up to and sent him a PM calling him on it. He promptly swore at me and begged me to keep quiet. I volunteered to play along but we didn't speak about it again. -Ben M. |
Did he buy your silence? If so, how much?
Posted by: Qarl Apr 4 2005, 06:55 AM
heh heh heh!
It's always FUN to have somebody IN on it!
Posted by: mike_the_man Apr 4 2005, 02:15 PM
I knew it! Qarl, didn't you try to pull something last year too. Something to do with you getting fed up with your project and selling it all? As soon as I saw it, there was a shadow of doubt in my mind. You're a sneaky bugger.
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