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914 Guru ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 7,900 Joined: 3-January 07 From: atlanta georgia Member No.: 7,418 Region Association: None ![]() |
To my friends,
As some of you know the story of my Porsche 914, well today I have bad news. A few weeks ago the clutch tube broke loose and I brought it over to AutoAtlanta to be repaired. I had them make a lot of repairs to it to bring it up to 'snuff'. I paid $2630 for repairs and I got it back last Friday. I was in my glory to have my Porsche back and driving it around. As you remember my story of the Porsche, Penni and I had many memories with that car. We had our first date in it, I taught her to drive stick shift in that car, etc, etc, and of course etc. well today I had to go to the VA Hosp to pick up some meds and on hwy 40 I became the victim of 'road rage'. It was raining lightly and in front of me was a tractor rig (without a trailer) and in front of him was another tractor-trailer (with trailer). They were doing about 60 at the time and I passed them. The tractor without the trailer blew his horn at me when I passed. I continued on my way and I could see in the rear view mirror that he too had passed the tractor-trailer rig. I could see on his front bumper it said "oversize load". He was coming up very fast behind me. I was still in the passing lane. I flipped on my right hand signal and then moved out of his way to the right hand lane. what happened next was so fast and unbelievable that I still can't believe it happened. Apparently he was pissed at me and perhaps wanted to 'scare' me. He pulled his rig to the right and bumped my left rear fender sending me into a spin. All I heard was a loud bang. the next thing I saw was the word "MACK" in my driver side door window. I had spun sideways IN FRONT of his truck. Now try to imagine what was going through my mind. the front of my car is now facing the left side of the road, the rear of my car is facing the right side of the road and this tractor rig is up against my driver side pushing me down the road sideways at about 70 MPH. The most shocking thing was that he 'floored' the throttle while he was pushing me. He pushed me about an eight of a mile. The roar of that engine in my ear was unbelieveable and there was nothing I could do. I tried cranking my wheels and I even floored the throttle in hopes that I could get some traction to get away from him. I finally broke away and spun around and around and into the center of the median into the grass. He then hit his brakes and left skid marks AFTER I went off the road, but then he sped away. I, of course, called 911 and reported a hit and run from a guy that tried to kill me. Luckily for me, I was in a 1972 Porsche 914. When that car was designed they thought of safety. The driving compartment in encased in a roll cage that was built to handle crashes. That was the only thing that saved me from being crushed. I was being pushed for about 20 seconds and believe me, that was the LONGEST 20 seconds of my life. During those 20 seconds I thought I was a goner. BUT, immediately after I broke free and was spinning in the grass, the only thought was that bastard ruined my beautiful classic porsche with so many beautiful memories of my deceased wife. I will post some photos of the crushed car on the web later. you can actually see the tires marks on the side of my car as he was trying to roll over me. he rubbed a thick layer of his tread marks on the side of the car. I guess I am lucky to be alive, but without Penni and without my Porsche, I am not so sure if I even want to live anymore. Bob |
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I had a similar weird experience with a trucker but with a different conclusion.
I was pulling my racecar up the north side of The Grapevine towards Willow Springs Raceway. There was a truck with a semi-trailer in the middle of a line of trucks with trailers going 35 up the hill. I moved to the left lane to pass as my Dually with a built big block can go 75 up one side of The Grapevine and 75 down the other side, no problem. I used my turn signals, merged gently to the L Lane (2 lanes per side through there) and as I was passing the line of semis the trucker abruptly swerved into my path, so violently that his trailer swung out and nicked the center divider. I slowed way down to avoid his idiocy and he merged back into the same spot that he had been in before. I waited until we got to a steeper part of the hill, backed off and got it back up to 75 (the trucks were going like 25 or 30) and blew past the line of them. When I got up next to the maniac he blew his horn and swerved into my lane again as I was right next to him. I swerved as far left as I could until my trailer tires rubbed the center divider and I just managed to slip past him before he clipped my trailer. He sped up as we reached the next slight downhill section to try to catch me but I ran it up to 90-95 and he couldn't keep up. I called the dipshits at the CHP and they were less than helpful, as usual. They only want to deal with easy stuff, the lazy bastards. We escaped unscathed but with yet another unbelievable story to tell. I need to write down all the crazy shit that has happened to me before I get too old and forget who I am and where I live and how to control my bodily functions. |
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