OT, getting them home stories, Car stories Options

[r_towle]

OT! So move it if you feel the need.

I laugh more now when thinking of the crazy stuff I did when I was young and broke just to get a car home or repaired.

One night, heading up to go skiing with a buddy, by beetle accel cable broke.
It was super cold, dark and we were in a section of NH that has about ten exits of nothing....so remote.

Thankfully there was a gas station about 2-3 miles ahead.
I put on my winter ski clothes, goggles and all.
I sat sideways on the rear bumper with my hand hugging the upright fan and I drove the carburetor while yelling when to shift etc...

What could go wrong......??

How about you guys?
I have a few more stupid stories that make me wonder why I am still here at all.

[Olympic 914]

going up a big hill, I floored it to get around a pokey driver and after getting by left off the gas only to find it was stuck to the floor. throttle cable had busted. luckily it was early in the morning, I worked nights then, so no traffic. Knowing there was a VW dealer about a mile ahead over the hill I tried to calculate how long to hold on before shutting it down. coasted into the dealership, kind of like landing a glider, you have one shot. didn't have to push at all. then left a note on it and walked five miles to my parents house,

I had pulled off the air cleaner to check things out after I got to the dealership and was pissed that they charged me extra to reconnect the vacuum lines.