A Blonde, A Ford, and A Mattress
April 29th, 2010, 09:34 PM
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A Blonde, A Ford, and A Mattress
Not a Joke… Pictures Included…
A blonde ran over a mattress on the highway and decided not to worry. She kept on driving. It caught on the undercarriage of her Ford. The ensuing jumble finally whipped around enough to tear a hole in the fuel tank.
The subsequent lack of fuel is what finally brought her vehicle to its knees.
She still managed to drive 30 more miles with 65 lbs of tangled stuff wrapped around her drive shaft.
She had it towed to her Ford dealership and complained that the vehicle had a "sort of shimmy", when she was driving at "high speeds."
Below are the photos of what they found at her Ford dealership...
The last photo is by far the best.
"Sort of a shimmy", I bet it did!
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A blonde ran over a mattress on the highway and decided not to worry. She kept on driving. It caught on the undercarriage of her Ford. The ensuing jumble finally whipped around enough to tear a hole in the fuel tank.
The subsequent lack of fuel is what finally brought her vehicle to its knees.
She still managed to drive 30 more miles with 65 lbs of tangled stuff wrapped around her drive shaft.
She had it towed to her Ford dealership and complained that the vehicle had a "sort of shimmy", when she was driving at "high speeds."
Below are the photos of what they found at her Ford dealership...
The last photo is by far the best.
"Sort of a shimmy", I bet it did!
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Last edited by Jaybird; April 30th, 2010 at 12:12 AM.
April 30th, 2010, 05:02 AM
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That is amazing! I try to avoid all debris on the road, no matter how innocent, small, or non-threatening it appears to be. If I cannot avoid something and end up running over it I cringe and hope for the best. There could be a 100 lb anvil in a cardboard box one cubit foot in size, you never know.
April 30th, 2010, 05:21 AM
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My wife ran over a sweatshirt and it got tangled up in the right front axle of our Park Avenue Buick. She noticed the ABS light came on suddenly. It wrapped around the axle and ripped up the ABS wires.
When I was a kid my Dad ran over what he thought was a piece of a tire with our 65 Chev pulling a camper and it ended being a huge snapping turtle. The tongue hit the shell and ripped it off. It scattered a dozen or so eggs out onto the highway.
When I was a kid my Dad ran over what he thought was a piece of a tire with our 65 Chev pulling a camper and it ended being a huge snapping turtle. The tongue hit the shell and ripped it off. It scattered a dozen or so eggs out onto the highway.
April 30th, 2010, 05:28 AM
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Oh My God!! Sort of a shimmy, lol?? That's funny 
- kinda pathetic, but funny!! No matter what the hair color, how could you not know something major was going on, after running over a mattress? 
I too try not to hit anything that's laying in the road.... rocks, sticks, bags, whatever. You never know what's gonna happen if you hit it!
April 30th, 2010, 06:57 AM
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Only a true idiot would have kept going after that...
And WHY did she hit it anyway? I think they are big enough to see from a distance, and they are usually white! Playing with the phone, i bet...
Even plastic grocery bags have been known to wrap around driveshafts and damage seals that cost a lot of $ to replace. People behing me must think I am nuts when I avoid running over them.
I am amazed how strong that plastic is when stretched into rope around something. It is pretty weak when groceries are in it in bag form though...
And WHY did she hit it anyway? I think they are big enough to see from a distance, and they are usually white! Playing with the phone, i bet...
Even plastic grocery bags have been known to wrap around driveshafts and damage seals that cost a lot of $ to replace. People behing me must think I am nuts when I avoid running over them.
I am amazed how strong that plastic is when stretched into rope around something. It is pretty weak when groceries are in it in bag form though...
April 30th, 2010, 10:48 AM
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I had a plastic bag wrap around my exhaust near the engine and catch fire. No damage but I did stop and bail. It took awhile to figure out what happened. The bag was blown under my car by another car.
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April 30th, 2010, 11:47 AM
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A good reminder not to park on tall grass, either...
May 14th, 2010, 09:04 AM
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Only a true idiot would have kept going after that...
And WHY did she hit it anyway? I think they are big enough to see from a distance, and they are usually white! Playing with the phone, i bet...
Even plastic grocery bags have been known to wrap around driveshafts and damage seals that cost a lot of $ to replace. People behing me must think I am nuts when I avoid running over them.
I am amazed how strong that plastic is when stretched into rope around something. It is pretty weak when groceries are in it in bag form though...
And WHY did she hit it anyway? I think they are big enough to see from a distance, and they are usually white! Playing with the phone, i bet...
Even plastic grocery bags have been known to wrap around driveshafts and damage seals that cost a lot of $ to replace. People behing me must think I am nuts when I avoid running over them.
I am amazed how strong that plastic is when stretched into rope around something. It is pretty weak when groceries are in it in bag form though...
May 14th, 2010, 11:22 AM
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Only a true idiot would have kept going after that...
And WHY did she hit it anyway? I think they are big enough to see from a distance, and they are usually white! Playing with the phone, i bet...
Even plastic grocery bags have been known to wrap around driveshafts and damage seals that cost a lot of $ to replace. People behing me must think I am nuts when I avoid running over them.
I am amazed how strong that plastic is when stretched into rope around something. It is pretty weak when groceries are in it in bag form though...
And WHY did she hit it anyway? I think they are big enough to see from a distance, and they are usually white! Playing with the phone, i bet...
Even plastic grocery bags have been known to wrap around driveshafts and damage seals that cost a lot of $ to replace. People behing me must think I am nuts when I avoid running over them.
I am amazed how strong that plastic is when stretched into rope around something. It is pretty weak when groceries are in it in bag form though...
May 14th, 2010, 03:07 PM
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