Today, between third and fourth hour, I got a summons to the office: "Will the owner of a Plymouth Neon, lisense plate XXX-XXX, please come to the office. So I get to the office. The secretary tells me: "You need to call Mr. Freeze on extension 202". So I do. He tells me that a snow plow has hit my car, in the middle of the rear passenger door. So I go outside to my car and he is there. He tells me that the school will pay for it, so all is well there. But there is a different question:
How the fuck do you hit a car with a snowplow?!?
My car was about 8 feet away from the nearest snowbank, and it is red, so its not like it blends in with the snow. Moreof, I was not allowed my car today for my lack of being employed, so now my mother took my keys. I am usally allowed the car after school to search for a job. The total cost for repair is $1592.22. Plus that door was broken beforehand and did not open so now I get that fixed.
The gods must hate me!!! In a 4 day peirod my OS eats itsself, my car gets hit with a snowplow, I cannot drive it, my friends house burns down, my room floods, and I get my last starcraft cdkey muted.
Sorry to hear about your car & your friend's house...that sucks, @ least you get your door fixed?
LOL about the SC key.
Did the guy tell you how it happened?..I'd want to know.
Quote from: CrAz3D on January 24, 2005, 05:28 PM
Did the guy tell you how it happened?..I'd want to know.
I am assuming you mean my friend's house. She had a space heater in her room, and she left it on and a fire started. Apparently it only burned part of the top floor, so she still has a house. Right now her family is staying with a family friend until they can get that room cleaned up and the house livable. No one was injured, including her dog (which I am terrified of).
Good to hear about your frined's house...my bad though, I meant how did that moron run into your car. Any ideas?
Quote from: shout on January 24, 2005, 05:41 PM
Quote from: CrAz3D on January 24, 2005, 05:28 PM
Did the guy tell you how it happened?..I'd want to know.
I am assuming you mean my friend's house. She had a space heater in her room, and she left it on and a fire started. Apparently it only burned part of the top floor, so she still has a house. Right now her family is staying with a family friend until they can get that room cleaned up and the house livable. No one was injured, including her dog (which I am terrified of).
I'm pretty sure he meant the snowplow hitting your car.
You got an estimate on the car damage in one afternoon? That's pretty good.
Driving a snow plow looks difficult. If it's an inexperienced driver, it would probably be easy to not realize where all the parts are, since they stick off reasonably far :/
Depends what kind of snow plow this is that we're talking about. I wouldn't think they'd use a full fledged highway one to clear a parking lot, I think they'd use jus a truck with a snowplow on front of it.
I admit that it wouldn't be as easy as driving a regular vehicle, but come on people, how do you hit a parked car IN the middle of the door in a parking lot?...those people probably work for the public school. OOH, that in itself could've been the problem...last semester we were sitting in our english class & we heard this *SCREECH* *CLANG CLANG* & finally, *BOOM!*. A public school maintenance truck's gas pedal got stuck & the driver didn't think to put the thing in Neutral & drove the thing in to the building to stop it. (It went over about 7 sets of 1½' wide concrete stairs & over 2 benches...it didn't cursh the bench, it went OVER.
Haha, my gas pedal got stuck down once, so I hit the brake (risking damage to the brakes!) till I came up with a better idea (putting it in neutral, as it turned out).
Yeah, I don't understand why the maintenance guy didn't do that instead of running into the building pillar thingy. Guess you don't really think about those sorts of things...but he though enough to run the truck into the pillar instead of the wall...maybe they need new trucks/more training on what to do if the truck breaks.
Quote from: iago on January 25, 2005, 09:20 PM
Haha, my gas pedal got stuck down once, so I hit the brake (risking damage to the brakes!) till I came up with a better idea (putting it in neutral, as it turned out).
All you weird people without clutches...
My car has a clutch!
Quote from: Adron on January 26, 2005, 02:04 AM
Quote from: iago on January 25, 2005, 09:20 PM
Haha, my gas pedal got stuck down once, so I hit the brake (risking damage to the brakes!) till I came up with a better idea (putting it in neutral, as it turned out).
All you weird people without clutches...
how would a clutch help you in that instance? It's basically equal to throwing an Auto into neutral, and if the gas pedal is stuck it'll redline till you shut it off, or it blows up....isn't it?
Sorry to hear that shout. Maybe you should stop doing those hate prayers...
Quote from: KrAzY_NuK on January 26, 2005, 08:20 AM
Quote from: Adron on January 26, 2005, 02:04 AM
Quote from: iago on January 25, 2005, 09:20 PM
Haha, my gas pedal got stuck down once, so I hit the brake (risking damage to the brakes!) till I came up with a better idea (putting it in neutral, as it turned out).
All you weird people without clutches...
how would a clutch help you in that instance? It's basically equal to throwing an Auto into neutral, and if the gas pedal is stuck it'll redline till you shut it off, or it blows up....isn't it?
People driving a car with a clutch won't have to think about what to do when they want to stop, whether the gas pedal is stuck down or not ;)
Quote from: Adron on January 26, 2005, 08:33 AM
Quote from: KrAzY_NuK on January 26, 2005, 08:20 AM
Quote from: Adron on January 26, 2005, 02:04 AM
Quote from: iago on January 25, 2005, 09:20 PM
Haha, my gas pedal got stuck down once, so I hit the brake (risking damage to the brakes!) till I came up with a better idea (putting it in neutral, as it turned out).
All you weird people without clutches...
how would a clutch help you in that instance? It's basically equal to throwing an Auto into neutral, and if the gas pedal is stuck it'll redline till you shut it off, or it blows up....isn't it?
People driving a car with a clutch won't have to think about what to do when they want to stop, whether the gas pedal is stuck down or not ;)
I still don't get it....
oh well..i'm doomed...DOOMED i say!
Ppl with clutches, depending on thar SOME, can have more fun while driving...but an auto is nice going slow up hills & when 4wding.
while driving with a gas pedal stuck to the floor? i doubt it...
If the gas pedal is stuck to the floor, and you press in the clutch, I believe it will stall the engine?
What kind of car are you driving? If the gas is down & you have the clutch in (pressed down to the floor) the engine will rev up...not stall. A car would stall when there isn't the right amount of power try to get the car moving.
While pressing thy ye old clutch, turn thy ye old key to thy ye old off position.
Or hope thine gas tank is empty and runs out as soon as it happens.
Quote from: CrAz3D on January 26, 2005, 05:03 PM
What kind of car are you driving? If the gas is down & you have the clutch in (pressed down to the floor) the engine will rev up...not stall. A car would stall when there isn't the right amount of power try to get the car moving.
Eh, I spent one day learning manual before we sold the car, I just remember stalling it alot.
Quote from: j0k3r on January 26, 2005, 08:23 PM
Quote from: CrAz3D on January 26, 2005, 05:03 PM
What kind of car are you driving? If the gas is down & you have the clutch in (pressed down to the floor) the engine will rev up...not stall. A car would stall when there isn't the right amount of power try to get the car moving.
Eh, I spent one day learning manual before we sold the car, I just remember stalling it alot.
I stalled ALOT too, but that is because I was learning when it was dark & my dad told me his truck was in 1st, it was really in 3rd.
But seriously, when the clutch is in there is no power going to the wheel....the engine is just sitting there revving away.EDIT:...that is how people 'burn out' from a stop, unless they have a super powerful car w/an auto tranny.
Quote from: CrAz3D on January 26, 2005, 09:48 PM
Quote from: j0k3r on January 26, 2005, 08:23 PM
Quote from: CrAz3D on January 26, 2005, 05:03 PM
What kind of car are you driving? If the gas is down & you have the clutch in (pressed down to the floor) the engine will rev up...not stall. A car would stall when there isn't the right amount of power try to get the car moving.
Eh, I spent one day learning manual before we sold the car, I just remember stalling it alot.
I stalled ALOT too, but that is because I was learning when it was dark & my dad told me his truck was in 1st, it was really in 3rd.
But seriously, when the clutch is in there is no power going to the wheel....the engine is just sitting there revving away.EDIT:...that is how people 'burn out' from a stop, unless they have a super powerful car w/an auto tranny.
Exactly! So if your gas pedal is stuck, either way your fucked. You don't wanna pop the clutch with the engine red-lining, as it could cause extreme damage, especially if you do it repeatedly.
Quote from: Adron on January 26, 2005, 02:04 AM
Quote from: iago on January 25, 2005, 09:20 PM
Haha, my gas pedal got stuck down once, so I hit the brake (risking damage to the brakes!) till I came up with a better idea (putting it in neutral, as it turned out).
All you weird people without clutches...
Yeah, they're all noobie drivers
Just because my truck doesn't have a stick doesn't mean I don't know how to drive a stick, not literally. I'm just too lazt to drive anything other than an automatic
Quote from: CrAz3D on January 27, 2005, 02:26 PM
Just because my truck doesn't have a stick doesn't mean I don't know how to drive a stick, not literally. I'm just too lazt to drive anything other than an automatic
Haha! Your lazy!
Quote from: KrAzY_NuK on January 27, 2005, 10:35 AM
Exactly! So if your gas pedal is stuck, either way your fucked. You don't wanna pop the clutch with the engine red-lining, as it could cause extreme damage, especially if you do it repeatedly.
Typically the injection control system will have a rpm cutoff point, so the engine will just rev up to the set limit and stay there.
...unless you waste perfectly good money (like me) & buy a electronic device the reprograms the vehicle's computer so that the vehicle isn't limited by speed or rpm.
even so..it's not good for your engine to rev at high RPMs constantly
Plus it's not good too keep shifting at high rpms
Quote from: CrAz3D on January 29, 2005, 02:37 PM
...unless you waste perfectly good money (like me) & buy a electronic device the reprograms the vehicle's computer so that the vehicle isn't limited by speed or rpm.
Which risks a rather big waste, since you probably don't want to wreck your engine, and would be better off just upping the limit to some new level that you consider safe enough :)
Obviously, it puts alot more stress on the engine & wears things out faster.