On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 1:26 PM, Chuck Norcutt <
chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> It sounds scary but might not have been all that bad. I had a pickup
> truck in front drop a garage floor jack in front of me and my '99
> Chrysler LHS, also at 60 mph. Unfortunately, it was night and I never
> saw it to have a chance to swerve. All I knew was a gigantic bang and
> it felt as though the car had become airborne (because it had). My
> mental state was much worse than the car which suffered only a totally
> blown out left front tire. A tough car... no suspension damage, no
> wheel damage, no body damage and no damage to the left rear tire or
> wheel. All four tires were almost new and I was fortunate to find one
> of the same type the next morning at a shop only a short distance from
> the hotel I had chosen (at random).
>
Wow. Did the hotel you chose at random happen to be close enough to a
department store that sold new underwear?
My brain had gone into survival overdrive as soon as I felt the rear end
break free... and everything I had read or experienced in skid-steering
kicked in while the little voice in the back of my head kept going, "DON'T
HIT THE BARRIER!!! DON'T HIT THE BARRIER!!! DON'T HIT THE BARRIER!!!!"
Fortunately, the traffic behind me saw things going sideways (literally!)
and backed down to give me room. The fact that I ended up back in my lane
pointing forwards was a miracle.
--
Paul Braun WD9GCO
Music Junkie
"Music washes from the soul the dust of everyday life." -- Harlan Howard
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