TC
Resident Agitator
So 3 buddies and myself thought it would be a fun idea to take a road trip out to colorado and go out to my family's cabin for a week. So we get out there no hitch, spend a week hiking and stuff.
So it comes time for us to come home. We're driving through the Rocky's and the car over heats. No biggie, we pull over, let it cool off, add some fluid and water. Then, when we're almost out of Colorado, the car starts pulling left, so we take it in to a local mechanic. He says one of the wheels and rotars is shot, have to get new parts from the junk yard. 3 hours later, we are back on the road. 2 more overheatings later, we run out of gas. Once we push the car to the pump, we need a jump. We get a jump and are on our merry way.
Well, one last overheating, and the car is dead. So my buddy and I have to hitch hike across Utah (SCARY) to the next town, call a tow truck, and have the car towed. In the morning the mechanic tells us the car is shot. His wife drives us 3 hours to Salt Lake City, so we can get on standbys, and FINALLY get home.
Lesson learned, never take a car on a road trip if you say this phrase first "Yea, it'll probably make it."
So it comes time for us to come home. We're driving through the Rocky's and the car over heats. No biggie, we pull over, let it cool off, add some fluid and water. Then, when we're almost out of Colorado, the car starts pulling left, so we take it in to a local mechanic. He says one of the wheels and rotars is shot, have to get new parts from the junk yard. 3 hours later, we are back on the road. 2 more overheatings later, we run out of gas. Once we push the car to the pump, we need a jump. We get a jump and are on our merry way.
Well, one last overheating, and the car is dead. So my buddy and I have to hitch hike across Utah (SCARY) to the next town, call a tow truck, and have the car towed. In the morning the mechanic tells us the car is shot. His wife drives us 3 hours to Salt Lake City, so we can get on standbys, and FINALLY get home.
Lesson learned, never take a car on a road trip if you say this phrase first "Yea, it'll probably make it."
glad you made it back safely...
