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On the way back from the doctor, saw some fool who just bought a new Camaro. He got a bit too enthusiastic coming out of the dealer and ended up facing back into the driveway he was trying to exit with about 60 bucks worth of tire embedded in the pavement.. He sat there a few seconds assembling his poo (getting his s___ together) and spun the rear of his car to get aligned with the street and took off about 75 in a 45 zone. There was a cop coming the other way who saw all this and was waiting for him in the 2 way turn lane.
So, the cop pulled him over and wrote him up for so many offenses he had to continue it on the next ticket.
Let's hope there's intelligent life somewhere in space 'cause it's buggar all down here. -- Monte Python
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YouTube is full of vids like this.
Every one of these clowns assume they are good drivers but karma is there to wag it’s finger and put them in their place.
I especially like it when they do this in front of a crowd, then stuff the car in a ditch.
The clowns that end up crossing the median and ruin the day of an innocent driver coming the other direction p!ss me off. It should be a law you’re allowed to get out and club them.
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"You can't believe everything you read on the internet" : William Shakespeare
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You know the last thing he said was "Hey, hold my beer and watch this!"
We all like to think of ourselves as rugged individualists. But when push comes to shove most of us are sheep who do what we are told. Worst of all, a lot of us become unpaid agents of whoever is controlling the agenda by enforcing the current dogma on the few rugged individualists who actually exist.
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You know the last thing he said was "Hey, hold my beer and watch this!"
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"You can't believe everything you read on the internet" : William Shakespeare
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I think every motorcycle dealership has stories of buyers losing it pulling out of the lot. 
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There as a picture a couple of years ago on my Indian site that showed a brand new 21 K bike that fell off the trailer, just as it was being pulled out of the dealers lot. 
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Different bent on this, my buddy sold his business many years ago and as a reward to himself bought a red Jaquar V12 convertible. He didn't make it a block down the road when it stopped. It seems the dealer prep omitted putting any oil in the engine. Oopps!
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Pretty sure new cars are shipped with oil already in them, that's pretty much before they drive them onto the car hauler to deliver them to the dealer. Maybe somebody had a grudge and drained the oil, but still the warning lights and oil pressure gauge should have gave ample warning.
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And I once bought an HD Heritage and rode it 200 miles home to find no oil in the gearbox.
And my late and unlamented Thunderbird LT had a top end rebuild which left it with no oil in the sump...
Maybe the warranty didn't cover filling it up again?
I took the Road Less Travelled.
Now where the ****** am I?
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Different bent on this, my buddy sold his business many years ago and as a reward to himself bought a red Jaquar V12 convertible. He didn't make it a block down the road when it stopped. It seems the dealer prep omitted putting any oil in the engine. Oopps!
Well then Paul, your buddy should have just looked at his misfortune in a different sort'a light, in that case!
And 'cause if it hadn't been for his Jag E-Type's lack of oil killing the engine of his new car, it would have been a good bet it would've eventually overheated ANYWAY, and thus he STILL would've ended up having engine failure! And, this of course would've been the case even WITH the proper amount of coolant running through it!
(...you DO know those Jags were notorious for this sort'a thing, doncha?!) 
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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Different bent on this, my buddy sold his business many years ago and as a reward to himself bought a red Jaquar V12 convertible. He didn't make it a block down the road when it stopped. It seems the dealer prep omitted putting any oil in the engine. Oopps!
Well then Paul, your buddy should have just looked at his misfortune in a different sort'a light, in that case!
And 'cause if it hadn't been for his Jag E-Type's lack of oil killing the engine of his new car, it would have been a good bet it would've eventually overheated ANYWAY, and thus he STILL would've ended up having engine failure! And, this of course would've been the case even WITH the proper amount of coolant running through it!
(...you DO know those Jags were notorious for this sort'a thing, doncha?!)
The way I've always heard about Jaguars is that you buy the car and marry the mechanic.
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Different bent on this, my buddy sold his business many years ago and as a reward to himself bought a red Jaquar V12 convertible. He didn't make it a block down the road when it stopped. It seems the dealer prep omitted putting any oil in the engine. Oopps!
Well then Paul, your buddy should have just looked at his misfortune in a different sort'a light, in that case!
And 'cause if it hadn't been for his Jag E-Type's lack of oil killing the engine of his new car, it would have been a good bet it would've eventually overheated ANYWAY, and thus he STILL would've ended up having engine failure! And, this of course would've been the case even WITH the proper amount of coolant running through it!
(...you DO know those Jags were notorious for this sort'a thing, doncha?!)
The way I've always heard about Jaguars is that you buy the car and marry the mechanic.
Yeah, and which even THEN of course still wouldn't be all THAT bad IF your mechanic happened to look like this...
(...betcha SHE cleans-up pretty darn nice after workin' on a set of those fiddly SU carbs or Lucas electrical components, wouldn't ya say?!)
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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Different bent on this, my buddy sold his business many years ago and as a reward to himself bought a red Jaquar V12 convertible. He didn't make it a block down the road when it stopped. It seems the dealer prep omitted putting any oil in the engine. Oopps!
Well then Paul, your buddy should have just looked at his misfortune in a different sort'a light, in that case!
And 'cause if it hadn't been for his Jag E-Type's lack of oil killing the engine of his new car, it would have been a good bet it would've eventually overheated ANYWAY, and thus he STILL would've ended up having engine failure! And, this of course would've been the case even WITH the proper amount of coolant running through it!
(...you DO know those Jags were notorious for this sort'a thing, doncha?!)
The way I've always heard about Jaguars is that you buy the car and marry the mechanic.
 My old Swedish friend always said about Citroen you need two one to drive while the other is in the shop being fixed.
Dinosaur.
"Oh Man I only ride 'em.I don't know what makes 'em work". Donald "Oddball" Sutherland
"Don't let the bastards get you down". Kris Kristofferson
"I am only paranoid because everyone is against me". Larry [Frank Burns] Linville
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Dwight, my buddy would have loved to have a mechanic that looked like that. Jaguar replaced the engine and he drove it for 5 years until he passed away. Bucket List item I guess.
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Different bent on this, my buddy sold his business many years ago and as a reward to himself bought a red Jaquar V12 convertible. He didn't make it a block down the road when it stopped. It seems the dealer prep omitted putting any oil in the engine. Oopps!
Well then Paul, your buddy should have just looked at his misfortune in a different sort'a light, in that case!
And 'cause if it hadn't been for his Jag E-Type's lack of oil killing the engine of his new car, it would have been a good bet it would've eventually overheated ANYWAY, and thus he STILL would've ended up having engine failure! And, this of course would've been the case even WITH the proper amount of coolant running through it!
(...you DO know those Jags were notorious for this sort'a thing, doncha?!)
The way I've always heard about Jaguars is that you buy the car and marry the mechanic.
My old Swedish friend always said about Citroen you need two one to drive while the other is in the shop being fixed.
....and as for Fiat?
Apparently the initials stand for ' Fix It Again Tomorrow."
I took the Road Less Travelled.
Now where the ****** am I?
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There's one of those RIP somebody died here signs at the entrance to the local Honda dealer. I've always wondered. I thought about asking once, but with the turnover at that shop, I doubt anybody knows.
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Different bent on this, my buddy sold his business many years ago and as a reward to himself bought a red Jaquar V12 convertible. He didn't make it a block down the road when it stopped. It seems the dealer prep omitted putting any oil in the engine. Oopps!
Well then Paul, your buddy should have just looked at his misfortune in a different sort'a light, in that case!
And 'cause if it hadn't been for his Jag E-Type's lack of oil killing the engine of his new car, it would have been a good bet it would've eventually overheated ANYWAY, and thus he STILL would've ended up having engine failure! And, this of course would've been the case even WITH the proper amount of coolant running through it!
(...you DO know those Jags were notorious for this sort'a thing, doncha?!)
The way I've always heard about Jaguars is that you buy the car and marry the mechanic.
My old Swedish friend always said about Citroen you need two one to drive while the other is in the shop being fixed.
....and as for Fiat?
Apparently the initials stand for ' Fix It Again Tomorrow."
Hmmmmm...having owned 3 Fiats in the past, which somewhat ironically I don't remember ever having all that much trouble with either the '69 124 Sport Coupe, the '74 X1/9 nor the '77 124 Spider I owned, I was always told back then that the acronym for that Italian car maker's wares stood for, "Fix It Again Tony"!
(...but yeah, I suppose the general implication would've been pretty much the same)
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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Over here their reputation is rubbish.....I had two...a Croma....lovely Lampredi twin cam motor in it ....but, boy, it did rust.
Also ran a Fiat Uno up to 150k miles...but was on first name terms with the recovery services all around the M25.
I took the Road Less Travelled.
Now where the ****** am I?
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