Joerg said:
Yeah, but this was on an Autobahn. I noticed a sudden "air conditioned
feeling", then saw sparks flying in my rear view. Screeeeech. Luckily it
was at night and other cars were still far off. Ran into the lane,
picked it up.
One hinge held, but the hood slammed into the side of the car, right
on a weld in the unibody and cracked it. Then it went back up, and into
the engine compartment where smashed the brake fluid reservoir, and the
top of one of the carburetors before it caught on the windshield wiper
post on the driver's side. The inside of the hood was covering the
windshield in heavy traffic on I 75, near Cincinnati. I couldn't see,
had no brakes, and the damaged carburetor wouldn't let me slow down. I
was power downshifting while looking out the side window to stay in my
lane, and every bump caused the cracked weld to grow. By the time I was
able to stop, the crack was all the way from the door post on the
passenger side of the car, to my feet on the driver's side. The car was
a total loss, and caused a lot of people to slam on their brakes and try
to miss me as they slid into the emergency lane. That was the last time
I drove a European built car. French engineering, my ass!
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Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to
prove it.
Member of DAV #85.
Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida