s6xtysecassasin
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knowone got hurt, the only thing that got hurt was my pride.
I Almost Died becuase of stupidity
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Iconoclast
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people wonder why i tell them to leave the work to the pros. even the smallest thing can get overlooked or forgotten.
WASNT YOUR TIME YET BRO!
WASNT YOUR TIME YET BRO!
sunlight_guy
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Man, I know exactly what you went through. I had my own bout of stupidity a few years back. It was when I still had my '72 fleetside chevy. One day, I was racing my buddy on an open stretch of road and I gunned it (wanting to test out the corvette L-82 engine I had just put into the truck) and the gas pedal stuck to the floor. Talk about seeing your life pass before your eyes. I was slamming on the brakes and sweating bullets. Since the brakes were original (drum/drum), it was impossible for them to stop me. That much horsepower at full throttle was too much for them to handle. Just when I'm thinking its all over, the gas pedal comes up off the floor and the truck starts slowing down. WTF was going on here?!
I never did find out what happened and my mechanic couldn't find any problem either. Six months later, I'm camping with some friends, we're at the campground parking lot, the pavement was slightly damp so I thought hey, great burnout opportunity. So, with all my friends watching, I stomp on it, and the pedal sticks to the floor again. Again, I'm on the brakes and nothing is working. Oh, and then it lets off again and I stop. I sat there, like an idiot, really going over what just happened to see if I could figure it out.
Right before the pedal came back up off the floor, my foot had slightly shifted backwards, bringing with it my thick floormat. Turns out, when I stomped on the pedal, the floormat would slightly shift forward and in essence, "lock" the pedal to the floor so it could not come back up. Well, that was the end of those floormats, and I invested in some very thin ones that didn't reach under the gas pedal.
So there you have it, I'm stupid too, so don't feel too bad.
I never did find out what happened and my mechanic couldn't find any problem either. Six months later, I'm camping with some friends, we're at the campground parking lot, the pavement was slightly damp so I thought hey, great burnout opportunity. So, with all my friends watching, I stomp on it, and the pedal sticks to the floor again. Again, I'm on the brakes and nothing is working. Oh, and then it lets off again and I stop. I sat there, like an idiot, really going over what just happened to see if I could figure it out.
Right before the pedal came back up off the floor, my foot had slightly shifted backwards, bringing with it my thick floormat. Turns out, when I stomped on the pedal, the floormat would slightly shift forward and in essence, "lock" the pedal to the floor so it could not come back up. Well, that was the end of those floormats, and I invested in some very thin ones that didn't reach under the gas pedal.
So there you have it, I'm stupid too, so don't feel too bad.
FunkyCold5
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Hey ummmmm....did you ever catch up to your friend (MR2)??? hahahahaha. Glad you ok dude. Scary s***.
Glad to hear your OK. Don't beat yourself up too bad, everyone has a brain fart now and then.
My dumbass moment was not as dangerous as a stuck WOT but still freaked me out.
I could not figure out why anyone would pay $100 for a set of pedal covers until I bought a cheap set. I was driving 55mph down a VERY busy 5 lane road. When I went to shift the clutch pedal stuck to the floor. Freaked the crap out of me
Damn near got rear ended. I could not pop the pedal up so I whipped into a parking lot. The bottom screw that held the clutch pedal cover on was embedded into the carpet.
I can't believe I didn't notice how far that screw stuck out. It is not like I have never worked on a car before! Needless to say "Lesson Learned" you get what you pay for.
My dumbass moment was not as dangerous as a stuck WOT but still freaked me out.
I could not figure out why anyone would pay $100 for a set of pedal covers until I bought a cheap set. I was driving 55mph down a VERY busy 5 lane road. When I went to shift the clutch pedal stuck to the floor. Freaked the crap out of me
Damn near got rear ended. I could not pop the pedal up so I whipped into a parking lot. The bottom screw that held the clutch pedal cover on was embedded into the carpet. I can't believe I didn't notice how far that screw stuck out. It is not like I have never worked on a car before! Needless to say "Lesson Learned" you get what you pay for.
SilvrProtege5NJ
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Wow, I had a dream like that once. I was one the GSP and the pedal was to the floor and i couldnt stop..
damn it must have been alot worse in real life...
glad everything is ok...
damn it must have been alot worse in real life...
glad everything is ok...
s6xtysecassasin
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thanks man it sucked, but what a rush, it was a bit more of rush then bungy jumping, because death was in my grasp, and with bungy jumping you have harness and what not, and you have a 1 and 10000 chance of the line breaking. It was scary as hell but fun in a sick demented kind of way.
