Shit happens...

[John Brewer]

You bet, Hoosier.

[Deaf Bob]

I had a blowout on the way back from a derby.. Loaded down with parts/car on trailer.. Thankfully it was a flatbed...
My crewcab dualie had a blowout before I got it.. Fender shows.. It is not uncommmon.. Seems to happen pretty often..

One guy came to a saw competiton from Calif. His exhaust aparantly spew enough heat to melt his tail light..

[NightShifter]

Here's a strange twist to this whole thread. When I blew my Firebird tire I had just left a place called The Boat Brokers. I noticed they had started selling classic cars so for kicks I ran the bird over to see what they'd offer. While I was there I talked to a guy named Chris. I mentioned the tires were on borrowed time and he said yes, they look like nay-pops. He shot me a price on the car that was lower than I'd take, which I expected, so we talked for a few and I split. I got about three blocks when that tire blew.

The day I rolled the truck I stopped to get gas just before I hit the highway. There was Chris getting gas too. We shot the shit for a few and then he split. After I was done getting gas I had just hit the highway and there's Chris on the soft shoulder with a blown tire. I stopped and asked if he needed any help, he said he had it under control, so I headed out again. 15/20 minutes later I rolled the truck. Just seems a little bazaar to me so I thought I'd throw it in.

[NightShifter]

Here's where it really gets twisted. The day I rolled the truck I was on another forum talking about Explorers rolling. I was trying to explain to a guy why I couldn't help him with a GTO he was interested in. The car was to far away and I'd feel horrible if I lost his GTO while pulling it back to my house to store. This was just before I left the house.

[NightShifter]

So, is the truck totaled in spite of being drivable?

She's actually starting to come around. Did a little work on her yesterday.

[NightShifter]

My next question is do you guys believe in the three strikes law?

I bought her with a salvage title, this is strike two. So far everyone's walked away.....lol!

[Beagle]

I'll walk away from a salvage title here...

[NightShifter]

I'll walk away from a salvage title here...

I paid $1,700 three or four years ago....it's a 2002

[NightShifter]

So anyway....

I took her up to get more bondo today.



F'n retaining clips! This shits just too good not share...

[Scott Liggett]

My Caprice has a salvage title cause I bought it at the junkyard. But, I wouldn't buy a late model car with a salvage title. It would be either totalled in an accident or totalled from theft. Both are bad news.

[TheSilverBuick]

The biggest issue with salvaged titles in CA is they require smog testing every year iirc. At least if it's newer than 1976 (or what ever year they have settled on now?)

[NightShifter]

No smog testing where I live. As far as the truck goes, it only had 80,000 miles when I bought it. It's got 110 now.

[Deaf Bob]

No smog testing where I live. As far as the truck goes, it only had 80,000 miles when I bought it. It's got 110 now.

Younger than my youngest! ..

[NightShifter]

Younger than my youngest! ..

That's what I'm sayin...

So far:
$225 to get flipped back over and towed to the next exit (no choice, truck was blocking highway and cops insisted)
$100 for used tires (just to play it safe)
$20 for bondo

Located a fender for $20 and back side glass for $55.
Still need a drivers window.

[Dan Barlow]

My next question is do you guys believe in the three strikes law?

I bought her with a salvage title, this is strike two. So far everyone's walked away.....lol!

If I were going to keep it I would put some Michelins on it. Only tire that get a human check on 100% of what they produce. Which I think is that they have someone slide there hand over the whole tire checking for irregularities.