subinewby Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 (edited) OK so my wife and I came home about 11:30 last night and i live on a sloped street, but pulled in front of my house and got out and my car started rolling backwards so I opened the door to get back in but couldn't get back in it just nocked me over so I got up and watched it roll down into the house across the street. My wife was in the car the whole time by the way she didnt get out in time. So I run accross the street and down the driveway to see if my wife was ok. She squeezed out the passenger door and I knocked on the door and an old couple answered blah blah. Anyways we got the tow truck here today and pulled it out WHEW. Guys I gotta tell you it was hard to hold back the tears in front of like 7 tow truck drivers, but anyways it's very fortunate that the only damage is from the straps when they pulled it out, which I pulled out the front fender almost as good as it was and by the fuel door there's a couple little dents and the fuel door was kinda stuck but got it open and now wont close all the way. I am very happy that my wife didn't get hurt and Black Betty is ok. And of course started up right away but smoked like a MOFO. SOOOOOOOOO heres the pics!!!!![/img][/img][/img][/img][/img][/img][/img] Edited April 10, 2011 by subinewby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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subinewby Posted April 10, 2011 Author Share Posted April 10, 2011 Sorry guys I dont know how to put up more than one pic at a time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1-3-2-4 Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 just put all the pictures in one post one after the other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edrach Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 Sorry guys I dont know how to put up more than one pic at a timeThat's okay; we were all learners at the beginning. I usually load them into a photo album (see the User CP) and then post one with a link to the album if anyone wants to see the rest. I'm certainly glad you and your wife are both okay. And Black Betty. This could have been really ugly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
987687 Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 Holy expletive!!! That's crazy! Glad to hear your woman is fine. And man that's close to rolling. That must have been a pricy tow bill..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subinewby Posted April 10, 2011 Author Share Posted April 10, 2011 Ya it was 250.00 not too bad considering. Ill have to try the multi pic thing next time. I've been on this board for like 5 years and still havin trouble posting pics LOL. But thanks for the good concerns I just remember watching my car go down with the wife in it and she got sooo scared. I cant blame her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
987687 Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 Ya it was 250.00 not too bad considering. Ill have to try the multi pic thing next time. I've been on this board for like 5 years and still havin trouble posting pics LOL. But thanks for the good concerns I just remember watching my car go down with the wife in it and she got sooo scared. I cant blame her. That must have been terrible watching it. I can't even imagine to post more than one pic it's like this (img)http://image1.jpg(/img) (img)http://image2.jpg(/img) except using square brackets [] not () Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WoodsWagon Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 My wife was in the car the whole time by the way she didnt get out in time. Why didn't she pull the handbrake? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subinewby Posted April 11, 2011 Author Share Posted April 11, 2011 the hand brake needs to be replaced but you know panic mode you always think back at what you coulda done. At least she tried to put her foot over to the brake pedal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flowmastered87GL Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 Wow scary, glad the wife and car are (more or less) ok (Hills are a major force to be reckoned with... my truck at work tends to roll away on the job if I dont keep an eye on it too) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subinewby Posted April 11, 2011 Author Share Posted April 11, 2011 Ya it's crazy how much speed builds up over such a little distance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uberoo Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 did ZAP sell that car? the first pic I was like "just pop her in 4wd and she will make it up that!" then I saw the remaining pics... good thing those bushes where there or it woulda rolled and/or crashed into the house. So I bet now your gonna go fix the handbrake pretty soon huh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flowmastered87GL Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 So I bet now your gonna go fix the handbrake pretty soon huh? Or buy a set of these: (the chocks not the BMW rims) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subinewby Posted April 12, 2011 Author Share Posted April 12, 2011 Ya I bought it from ZAP almost a year ago Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoobNoob88 Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 Hate to see that man, I drive by your car all the time on fruit valley, glad all is basically well though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subinewby Posted April 17, 2011 Author Share Posted April 17, 2011 Thanks man. ya I work on fruit valley rd what do you drive? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoobNoob88 Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 I drive a blue 84 ea81 wagon, usually on my way to the dump in my coworker's toyota when Im driving by though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
81EA81 Posted April 18, 2011 Share Posted April 18, 2011 It seems odd the way they went about lifting that thing up, in the second pic it almost seems you could of backed it up out there. but i didnt see it in person Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monstaru Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 well, at least you know your roll ever point is higher, which means you should not be afraid to drive it a little harder now:grin:.or at least at crazy angles...cheers, b Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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