Re: How to use 4x4

From: TerribleTom (SilverEightynine@aol.com)
Date: Mon Feb 07 2005 - 12:34:33 EST


dean_ocque@yahoo.com wrote:
> Upstate New York has had a fine winter, and I thought I would share this
> little story with you.
>
> A few weeks ago, we had a storm that dumped a bit of snow on us. A friend
> let his girlfriend borrow his 05 Dak to go to the store because there was so
> much snow on the road. She let it warm up, and hopped in. She had a hard time
> getting it into 4x4 but finally did and off to the store she went. She noticed
> that the truck was having one hell of a time getting much over 40, and the
> engine was running strange (I guess you know where this is going).
>
> She gets to the store, and the truck had this strange smell coming from it.
> She shopped... She loaded up the truck, and turned the ignition, but there was
> nothing. All the lights were on, and she could here the starter clicking. So,
> she called the boyfriend.
>
> The boyfriend was in a great mood because it took him forever driving her
> car to the store. He tried, but it just wouldn't go. He towed it to the local
> dealer and the next day he got a call.
>
> It appears that she did put it in 4x4, but it was already in 4x4, so she
> was in low. Needless to say, the engine seized, and the transmission was shot.
>
> That my friends is why the first thing I did when I bought me 4x4 is teach
> the wife how to use it. Of course, now when she goes to the store, she drives
> it over the damn piles of snow. But, atleast she knows what she is doing.
>
> Dean

Bwahahaha - well at least if it had to happen - it happened to a Gen IV
and not a Gen I.

hehe See you at the BBQ Dean?

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