That is a sad lesson learned. My wife loves to drive my truck, especially
out where we live. There is a "shortcut" that runs through about 5 iles of
wooded area with some rock on it, mud and 4 cricks, I need a snorkel
sometimes to travel this road.
Anyway, for the beer runs she uses is as she can get into town without ever
seeing a car and the scenery is just awesome.
Bill
----- Original Message -----
From: <dean_ocque@yahoo.com>
To: <dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net>
Sent: Monday, February 07, 2005 11:07 AM
Subject: DML: How to use 4x4
>
> 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
>
>
>
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