Re: Trottman's Curse...

From: Andy Callahan (quasideedle@uky.campus.mci.net)
Date: Wed Mar 04 1998 - 19:46:44 EST


At 06:47 PM 3/4/98 -0500, you wrote:
>At 04:35 PM 3/4/98 -0600, Michael Clark wrote:
>>Just a little humor to liven up the list.
>>
>>I think that since Trottman went off on spring break, I have taken his
>>bad luck. I've rubbed two curbs in two days and scuffed 3 of my
>>sidewalls..... Until now I had never rubbed a curb, ever. And these
>>are curbs I drive by everyday. Guess that's what I get for ribbin' him
>>so hard about his hood. BTW don't you just feel like you have DUMBASS
>>tattooed on your forehead when you run over a curb? I sure felt like
>>it.
>>--
>
>
> Heh heh heh! Absolutely!! :-)
>
> I've only hit the curb once in the Dak. One nice thing about the Dakota
>is that with the high sidewall, usually the only thing that hits is the tire.
>I hit the curb once (and once was all it took!!) in my VR-4. Scuffed up the
>245/45 ZR17 tire, but worse, put a big gouge in the rim! ARGHHHH!!! =(
>
> I was a heck of a lot more careful about curbs after that. (Which
>is probably why I still stay away from 'em, even in the Dak.) Still get
>the heebie-jeebies when I'm paralell parking sometimes. :-)
>
> -Jon-
>

That's why I love power mirrors!! When parallel parking, all you have to do
is tilt the passenger-side mirror down and you can see the tire/wheel and
curb perfectly. It's saved my sidewalls and wheeles on many occasions.
This is of greater importance now with my 45 series tires on my Mustang. No
room for error like the with the Daks. In fact, it looks as though the
previous owner wasnt' too good at parallel parking--both of my passenger
side wheels have nice gouges in them. Oh well.

Andy



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