So, as of yesterday, I will need to drop $2,000 dollars into my pickup truck. Why? The transmission blew out (I am stuck driving my brothers SUV until mine is fixed). It happened like this:
I was out on the interstate coming back from another town after dropping my girlfriend off at home (the interstate was the fastest way back to my country road). I start going up this long hill and start accelerating to get around an 18-Wheeler. But just as I am in the middle of passing, my truck starts making a loud grinding sound and I lose all power to the engine. When I tried hitting the accelerater, it just made more noise and continued to slow down. So, I pulled on the shoulder, turned on my 4-ways, and started coasting down the other side of the hill at 35 mph (with people flying by doing 80 mph.....not fun). Luckily, my exit was up ahead anyway so I pull off and limp my truck back on the country road and on to the shoulder there. I put it in park, shut off the engine, and call my dad. He gets there in about 5 minutes, and starts looking. First, he checks the engine and finds no problems with it (which I had figured since all my gauges were still fine). However, when he tries putting it into gear, it starts making the noise again. "Yep, your transmissions shot." So I drive his truck back and he drives mine (after somehow getting it to move at road speed again). So, it can go forward, but that is ripping the transmission apart, and there is no longer any reverse on it. So all the snow we got recently has done the transmission in.
For converstation, what are some other moments you have had where you thought "Well, this sucks...." or where that phrase is an understatement. It doesnt have to be a car breaking down, it can be anything, from something as mundane as messing up in a game, to something as serious as getting sick.
I was out on the interstate coming back from another town after dropping my girlfriend off at home (the interstate was the fastest way back to my country road). I start going up this long hill and start accelerating to get around an 18-Wheeler. But just as I am in the middle of passing, my truck starts making a loud grinding sound and I lose all power to the engine. When I tried hitting the accelerater, it just made more noise and continued to slow down. So, I pulled on the shoulder, turned on my 4-ways, and started coasting down the other side of the hill at 35 mph (with people flying by doing 80 mph.....not fun). Luckily, my exit was up ahead anyway so I pull off and limp my truck back on the country road and on to the shoulder there. I put it in park, shut off the engine, and call my dad. He gets there in about 5 minutes, and starts looking. First, he checks the engine and finds no problems with it (which I had figured since all my gauges were still fine). However, when he tries putting it into gear, it starts making the noise again. "Yep, your transmissions shot." So I drive his truck back and he drives mine (after somehow getting it to move at road speed again). So, it can go forward, but that is ripping the transmission apart, and there is no longer any reverse on it. So all the snow we got recently has done the transmission in.
For converstation, what are some other moments you have had where you thought "Well, this sucks...." or where that phrase is an understatement. It doesnt have to be a car breaking down, it can be anything, from something as mundane as messing up in a game, to something as serious as getting sick.
