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Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: a wretched hive of scum and villainy
Posts: 55,652
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This doesn't involve unauthorized use, just unauthorized MISS-use.
The parents used to have a 4 door gran torino with a 400 cu in. 2 bbl engine but it was still a heavy slug.
I was 17 and one day, I showed my 16 year old brother how to power brake it and get one leg spinning. He thought that was cool but wanted to see if I could get em both going.
So I power-braked in reverse and then dumped it into low without lifting, two black marks.
He said do it again, I said no and explained how hard that was on the car.
About two weeks later the phone rings and my dad gets pissed.
He made me go with him to pick up my little brother.
Seems the transmission had just broken for no reason while my brother was driving really slow.
My dad (who is no fool) followed the line of tranny fluid on the road around the corner, where there was a big puddle, a few gear parts, and two long black marks. seems like lil brother didn't push the car far enough from the scene of the crime.
Of course he threw me under the bus and told dear old dad that i had showed him how to do it.
Neither of us did very much that summer. Except for chores of course.
Last edited by sammyg2; 05-25-2010 at 11:51 AM..
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