[C2] FML What a dumb move.
10-23-2016, 01:40 PM
#22
Le Mans Master
Thread Starter
Give the dog a bone.
Our golden retriever / collie mix has caught 9 squirrels, a raccoon, two possums, a rabbit, countless moles and I am sure a lot of things we don't know about in his 3/4 acre yard.
What's a little paint when you have a protector that also gives you love after you yell at him. Your wife will not do that. Nor will the wife or Vette wag their tail at you after you have ignored them.
Man's best friend loves to ride in our C2.
Smile and pay the price of love.
Our golden retriever / collie mix has caught 9 squirrels, a raccoon, two possums, a rabbit, countless moles and I am sure a lot of things we don't know about in his 3/4 acre yard.
What's a little paint when you have a protector that also gives you love after you yell at him. Your wife will not do that. Nor will the wife or Vette wag their tail at you after you have ignored them.
Man's best friend loves to ride in our C2.
Smile and pay the price of love.
10-23-2016, 06:30 PM
#24
Le Mans Master
Dog
I'm thinking you could pretty much leave the car unattended with your partner sitting there. What part of Tampa are you from? I'm trying to organize a Saturday get together at Wiregrass. They have a show once a month with a fair representation of vettes. Jerry
10-23-2016, 07:26 PM
#25
Le Mans Master
Thread Starter
10-23-2016, 07:37 PM
#26
Team Owner
That would be an interesting concept for a Car Show, for you all to take your dogs instead of your wives!
10-24-2016, 10:57 AM
#27
10-24-2016, 08:41 PM
#30
I was replacing the heater core and glove box liner, and I had the dash apart. The damn dog was whining, so I let her out in the garage where I was working and tied her up on a long lead to keep her out of the street. Of course she shot after a squirrel and hooked the lead on the glove box door dragging it across the driveway. It seems every scratch and ding I get inside and out is because of something stupid. 
10-25-2016, 06:12 AM
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10-25-2016, 05:07 PM
#32
Instructor
My best faux-pas was being too eager to test drive my 66 after putting in a new motor. I forgot that I didn't bolt down the hood the day before and I think it was at about 35mph that I watched that hood catch some air and fly off the car, catching a glimpse of it doing a cartwheel down behind me in the rear view mirror! Amazing it didn't trash the thing, just a few corner bodywork fixes. Lucky the car was in primer at the time as well. 
Your pales in comparison. And BOY did I feel stupid.
Your pales in comparison. And BOY did I feel stupid.
10-25-2016, 06:35 PM
#33
[QUOTE=rtruman;1593323279]Lightly steel wool the black part get Krylon paint from walmart and it will look better than it did befor the dog got it do it still in the car.[/QU
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10-25-2016, 10:04 PM
#35
Race Director
Give the dog a bone.
Our golden retriever / collie mix has caught 9 squirrels, a raccoon, two possums, a rabbit, countless moles and I am sure a lot of things we don't know about in his 3/4 acre yard.
What's a little paint when you have a protector that also gives you love after you yell at him. Your wife will not do that. Nor will the wife or Vette wag their tail at you after you have ignored them.
Man's best friend loves to ride in our C2.
Smile and pay the price of love.
Our golden retriever / collie mix has caught 9 squirrels, a raccoon, two possums, a rabbit, countless moles and I am sure a lot of things we don't know about in his 3/4 acre yard.
What's a little paint when you have a protector that also gives you love after you yell at him. Your wife will not do that. Nor will the wife or Vette wag their tail at you after you have ignored them.
Man's best friend loves to ride in our C2.
Smile and pay the price of love.
The glove box will be just fine after a little attention. That's much better than the dog getting into harms way.
10-25-2016, 11:28 PM
#36
Drifting
Back around 1980 I came home a bit tipsy about 1am on a cold snowy winter night. I parked my Avanti on the driveway beside my house in about 6 inches of snow because I had some project cars in my detached garage. The next morning I reached in and started the car and flipped the heater **** to warm the car while I went to my garage to complete a few tasks before driving to work. After about 10 minutes there was a horrific crash and sudden daylight, with the nose of the Avanti poked inside my closed garage.
It turned out that I had left the Avanti in "Drive" when I parked it... the lockout switch that is supposed to prevent it from being started in gear had failed (unbekownst to me) and the transmission seals were old & hardened. So, it had started despite being in "Drive". When the seals warmed up, the car lurched ahead and plowed through the snow (choke at fast idle) gaining speed over about 30 feet until it struck the garage, taking out a center post between two single-car garage doors, crumpling the metal doors, and damaging the front of the car. Luckily the project cars escaped damage.
I was too embarrassed to even think about explaining all that to my insurance company, I just ate the repair costs.
It turned out that I had left the Avanti in "Drive" when I parked it... the lockout switch that is supposed to prevent it from being started in gear had failed (unbekownst to me) and the transmission seals were old & hardened. So, it had started despite being in "Drive". When the seals warmed up, the car lurched ahead and plowed through the snow (choke at fast idle) gaining speed over about 30 feet until it struck the garage, taking out a center post between two single-car garage doors, crumpling the metal doors, and damaging the front of the car. Luckily the project cars escaped damage.
I was too embarrassed to even think about explaining all that to my insurance company, I just ate the repair costs.
Last edited by waynec; 10-25-2016 at 11:33 PM.
