Ouch !!
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Ouch !!
Corvette died coming off freeway yesterday...one backfire and dead....had absolutely nothing..son and I pushed vette off ramp turning left (slightly downhill) I was by drivers side when vette picked up speed...tried to jump in when rear wheel caught my left foot...knocked me to pavement...vette stopped on my ankle..yelled at son to push...got my left foot out and it ran over my right foot (legs were crossed)...the vette started rolling again,and I got up,caught up with it,reached in pulling e-brake...by then the pain to my left ankle and knee was really apparent..you would not believe the pain...noticed door ajar light was on..got in,and it started...could barely get clutch in,but made it home...
I felt so stupid I was mad at myself for trying to jump in like that....
Oh,vette will not start again..nothing,no cranking..but I have to fix myself first...got a severe sprain to left knee,and BFG tire track on left pant leg...
Wife and I are laughing about it this morning,but that knee really hurts...hope there is a good football game on.. :o
I felt so stupid I was mad at myself for trying to jump in like that....
Oh,vette will not start again..nothing,no cranking..but I have to fix myself first...got a severe sprain to left knee,and BFG tire track on left pant leg...
Wife and I are laughing about it this morning,but that knee really hurts...hope there is a good football game on.. :o
Last edited by rihwoods; Oct 2, 2005 at 10:56 AM.
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Well at least the Vette is not damaged. 
Really that is to bad. Get your foot and knee back in shape before trying to catch the Vette again. That sounds painful. All you can think about in that situation is saving the car. 
Really that is to bad. Get your foot and knee back in shape before trying to catch the Vette again. That sounds painful. All you can think about in that situation is saving the car.
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I would have been freaking out at the same time also. I have heard of people running over there feet in the vette trying to push the vette. OUCH!!!
I have made my own bonehead mistakes also. I made a run down to the autoparts store in town just shortly after getting mine. It had been having a hard time trying to start. When I got to the parts store they were closed. I was a little upset. So I jumped in the car and it would just barely turn over and would not start. So I got out and checked the battery connections. BAD MISTAKE. I reached down and grabbed the battery terminal good and tight so I could give it a twist if it was loose. My finger and my thumb on my right hand sizzled and I could not turn loose fast enough. There was no water anywhere I could find to ease the burn. There was a drink machine on the curb. My wallet was in the wrong pocket for my left hand to easily reach. Finally dug my wallet out and got me a cold Mountain Dew and held on to that sucker for 20 minutes before trying to leave again. It was a struggle to get the car started much less change gears and steer with manual steering. I learned a valuable lesson that day and one I will not soon forget. That has been about 6 years ago or so and my thumb still itches and will peel in the same burn spot once in a while.
I have made my own bonehead mistakes also. I made a run down to the autoparts store in town just shortly after getting mine. It had been having a hard time trying to start. When I got to the parts store they were closed. I was a little upset. So I jumped in the car and it would just barely turn over and would not start. So I got out and checked the battery connections. BAD MISTAKE. I reached down and grabbed the battery terminal good and tight so I could give it a twist if it was loose. My finger and my thumb on my right hand sizzled and I could not turn loose fast enough. There was no water anywhere I could find to ease the burn. There was a drink machine on the curb. My wallet was in the wrong pocket for my left hand to easily reach. Finally dug my wallet out and got me a cold Mountain Dew and held on to that sucker for 20 minutes before trying to leave again. It was a struggle to get the car started much less change gears and steer with manual steering. I learned a valuable lesson that day and one I will not soon forget. That has been about 6 years ago or so and my thumb still itches and will peel in the same burn spot once in a while.
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A few years ago,got out of my Trooper and reached back to shut door.(back handed)..the door edge caught my middle finger and slammed shut locking at same time...THAT really hurt...got door unlocked,went into a beauty salon,bleeding...they were pretty cool,rinsing finger off in the shampoo sink...
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last bite my car gave me was at the post office..my cell phone rang in my pocket while i was closing the door. it startled me and the next thing i am feeling is the color leaving me.. slammed my finger in the door.. i had to reach over with my other hand and open the door..that hurt plenty but what made me mad was it took paint off the edge of the door! 
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Originally Posted by WhichVette?
That car is too dangerous. Better let me whip it into shape...
... this is the second time...now my backup MSD took a crap...something is shorting or affecting ignition system...got to figure this out before my MSD 6AL gets shipped back from El Paso...(I fixed leak in elec fuel pump...)
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Sorry to hear that Rich. See ya next Thursday at MC? 
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Originally Posted by PLRX787
Sorry to hear that Rich. See ya next Thursday at MC?
Rich
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Originally Posted by big_G
I hate when that happens.. 
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I'll say thats a stupid thing to do.... thats what wives and kids are for. They push the Vette and you stay inside to steer and brake it.
In this case to start it.
Just make sure the ignition is on. Thats a sure way to get murdered!
( For the female Vette owners.)
Thats what husbands and kids are for
In this case to start it.
Just make sure the ignition is on. Thats a sure way to get murdered!
( For the female Vette owners.)
Thats what husbands and kids are for
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Hey rich, hope that knee heals quickly!! You'll learn quickly, us old guys can't be chasing ANYTHING anymore without hurting something!
Was that the 78 you were driving?
Was that the 78 you were driving?
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Originally Posted by rihwoods
Corvette died coming off freeway yesterday...one backfire and dead....had absolutely nothing..son and I pushed vette off ramp turning left (slightly downhill) I was by drivers side when vette picked up speed...tried to jump in when rear wheel caught my left foot...knocked me to pavement...vette stopped on my ankle..yelled at son to push...got my left foot out and it ran over my right foot (legs were crossed)...the vette started rolling again,and I got up,caught up with it,reached in pulling e-brake...by then the pain to my left ankle and knee was really apparent..you would not believe the pain...noticed door ajar light was on..got in,and it started...could barely get clutch in,but made it home...
I felt so stupid I was mad at myself for trying to jump in like that....
Oh,vette will not start again..nothing,no cranking..but I have to fix myself first...got a severe sprain to left knee,and BFG tire track on left pant leg... Wife and I are laughing about it this morning,but that knee really hurts...hope there is a good football game on.. :o
I felt so stupid I was mad at myself for trying to jump in like that....
Oh,vette will not start again..nothing,no cranking..but I have to fix myself first...got a severe sprain to left knee,and BFG tire track on left pant leg...
Wife and I are laughing about it this morning,but that knee really hurts...hope there is a good football game on.. :oI'm glad your situation wasn't more serious, as that is one dangerous manuever. I know, as I too, had a similiar incident occur to me back in 1975, when my former 1968 (manual transmission) Vette died at a downhill insection at night. The incident resulted in pulling my left knee out of joint and severely straining my ligaments. I had to push the car (uphill) to get it off of my ankle. It took a few months for me to recover from that one. To this very day, that left knee still bothers me occasionally.
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Ouch, I don't want to think about how many cars I've had on my toes at my last job but fortunately MOST of them only weighed about 1000lbs.
That rear wheel is deceptively close to the door
That rear wheel is deceptively close to the door
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Originally Posted by pcfred
Hey rich, hope that knee heals quickly!! You'll learn quickly, us old guys can't be chasing ANYTHING anymore without hurting something!
Was that the 78 you were driving?
Was that the 78 you were driving?
I'm walking ,but carefully...thanx...Rich
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Originally Posted by en2burrell
Rich,
I'm glad your situation wasn't more serious, as that is one dangerous manuever. I know, as I too, had a similiar incident occur to me back in 1975, when my former 1968 (manual transmission) Vette died at a downhill insection at night. The incident resulted in pulling my left knee out of joint and severely straining my ligaments. I had to push the car (uphill) to get it off of my ankle. It took a few months for me to recover from that one. To this very day, that left knee still bothers me occasionally.
I'm glad your situation wasn't more serious, as that is one dangerous manuever. I know, as I too, had a similiar incident occur to me back in 1975, when my former 1968 (manual transmission) Vette died at a downhill insection at night. The incident resulted in pulling my left knee out of joint and severely straining my ligaments. I had to push the car (uphill) to get it off of my ankle. It took a few months for me to recover from that one. To this very day, that left knee still bothers me occasionally.