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Old Feb 20, 2005 | 08:58 PM
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Well I tried....I tried my best to save her...but there was nothing I could do!!! Tonight at work....on my way in from my shift...I responded to a report of a flatbed tow truck with two cars on it...one of which was on fire. Well the tow driver apparently was unaware that the car he had on the rear wheel lift was on fire...to make a sad long story short...by the time he was stopped ...the rear vehicle was fully engulfed..... which then spread to the tow truck and the vehicle being carried up on the bed.
Hey...that looks just like a Corvette under all that smoke and fire....
and boy those puppies really burn!!! It was just along for the ride and fell victim to some piece of $#%! with overheated brakes. It gives me no pleasure to report to some poor owner out there that their C5 will not be joining them
There just wasn't enough time ...... a moment of silence please.................................. ..........
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R.I.P.

And it was probably a damn ricer that caught fire first.
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R.I.P.

And it was probably a damn ricer that caught fire first.

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