Plastic bag
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Drifting
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From: Montgomery Texas
Plastic bag
Lets here your plastic bag story.
Yesterday on the way home I saw the plastic bag and swerved to avoid it, then I watched the rear view mirror hoping I would see the bag again. About 2 miles down the road my engine temp was climbing, 220, 225, 230, 235, etc. Houston traffic on the toll road is not the place to pull over. Sure enough I sucked that bag in front of the radiator. I am always scared the wife will drive and not know this has happened.
Yesterday on the way home I saw the plastic bag and swerved to avoid it, then I watched the rear view mirror hoping I would see the bag again. About 2 miles down the road my engine temp was climbing, 220, 225, 230, 235, etc. Houston traffic on the toll road is not the place to pull over. Sure enough I sucked that bag in front of the radiator. I am always scared the wife will drive and not know this has happened.
Le Mans Master
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From: Stafford VA, home of our wolf den. No house break ins to date.
this is how i feel about them..
not only do they cause what happened to you, they are responsible for a lot of cruelty situations involving animals...
not only do they cause what happened to you, they are responsible for a lot of cruelty situations involving animals...
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St. Jude Donor '15
"In honor of jpee"
it's actually likely to happen in just about any car, but C6 maybe more likely. swerving to avoid can be dicey depending on who's around you and what's around you. hope you got it out ok.
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St. Jude Donor '11
I always worry about those bags too.
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Drifting
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My ac shut off because the car got hot but I got it out and she dropped back below 200* pretty quick.
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The bags are not the problem, it's the people that litter that are the problem.Plastic bags are 100% recyclable. I work for a small group of grocery stores and can tell you it's about cost. Plastic bags cost about 3 cents vs paper at about 9 cents each. When you you use 50 thousand plus bags a week it adds up.
Le Mans Master
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But the poster is most likely not kidding..Some people just will never get it...
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The bags are not the problem, it's the people that litter that are the problem.Plastic bags are 100% recyclable. I work for a small group of grocery stores and can tell you it's about cost. Plastic bags cost about 3 cents vs paper at about 9 cents each. When you you use 50 thousand plus bags a week it adds up.
Melting Slicks
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From: On the coast North of SF bay
Was driving the Z home from LA (new purchase) and I saw smoke coming from under the car. Stopped on Highway 5 to see what was wrong. A plastic bag had attached itself to one of the exhaust pipes.
