Hopefully everyone's Friday goes better than mine

DriverNerd

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I had the water pump go on my old truck while on the highway in. Started to smell something funny and it was getting dark. Then I saw people behind me getting FAR away from me.. From their headlights I could see the steam pouring out behind my truck - it looked like it was on fire. Pulled over, saw liquid pouring out, called the mechanic. He said "oh there's a :censored2:load of coolant in these things, just drive it in and right into the shop". As I drove through the yard I had a good tail. Driver's asked me if my truck was on fire. Yeah, buddy, I'm driving a truck that's on fire. :rolleyes:
 
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I had the water pump go on my old truck while on the highway in. Started to smell something funny and it was getting dark. Then I saw people behind me getting FAR away from me.. From their headlights I could see the steam pouring out behind my truck - it looked like it was on fire. Pulled over, saw liquid pouring out, called the mechanic. He said "oh there's a :censored2:load of coolant in these things, just drive it in and right into the shop". As I drove through the yard I had a good tail. Driver's asked me if my truck was on fire. Yeah, buddy, I'm driving a truck that's on fire. :rolleyes:
Good thing it's summertime. Your windows would've steamed over on the inside if your doors were closed and the weather was cold.
 

gman042

Been around the block a few times
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DID NOT WORK SO WELL.
Brake hard line. This was the way mechanic decided to fix it. This on a truck that has less than 20 grand on it. I explained in no uncertain terms that brakes are a much needed item on a vehicle checklist for working systems.
 
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DID NOT WORK SO WELL.
Brake hard line. This was the way mechanic decided to fix it. This on a truck that has less than 20 grand on it. I explained in no uncertain terms that brakes are a much needed item on a vehicle checklist for working systems.
I remember one time I blew a rear tire on a very rural route. I called my supervisor and since it would take 3+ hours for a tow truck to come get me, he suggested I drive the 20 miles to the nearest town to get a local shop to fix it. Not only was I missing a tire, but he said while driving the worst that would happen would be the brake lines snap. I replied in amazement that I kind of need brakes to stop, to which he replied "You have a parking brake right?"

This company is all about safety!
 

1989

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I remember one time I blew a rear tire on a very rural route. I called my supervisor and since it would take 3+ hours for a tow truck to come get me, he suggested I drive the 20 miles to the nearest town to get a local shop to fix it. Not only was I missing a tire, but he said while driving the worst that would happen would be the brake lines snap. I replied in amazement that I kind of need brakes to stop, to which he replied "You have a parking brake right?"

This company is all about safety!
They should have had the tire shop do a road call. If the tire was totally gone, then you would bo ok.
 
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