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914World.com _ 914World Garage _ I took my first ride in my 914 today

Posted by: spare time toys Apr 24 2005, 02:45 PM

So there I was under the dash removing the rod from the brake MC. I felt the car start to roll and tried to get out The park brake lever grabbed my belt and would not let go Now Im heading down the drive backwards wedged under the dash and all I can remember iss that Barb left her new Caddy in the drive Then I felt the thump of an impact I looked out where the pasenger door was and saw a big beutiful white Suburban I hit it in the right rear door just above the rubstrip. Its not too bad a little more than what a good door ding would be. Next time Ill remember to set the brakes on the dolly

Posted by: Jeroen Apr 24 2005, 04:26 PM

ouch...
I hate it when y'r just sitting there waiting for impact

Posted by: jwalters Apr 24 2005, 05:53 PM

Dude, so sorry to hear of it--at least you are ok! I once had to chase my 73 super bug down a mild hill---that was scary as hell, all I could think about were two things:

1. A crash and my stupidity hurts someone and,

2. I slip while trying to dive into the car and it runs me over.

Life is all about lessons learned----I learnt that one...

Posted by: elwood-914 Apr 24 2005, 07:49 PM

I always wanted to do this......but sorry to hear about the mishap.

Posted by: Rob Ways Apr 24 2005, 07:59 PM

To error.... its always painful. I backed into a coworkers car, years ago, because I was too busy putting a CD in and talking to somebody at the same time.

Posted by: jd74914 Apr 24 2005, 07:59 PM

Something like that happened to me with my dad's 911 wjile i was putting on the door panels. Scary stuff, it had slipped out of gear and was rolling towards the fence in front of our house (which has a 10 ft drop to the road after it). Luckily I was able to jump in and grab the e-brake really fast

Posted by: d914 Apr 24 2005, 08:02 PM

only once????? Wheen you have some time let me tell you about me and loading and unloading my 14 from the trailer, including mulitple fences, self unloading 914s and me in the car on the trailer and my whole truck and tralailer going down a hill...

Posted by: jd74914 Apr 24 2005, 08:08 PM

QUOTE (d914 @ Apr 24 2005, 06:02 PM)
Wheen you have some time let me tell you about me in the car on the trailer and my whole truck and trailer going down a hill...

Ladies and Gentlemen I think we have a winner; that would be the king of trailering mishaps.

Posted by: tat2dphreak Apr 25 2005, 07:57 AM

1st: I'm glad you and the car(s) are ok.

2nd:

Posted by: dinomium Apr 25 2005, 12:35 PM

dumba$$ teenager mistake circa 1985
ok so I reached in the window to turn off my Mom's 77 tbird. Slipped and knocked the the car into Drive, caught my sleeve on the lever...
so I am trying to unhook my arm!
Up the driveway
into the garage
then straight thru the endwall of the garage!! Doh

Posted by: bd1308 Apr 25 2005, 12:45 PM

my 4 yr old brother (now 4 ) likes to pretend he's driving, so he's behind the wheel of my jeep (wheel-lock on) and he proceeds to switch gears, just like he's seen big bro do....so he shifts from R to N and the Jeep goes coasting slowly down the drive.....(the e-brake didn't work--needed safety recall done) I run real fast over to the door, get in and put it back in R.....WOAH!

Posted by: tat2dphreak Apr 25 2005, 12:55 PM

QUOTE (bd1308 @ Apr 25 2005, 01:45 PM)
my 4 yr old brother (now 4 ) likes to pretend he's driving, so he's behind the wheel of my jeep (wheel-lock on) and he proceeds to switch gears, just like he's seen big bro do....so he shifts from R to N and the Jeep goes coasting slowly down the drive.....(the e-brake didn't work--needed safety recall done) I run real fast over to the door, get in and put it back in R.....WOAH!

why were your parents letting YOU watch him?!?!?! jeez, they should know better

Posted by: bd1308 Apr 25 2005, 12:59 PM

first, i have NO idea how he was able to shift at all...and 2nd I am 10 times better than my brother...he lets him do whatever while he plays playstation2....if that thing had a odometer, it would need a engine swap.....it's running like 250k miles...and this is PS2 #2!!!!! i keep on telling him his eyes are going to shrivle to the size of raisins....he doesnt listen to me.....

Posted by: Lou W Apr 25 2005, 01:05 PM

Back in 1974, still in high school, had my drivers license less than a year. Me and a friend took my 58 Corvette over to another friends shop to have him take a look at a parking brake problem. My friends shop caters to drag racing crowd, so wouldn't you know it, my car pops out of gear, rolls backwards down the driveway, narrowly missing the shop owners Corvette race car and other vehicles in the driveway, me and my friend chasing my car down the driveway trying to catch it. Fortunatly, we did catch it before it did any damage. I can just imagine what all these guys must have thought about us, "Damn kids".