OT, getting them home stories, Car stories Options

[r_towle]

OT! So move it if you feel the need.

I laugh more now when thinking of the crazy stuff I did when I was young and broke just to get a car home or repaired.

One night, heading up to go skiing with a buddy, by beetle accel cable broke.
It was super cold, dark and we were in a section of NH that has about ten exits of nothing....so remote.

Thankfully there was a gas station about 2-3 miles ahead.
I put on my winter ski clothes, goggles and all.
I sat sideways on the rear bumper with my hand hugging the upright fan and I drove the carburetor while yelling when to shift etc...

What could go wrong......??

How about you guys?
I have a few more stupid stories that make me wonder why I am still here at all.

[altitude411]

Not really a "get it home story" but... !990 or so just after moving back to Montana from Hawaii. Last day of the hunting season and my "buddy" didn't show up with his 4x4. I was pissed and wasn't going to miss last day of elk hunting so I fired up the six and proceeded to find a suitable canyon I could access with about a foot of fresh snow. After trying a couple of places that I couldn't get to I ended up around Reynolds Pass at a spot called Mile creek. Drove as far as possible towards the foot of the mountain and stuck the six in the snow. Knowing another hunter would surely show up I climbed the mountain and hunted most of the day. Returning to the car stuck in the snow I was amazed that no one had shown up to help... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/idea.gif) so I applied a little hand throttle and put the six into gear. Tires spinning in the snow I got out and started to push the car from the rear bumper. A little pushing and the car "hooked" up and started across the field towards the highway that was a few hundred yards away. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif) I had been climbing in the snow all day and was pretty exhausted. I barely had enough in the reserve to sprint to the drivers door and get the car back under proper control.
I sat in the drivers seat for a minute laughing and realizing how fuching ridicules it all must look to anyone that may be witnessing this stupidity (IMG:style_emoticons/default/popcorn[1].gif) (God?)
Youth... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/cheer.gif)