Maybe you should ask to take HIS car for a "drive".
----- Original Message ----- From: "mark krawczuk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, November 11, 2002 8:42 AM Subject: Re: it could only happen to me. > yeah right , huh..........".but i didnt do anything..." .......... you > know how it goes.... > > i`ll do somethingone day............... > > > mark k > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bob" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2002 1:39 PM > Subject: Re: it could only happen to me. > > > So, how much of the damage bill is old mate coughing up for you? Thats > a real bummer man. > > Sunday, November 10, 2002, 12:54:56 PM, you wrote: > > > > K> " sure, but my > K> brother has the datsun 1600 (my turboed stroker) at his shed > K> just outa town, go there and HE, will take u for a drive in > K> it." > > K> as they leave my house to go to the shed, my brother > K> leaves the shed with some one else in their car to get the pressure > K> cleaner from my house so they just miss each > K> other......... > > > K> a few minutes later my brother rocks up to > K> the shed , " what the .....?" he see`s the headlights on the > K> datsun........ > > K> "er, i went to take it for a drive but its > K> idling rough......"hmmmmmm. > K> can you take my friend here for spin in > K> it? > K> sure said my brother, .so he starts it up, idling rough still, > K> gets out on the road , and goes to tromp it, pinging like crazy, backs > off > K> immediatley.....hmmmmmmm > K> whats wrong? > > K> my brother returns back to > K> the shed, then i rock up there 5 minutes later... > > K> its running > K> rough....start it up 5 seconds later it stalls....... > > K> i then lifted > K> up the bonnet and said " what the heck?.....!!!!!" > > K> there is oil > K> absolutely EVERYWHERE.... after a few expleteives more, i took it home > K> , cleaned it down , and took it for a half decent run, got home same > thing > K> oil every where, cleaned it down again, started it up , held the throttle > K> open high revs, and there it was, oil and heaps of rich BLUE SMOKE > pouring > K> out the rocker breather. > K> i`ve never had a hose or what ever on the > K> breather, it was always perfectly dry there . > > K> so take the head off, > K> take the pistons out , sure thing the ring lands where > K> broken on every piston and a few cracked rings. > > K> so that > K> knob took it for a drive without my brother, i know that he has > K> NEVER owned or driven a hi-powered car., so > K> didnt even know how to drive it, he would have thought, `hey > K> this car had a turbo on it so i`ll hold it flat`........... > > K> so > K> at the moment i am extremely peeed off, another $300 or so > K> to fix it up... > K> where will it end???? > > > K> mark > K> k > > > K> ] > > > > -- > Best regards, > Bob mailto:rcs07@;uow.edu.au > > > --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/membersozdat@;datascribe.com.au/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
