My thanksgiving adventure....

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12-02-2002, 12:22 AM
clifgriffin

My thanksgiving adventure....

Well I left for Sanford, FL Wednesday afternoon at 4 PM.

The trip went well for the first 5 hours. However, things took a turn for the worse 5 hours later.

Somewhere on I-95 in South Carolina we hit a bump in the middle of the freeway. Soon we noticed the van is "smoking up a storm". We quickly pulled over to the side to the rushing sounds of a flame bursting out from under the car.

Everyone piled out of the van. There were two flames...one directly under the engine and one in back about 3 feet away from the van.

My dad grabbed a coat and started beating at it but couldn't get it to die. He finally was able to suffocate it but there was some nail bitting in the meantime.

10 minutes later the police show up. They call a wrecker which takes us, the van, and the trailer to Waltsborough(sp?). It is now 11:00 PM.

The wrecker takes me and my dad to the local ford dealership. We soon figure out that the transmission dumped all of its oil.

Thanksgiving morning we hike from the hotel to the van and put 4 quarts of transmission fluid in. We start the van and start looking for leaks..there are none. So we start driving it around the parking lot...still none!

So..unable to find a leak we drive it to the hotel and put a few more quarts in...still no leak. We then take it for a spin on the highway..still no leak!

So, we cautiously proceed with our trip to florida about 10 AM.

Ever 30 - 50 miles we stopped and checked for signs of leakage, for the most part we only got a few drips. We then put in another court somewhere in Georgia.

Like magic 50 miles later transmission fluid is pouring out from under the car as we pull up to a gas station.

We wait for it to stop check the levels and proceed to florida stopping every 20 minutes.

We arrived in Sanford, Florida about 5:30 pm.

Turns out the transmission burned up. :(

We had a good time in FL none the less. Visited with friends and family. :)

Hope you all had less "adventure" on your vacations. :D

Clif
12-02-2002, 12:30 AM
gerbick

aww, it wasn't that bad, cliffy...

here, have a clif bar

http://www.clorders.com/pics/clifcru...anutbutter.jpg

:domo:
12-02-2002, 12:31 AM
Vitalstatistix

I ate some meso soup and went to the bank to deposit my large sums of money :)

Sounds like you had a fun time then Cliffy :D
12-02-2002, 12:46 AM
clifgriffin

Quote:

Originally posted by gerbick
aww, it wasn't that bad, cliffy...

here, have a clif bar

http://board.flashkit.com/board/

:domo:

mmmMMMMmmm...Clif bar! :D

It wasn't that bad, but it was the most excitment I've had in awhile. :p

Clif
12-02-2002, 01:01 AM
big_k

my mom was outta town....:)

had some people over... drank a bit... maybe a bit more... fun times
12-02-2002, 01:03 AM
webprodesign

Mmmmmm.... peanut butter clif bars are great!!! I eat like 10 of those before I climb every time. *grabs one*
12-02-2002, 01:06 AM
Vitalstatistix

Yukkk....what's with you American's and peanut butter fetish? :p
12-02-2002, 01:08 AM
Vitalstatistix

What's your title say webprodesign?
12-02-2002, 01:09 AM
webprodesign

mmmmm... peanutbutter....

hahahha, second person in 5mins :-D (about my title)
12-02-2002, 01:10 AM
clifgriffin

webprodesign...I seem to be the subject of a "title fetish" going around.

I'm not sure whether to run or feel honored! :D
12-02-2002, 01:20 AM
webprodesign

lol.... 3rd person!

(its a string for a username... anyone logged in shows their username ;))
12-02-2002, 01:25 AM
clifgriffin

okay...turn on your private messages. :)
12-02-2002, 01:36 AM
webprodesign

oi! I didn't know I had it off... On now!
12-02-2002, 03:22 AM
Vitalstatistix

Heheh time to send rude messages under an secret username :devil: :)
12-02-2002, 03:48 AM
NerdInside

Re: My thanksgiving adventure....

Quote:

Originally posted by clifgriffin
Well I left for Sanford, FL Wednesday afternoon at 4 PM.

The trip went well for the first 5 hours. However, things took a turn for the worse 5 hours later.

~ Blah blah blah ~

Hope you all had less "adventure" on your vacations. :D

Clif

STOP CRYING! Suck it up and be a man!
12-02-2002, 04:49 AM
swampy

god works in mysterious ways, his miracles to perform.
12-02-2002, 09:51 AM
hurricaneone

Quote:

Originally posted by clifgriffin
mmmMMMMmmm...Clif bar! :D

It wasn't that bad, but it was the most excitment I've had in awhile. :p

Clif

Excitement? Stopping every 200 ft to see if your transport's leaking noxious fluids into the environment? Yeah, sounds like a blast.

I imagine that pretty much anything that happened in Florida after that was acceptable as 'fun'.
12-02-2002, 09:56 AM
clifgriffin

lol..umm...that's what you call "tongue-in-cheek". :D
12-02-2002, 10:08 AM
hurricaneone

I realize that without a motor, you perhaps weren't able to cruise the strip, but did ya manage to chat up any hot babes while down in Fla?