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dercelicadoctor Newcomer Location: USA Registered: May 2003	Re: Wet weather stories Thu, 22 May 2003 02:58 OK, I had broken my second T-series axle in my 76 RA29, so I drove my 71 Ford Capri(built in Koln,W. Deutschland) to work. As a pizza delivery store manager, during a particularly violent night of thunderstorms, and power outages, we had good business. Very Good Business... Delivery drivers were slow and complaining, we were falling behind, averaging an hour from call to delivery. I was manager, yet famous for my delivery time vs. distance driven. I blazed through medium rain to a brand new yuppie house, got a ten dollar tip, and set course for the pizza store. I turned onto a 5 lane bypass with no traffic and opened her up. It had the little 2000 sohc with the 32/36 weber(est 120hp, and 2200lbs.). As opposed to the five link/coil spring axle of the celica, the capri sported a leaf springed axle with no panhard rod. Upon entry into 3rd gear, the rear end decided to follow it's moment of inertia vector(rather than the front tires). This resulted in about a dozen or more, 360 degree spins. off the road into grass, mud all over the glass, engine stalls, and long SLIDE, to an eventual stop. Engine is stopped, lights on, wipers are struggling to scrape mud off the glass, and heater begins to blow colder. I roll my window down to fix my location, and have a fire hydrant sitting six inches off my door. I'm pointed towards the road, looking downhill, and the rain is helping clear the mud from the glass. I restart the engine and drive slowly back to the store. My mistake: Not having the Celica fixed. [Report message to a moderator]

	Subject	Poster	Date
	Wet weather stories	viagra_cressida	Sat, 17 August 2002 08:00
	Re: Wet weather stories	GIN51E	Sat, 17 August 2002 08:13
	Re: Wet weather stories	Celica_RA40	Sat, 17 August 2002 09:53
	Re: Wet weather stories	wizzfizz2097	Sun, 18 August 2002 00:17
	Re: Wet weather stories	Tank	Mon, 19 August 2002 06:32
	Re: Wet weather stories	Apollo	Tue, 20 August 2002 09:28
	Re: Wet weather stories	Celica_RA40	Tue, 20 August 2002 11:45
	Re: Wet weather stories	draven	Tue, 20 August 2002 11:59
	Re: Wet weather stories	Shteeve	Sat, 24 August 2002 11:21
	Re: Wet weather stories	Shteeve	Sat, 24 August 2002 11:22
	Re: Wet weather stories	Julz	Sat, 24 August 2002 17:37
	Re: Wet weather stories	RA23_Sean	Sun, 25 August 2002 06:51
	Re: Wet weather stories	draven	Mon, 26 August 2002 02:12
	Re: Wet weather stories	Helmann	Mon, 26 August 2002 06:19
	Re: Wet weather stories	Sam	Mon, 26 August 2002 22:19
	Re: Wet weather stories	Rattlehead	Tue, 27 August 2002 13:39
	Re: Wet weather stories	RA28	Fri, 30 August 2002 13:37
	Re: Wet weather stories	draven	Fri, 30 August 2002 13:40
	Re: Wet weather stories	manipulate	Sun, 18 May 2003 02:33
	Re: Wet weather stories	Jason	Sun, 18 May 2003 05:21
	Re: Wet weather stories	Rolla Boy	Sun, 18 May 2003 05:26
	Re: Wet weather stories	Mr DOHC	Sun, 18 May 2003 05:54
	Re: Wet weather stories	Les	Sun, 18 May 2003 12:45
	Re: Wet weather stories	manipulate	Tue, 20 May 2003 09:58
	Re: Wet weather stories	draven	Tue, 20 May 2003 10:54
	Re: Wet weather stories	Les	Tue, 20 May 2003 23:06
	Re: Wet weather stories	Nark	Wed, 21 May 2003 01:28
	Re: Wet weather stories	Les	Wed, 21 May 2003 02:21
	Re: Wet weather stories	Nark	Wed, 21 May 2003 05:50
	Re: Wet weather stories	draven	Wed, 21 May 2003 05:56
	Re: Wet weather stories	Nark	Wed, 21 May 2003 06:05
	Re: Wet weather stories	draven	Wed, 21 May 2003 06:10
	Re: Wet weather stories	Nark	Wed, 21 May 2003 06:15
	Re: Wet weather stories	draven	Wed, 21 May 2003 06:17
	Re: Wet weather stories	draven	Wed, 21 May 2003 05:35
	Re: Wet weather stories	coronamark2	Tue, 20 May 2003 09:07
	Re: Wet weather stories	coronamark2	Wed, 21 May 2003 05:43
	Re: Wet weather stories	wizzfizz2097	Wed, 21 May 2003 08:45
	Re: Wet weather stories	Rolla Boy	Wed, 21 May 2003 09:02
	Re: Wet weather stories	wizzfizz2097	Wed, 21 May 2003 23:55
	Re: Wet weather stories	Rolla Boy	Fri, 23 May 2003 09:00
	Re: Wet weather stories	dercelicadoctor	Thu, 22 May 2003 02:58
	Re: Wet weather stories	Classique71	Thu, 22 May 2003 12:07
	Re: Wet weather stories	PayneyCelica18rg	Thu, 22 May 2003 22:43
	Re: Wet weather stories	ra23celicachick	Thu, 22 May 2003 22:50
	Re: Wet weather stories	7mgte83	Fri, 23 May 2003 02:58
	Re: Wet weather stories	Mk2supraman	Wed, 25 June 2003 02:33
	Re: Wet weather stories	Rolla Boy	Wed, 25 June 2003 10:06
	Re: Wet weather stories	manipulate	Wed, 25 June 2003 11:23
	Re: Wet weather stories	Mk2supraman	Wed, 25 June 2003 22:03
	Re: Wet weather stories	manipulate	Thu, 26 June 2003 10:38
	Re: Wet weather stories	truenosedan	Tue, 05 August 2003 04:56

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