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Why Neutral is important
A customer had his SportTrack towed into our shop this morning. He was towing his SportTrack behind his Motorhome "Coach" for about 50 miles before he noticed a problem. There appeared to be a lot of sparks coming from his SportTrack. There was only one small problem, when he got his SportTrack all setup behind the motorhome he forgot to take the trans out of park. Yep he had been towing it for the last 50 miles in park. The tires were gone and the rims were half gone,must of also wore down part of the axle housing to because it was leaking. Don't know how the trans is yet.
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K0ll is a hick and has a veritable fleet of 1980-early 90's GM vehicles :mullet:
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12-03-2005, 06:13 PM
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thats hilarious! 
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12-03-2005, 06:17 PM
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are there people that dumb?
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12-03-2005, 07:21 PM
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damn what a stupid ass.
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12-03-2005, 07:29 PM
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are there people that dumb?
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If you refer to the picture, its painfully obvious that they are.
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12-03-2005, 07:35 PM
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ROFL!  WHAT AN ASSHAT!
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12-03-2005, 08:13 PM
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this needs to be said:
stupid ford owners 
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Except Jersey mike, great kid, but the way he looks at me makes me feel like im in danger
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12-03-2005, 08:55 PM
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Found
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12-03-2005, 09:04 PM
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this should make this years top 10 dumbest people
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12-03-2005, 09:07 PM
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What's the crap all over the body, wheel dust? 
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12-03-2005, 09:46 PM
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looks like cement right?
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Except Jersey mike, great kid, but the way he looks at me makes me feel like im in danger
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12-03-2005, 10:15 PM
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Its slush. Its snowing in the picture
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and 1 more smart ass answer by you and i'm going to reach into this monitor and grab you by the throat
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12-03-2005, 10:23 PM
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Maybe I should have something to say...but I can't find the words.
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12-04-2005, 12:07 AM
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wow.
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12-04-2005, 12:49 AM
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Coming from someone in auto service, me, yes, people ARE that dumb.
I would need my own forum to list the dumbass things I see DAILY.
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12-04-2005, 01:08 AM
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Coming from someone in auto service, me, yes, people ARE that dumb.
I would need my own forum to list the dumbass things I see DAILY.
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you and me both brother, you and me both.
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12-04-2005, 01:35 AM
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hahahahahahahahaha
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Junk the pos, spend the money on beer, acquire headache.
Same result cept this headache doesnt last months.
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12-04-2005, 05:15 AM
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oh and according to michign jeepers "This picture and text was posted to a message board 11-28-05 by a dealer in Reno, NV."
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Junk the pos, spend the money on beer, acquire headache.
Same result cept this headache doesnt last months.
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12-04-2005, 08:56 AM
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haha, no matter where it happened or when(NJ or a dealer in NV), its funny as hell. well thats the cheap way to lower your vehicle, lol. And you think someone on the road with him would have warned him.
As for repiars, trans should be fine, and axle housing better be leaking, hell it should be empty, with being that low to the axle centerline the rear must be almost 1/3 gone too. the leaf spring was damaged even, lol. too bad the gas tank wasnt low enough to scrape, that would of been cool once that wore though.. BOOM
**EDIT** looking at it again...it doesnt really seem like it did that damage from being dragged.towed. i may be wrong but if i dragged a truck 50 miles enough to do that, dont you think there would be some type of burn from sparks or debris on the rim itself or the 1/4 panel behind the tire. it is all perfectly clean, and how does he have the leaf spring parts? they should have been lost along the road. From my experience, i'd say that vehicle spun out of control, hit a curb or something and shattered the wheel and also pulled the tire off at the same time. But thats just my educated guess... looks like pic thatll just circulate the message boards and the story will change everytime a tiny bit...
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12-04-2005, 11:43 AM
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yea, plus the trans would not have been able to keep the wheels lockedat travel speeds. I'm sure we've all had the experiance whether in our car or not where we hve a slip of the mind and toss it in park while its still rolling and hear "click click click"... if it cant hold at a roll no way it can hold at travel speeds.
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Junk the pos, spend the money on beer, acquire headache.
Same result cept this headache doesnt last months.
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12-04-2005, 01:03 PM
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Maybe they had the E-brake on?
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12-04-2005, 01:04 PM
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Oh and too bad it wasnt a magnesium wheel...that would have been one melted ford!
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12-04-2005, 01:06 PM
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even still i dont think the e-brake could hold the wheel even if its being towed at 25-30 mph
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Junk the pos, spend the money on beer, acquire headache.
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12-04-2005, 01:22 PM
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even still i dont think the e-brake could hold the wheel even if its being towed at 25-30 mph
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have you ever been going down the road and just yank the E-brake? It locks the tires up. The E-brake would definitly hold that.
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12-04-2005, 10:12 PM
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have you ever been going down the road and just yank the E-brake? It locks the tires up. The E-brake would definitly hold that.
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Not in any thirdgen, or GM for that matter, Ive owned.
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