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RE: Re[2]: Controls of unknown function ('70 1600)

To: "Ryan, Richard" <RRyan@frk.com>
Subject: RE: Re[2]: Controls of unknown function ('70 1600)
From: Marc Tyler <mtyler@hctc.net>
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 20:55:09 -0500
Ryan, Richard wrote

>OK, OK Here's my hand throttle story.
>
>We had a '67 Alfa Duetto Spider back in NY.  One winter morning on the way
>to work I stuffed it into a snow bank in our apartment complex.  It wouldn't
>back out due to the ice and snow under the rear wheels.
>
>Bright idea--Put it in reverse, pull out the hand throttle a little so the
>wheels will spin in reverse, then get out and push the rear end of the Alfa
>sideways until the spinning tires found some clear pavement.
>
>It worked great.  That's when I realized it was backing down the street with
>no one in it.  Luckily it backed into a snow bank on the other side of the
>street and not into a parked car.
  

Is this what inspired you to go into the Risk Management field?  ;-)  

Marc T.

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