Not having driven the 4A for the last 17 years, I've found out that bigger
is safer. I've had to tromp on the brakes many more times in the past month
than in years driving the big SUV. Little cars (LC) don't get any respect!
Maybe it's time to look for a rollbar!
John in San Diego
'67 TR4A IRS
'71 Volvo P1800E
On Saturday, May 11, 2002 8:54 AM, Kurtis [SMTP:kurtisj@cox-internet.com]
wrote:
> Wow Paul... that was a close one - A lot closer than my recent rogue
wheel
> encounter. I was traveling along I-40 a couple of weeks ago when I
caught
> something out of the corner of my eye. It was a loose wheel bounding
down
> the grass median... I looked up and say a late model Trans Am plowing
into
> the median on a collision course with me. Fortunately, the added
friction
> of the wheel-less axle plowing through the grass stopped the car fairly
> quickly.
>
> BTW... new Jeeps are YJ's not CJ's. :)
>
> Later...
>
> Kurtis J.
> 1963 TR4
> www.geocities.com/tr4_1963
>
> > Had one of those "I'm gonna die" moments last night!
> > I was heading out in the TR6, top down. Turned onto the 4 lane main
drag
> > near my home. Start to up shift to 3rd gear, when the guy in front of
me
> > locks his brakes. I do like wise, and before I can curse his rotten
> > driving skills, a wheel bounces between our cars!
> > The tire bounces past me, hits the embankment on the right side of the
> > road. It then bounces about 5 feet in the air and heads over the trunk
> > of my TR! As I turn to follow the tires flight toward the center line,
> > I notice a new Jeep CJ scrapping the pavement off the road, his left
> > front tire gone. A guy in a Honda barely missed getting the tire in
his
> > windshield. The tire then hits a building and stops.
> > Whoa- talk about an adrenaline rush!
> >
> > Paul Burr
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