Miata Mailing List: August 1999, Message #327

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Tom,

Bravo, Bravo!  That is the funniest thing I have seen all day!  ROFLMAO!

Thanks,

Eric

Tom Blough wrote:

> So, Jeff let me get this straight.  Hypothetically, you
> illegally parked your car and the tow truck driver came to
> get it.  He couldn't get around to the rear of your car and
> it was in gear so he slit your top to get inside (he left
> his slim-jim on top of the refrigerator after getting his
> last beer).
>
> Once he got the door opened, he sat down in the seat to move
> the shifter into neutral forgetting the screwdriver in his
> back pocket.  Too bad you had leather seats.
>
> He hooks his chain around your tie rod to drag the car out
> where he can have more room to work.  Once he has it moved
> he notices that it bent and decides that it probably isn't
> strong enough to tow the car very far with.  So he hooks his
> chains up to the tow hooks you forgot to remove and lifts
> the car up damaging the nose.
>
> As he pulls into the impound lot with your car, he doesn't
> swing quite wide enough and scrapes the side of your car on
> a telephone pole.
>
> He backs your car into the only spot left, the one with the
> big chunk of concrete in the middle of it.  As he lets the
> car down the concrete punctures your oil pan.
>
> So here is the part I really don't understand.  When you
> pick your car up, you would apologize to the guy for causing
> him so much trouble by illegally parking your car in the
> first place.  I guess you would probably tip him extra
> because he put that tarp over the cut top to protect it
> during that big storm the night before.
>
> Do I have this about right?
>
> Tom Blough &
> "Molly" '99 Red LP
> tblough@snet.net
> Avon, CT
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: miata@realbig.com [mailto:miata@realbig.com]On Behalf
> Of Jeff
> Gehrig
> Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 1999 10:47 AM
> To: Multiple recipients of list
> Subject: Re: Tow truck damaged my car. Arggghhh!
>
> <snip>
>  If I had been caught, I wouldn't have
> become petulant about it!
>
> Jeff Gehrig
> MX5 Club NSW #169
> '99 Grace Green
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