--- Brian Hollands <bholland@hayes.ds.adp.com> wrote:
> And I thought that had only happened to me -
Alright, I guess I'll tell my story as well, although it was a 510, not a
Roadster.
I was just out of high school and working at, don't laugh - actually do laugh,
Chuck E. Cheese. I was driving to take an OLCC class to get a license to serve
beer at Chuck's. My companion was a methamphetamine junkie who worked there as
well. He had to sit on the floorboards as I had stripped the interior to
install Dynamat. So we were approaching a stoplight and as I applied the
brakes, the rear of the car started swaying back and forth like an out of
control trailer. When the light turned green, I pulled a U-turn and right as I
got to the side of the road...kaplunk! There goes the wheel. Remarkably, we
found three lug nuts scattered across the road. Because we were late, I jacked
up the car and left it there, called my Dad to see if he could come check out
the car to assess the damage, and walked about 1/4 mile to the class. After
the ever so boring (but necessary) class, I went back to the car and my Dad had
found no mechanical damage. I did, however, suffer some body damage - the
lower portion of the 1/4 panel behind the wheel was folded up a bit, but was
really un-noticeable to the unsuspecting eye.
Well, I thought that was the end of it, but a week later the same swaying
happened again. This time I immediately pulled over, found that the lugs were
loose again - on the same wheel no less! It was then that I got paranoid and
thought someone was after me, but it never happened again after that.
=====
Andy Klink
Gresham, OR
71 510 2dr
69 510 5dr
00 Scooby OBS
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