I had the same a few years ago Bud, but then with my previous Rover Estate
Turbo Diesel:
By just an inch I was able to avoid a complete wheelbarrel.
I emmediately rang the police and they even would not believe me!
A fellow almost victim who also reported had to convince them.
BTW - I did not see you driving around - possibly you did not pass.
I had a great time - we impressed our customer very well.
Cheers,
Hans -
-----Original Message-----
From: Bud Krueger [mailto:bkrueger@ici.net]
Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2001 4:13 AM
To: MG List
Subject: Close call, literally
Hi folks,
The morning's usual 55 mile commute in the 77B wasn't without a bit of
adrenalin. Remember the thread about falling spare tires? .....
At one part of my commute the multi-lane highway that I'm on splits
into
two parts as it goes over a hill. My part goes off to the left. At 5:45 am
there's not too much traffic so we're all cruising along at about 60-65 mph.
My
standard procedure is to be in the left hand lane until the top of the hill
and
then swing over into the right hand lane just after an entrance ramp. I was
behind a couple of vehicles going up the hill, which bends to the left. At
the
top I swung over to the right and discovered something directly in front of
me
-- a compact spare lying almost in the middle of the lane. Thanks to the
B's
quick steering I was able to straddle it. It just barely contacted what had
to
be the lowest part of the the front cross member. Whew!
I'm glad that it wasn't a full size spare.
Bud Krueger
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