2012-2013 BOSS 302

TIFU by under estimating a driveway angle

Old Jun 2, 2013 | 10:17 PM
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TIFU by under estimating a driveway angle

I was bringing my wife some food to a house and I thought in my hesitation that I could just park my car in this angled driveway so I so Lunt have to block this tiny remain street. Well I got half way in, slowly, and heard the exhaust scrap. So I back u p slowly and I hear something dragging. Crap.

It was my drivers side quad exhaust. Ugh, sick to. My stomach almost. I didn't have any tools on me and I was 5 miles away from home. So I did the only thing I could think of.

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The next day I went to fix it in my drive way but no dice. I took it on base to the auto hobby shop, put her on a lift and. Tried that way. Notta. I took the quad pipe off, and saw that the expansion piece was smushed together (not in a restrictive way) so I put it in a vice and tugged on it as hard as I could. Bu 20 mins later and multiple tries, I failed to correct it. I then noticed the exhaust clamp. I loosened it and was able to slip enough out to put it back on the car and have all bolts bolt I just fine.
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Lesson of the day, don't try driveways that ou even have the slightest doubt about.
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Old Jun 3, 2013 | 12:06 AM
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This is one of two reasons I haven't brought the BOSS to Spain yet; I'm scared of stuff like this. The roads here are pretty crappy, with massive speed bumps, but the driveways are the worst.

How'd the shoelace hold up?
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Old Jun 3, 2013 | 12:23 AM
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The shoe lace did the job like a boss! Lol

Also, two weeks ago I was driving her around base and a. Massive hail storm rolled through thankfully they were the size of rain drops so, no damage lol.
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Old Jun 3, 2013 | 10:30 AM
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Originally Posted by Mustangfreak
The shoe lace did the job like a boss!


I always have Zip ties in the Glove Box for situations such as this. Easy to store and almost as useful as duct tape.
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