as u probly know we organised to catch up with the boys from brisbane at the
broadwater carpark last night. Planned to meet at 9pm. After a romantic
dinner with the lovely Sara, we (she) drove the yellow peril into the car
park at just after 9 and sure enough there are a couple of brisbane Dattos
.. Unfortunately one of the cars didn't quite make it and was stranded on
the motorway just out of southport.
In the interests not being sued the offending driver (Tobias Walker) will
not be identified.
Whats the problem i ask.. Fan thru the radiator i'm told. Have u got a spare
stashed away somewhere? i'm asked.. Have u not remembered how many of my
dattos have gone into the back of 4WD's I answer.. Luckily Eric turns up in
his speccy 200SX. He rings the ever suffering Loraine and confirms that he
does have a radiator so we plan to meet him back at Toby's car where we will
fit the spare radiator in record time and get back to the carpark quickly so
we can stand around for a few hours and bullshit about cars and intercoolers
and V8 wankers etc etc etc
Well imagine our surprise when we find out that the car is parked on a part
of the motorway which is only accessible from the north and requires us to
drive up to the next exit and come all the way back. Luckily the damaged
radiator has already been removed (with a pair of pliers and a
screwdriver!!!!) so we start to get it prepared for erics return with the
new radiator. Now the plastic fan has a blade missing so we figure thats the
culprit but on further inspection it is noticed that the bolt holding on the
lower engine pulley is missing and the pulley itself is all loose and
wobbly. And eric has left his place and is on his way back.. Damn
No worries i says.. i reckon i've got one of them, so scott and i take off
for my place .. search thru my shed and finally decide i must have given it
to shane.. damn
10pm sat nite and where the hell are we gonna pick up one of these bolts.
I'm starting to have visions of toby having to kip at my place so i start
thinking really hard on where we can get a bolt. Frantic phone calls around
the coast (after having to break into my house cos my keys are at the
carpark with the car and Sara, who is still patiently waiting and enjoying
our 'romantic' night out.) finally work out that all we can do is rip one
off Erics 2 door. So scott and i leave my place to head up to erics but in
true mick form i MISdirect scott back onto the motorway... Up to within
sight of the broken down datto and then all the way back and out into the
sticks to erics place. Never been there in the dark before.. shit!! which
driveway is it ??(we are talking RURAL here) after one wrong choice we find
the right place but in total darkness.. Has the long suffering Loraine
finally had enough of Datto shenanigans?? No she was just hiding LOL
Can u believe that I removed this bolt from erics car without one bit of
grease on my hands.. Man that car is soooo clean!!
Back into scotts car and back up the motorway .. miles past the broken down
datto and off the next exit and back down the highway, all the time trying
to work out how many beers this is gonna cost toby. In the end i figured out
that he would probly have to sell the datto to buy enough beers for all
concerned.
Anyway back at the scene the pitcrew swung into action and had the thing
going in no time at all.. What a team
.. connect everything up and try to start it and DOH!!! starter motor just
whirs and doesn't turn the motor over ... burning is now starting to look
like an option. Finally the mighty Datto fires up and we are off.. Back to
the car park to continue (a) my romantic evening with sara and (b) all
that bullshitting and stuff that guys do when they get together over cars.
It was amazing how so many cars went past that scene on the side of the road
and just hurled abuse .. didn't bother to stop and offer assistance just
hurl abuse...
and then i realised that all the dills hurling abuse were driving late model
cars which CAN"T be fixed on the side of the road and that there is no
cameraderie amongst those soul less cars and thats what i love about
Dattos.. The friendship and the feel that makes u wave to another Datto when
u see em on the highway and stop to help them if something (rarely) goes
wrong enough to stop them
LONG LIVE DATTOS!!!
cheers
Mick
PS i apologise for the length of this but it was a funny experience and it
will be my last submission to the list for some time as i am off tomorrow
for 6 months or so.
Best wishes to all Keep those Dattos flying
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