Bingo. My daughter in law parked too close to me once so I got an old countertop out of the garage and decided to lean it up sideways onto my ramp and roll off it onto my ramp. Hah not quite - the countertop slipped, I went cornerwise and got wedged up against her car - in the summer - in 110 degree heat. Dumb idea. I wiggled my way free after about 30 minutes but really chewed up her car. I went back into the house and woke her up to move it. Just that fast - into and out of the jaws of death. Lucky once more. Dave In a message dated 8/19/2007 4:08:07 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
It's amazing how the smallest things can put us in serious situations. Years ago I had a full size Dodge van and me and my pca loaded up to run an errand but we forgot something in the house. He ran inside to get it and while he was gone smoke began pouring out from under the dash. There were no windows open and it was filling up with smoke fast. When he got back he saw what was happening and got me out pronto. It turned out that a wire had shorted and all the insulation had burned off. Fortunately there were no flames. Tim _The QUAD LINK_ (http://thequadlink.com/) Nichole Rohling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: SERIOUSLY I NEED THOSE BEST WISHES. WE DID MANUALLY RELEASE ME FROM THE EZ LOCK - MY GREATEST FEAR IS BURNING IN A FIRE! THE IDS HAS A 12 MONTH WARRANTY BUT IT'S NOT GOING TO DO ME ANY GOOD IF SOMETHING GOES TERRIBLY WRONG AND I'M NO LONGER ALIVE. YEAH, IT'S TOOK A LOT OF MY JOY AWAY BUT HOPEFULLY THE VAN WILL BE FINE. ----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] (mailto:[email protected]) Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2007 4:49 PM Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] VAN UPDATE In a message dated 8/19/2007 12:14:53 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) writes: JUST THOUGHT I'D GIVE AN UPDATE ON MY VAN. I DID RECEIVE IT ON AUG 8TH. I DROVE W/ THE INSTRUCTOR ON AUG 9TH FOR 3 HOURS AND EVERYTHING SEEMED GREAT. STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT AND WHEN IT TURNED GREEN MY VAN WOULDN'T GO! THE BACKUP BRAKE SYSTEM LOCKED UP, IT WOULDN'T ACCELERATE, IT WOULDN'T SHIFT, IT WOULDN'T RELEASE MY EZ LOCK, AND TO TOP IT OFF IT WOULDN'T TURN OFF! NO I'M NOT KIDDING! AFTER SETTING AT THE LIGHT FOR AN HOUR THE WRECKER GOT IT LOADED AND BROUGHT IT TO MY HOUSE. INDEPENDENT DRIVING SYSTEMS FROM HOUSTON CAME ON THE 10TH AND TOOK IT BACK TO HOUSTON. THEY TELL ME IT WAS A BLOWN CIRCUIT BREAKER, LOOSE GROUND WIRE AND BAD CONNECTION OF WIRING FROM MY IMS TO IDS. IT'S READY BUT THEY CAN'T TELL ME WHEN THEY WILL DELIVER IT. OH, AND THEY'RE EXPECTING HURRICANE DEAN TO ARRIVE THIS WEEK. Hi Nicki, I know how long you've waited for your van and the excitement but I'd be leery to accept this van at all! A bad connection...what else have they done wrong that you don't know of yet? There is an emergency switch that an ab person can pull to release you from the EZ lock in case of another bad connection, or electrical fire. I understand these vans are modified but is it possible for legal action to have another built? I've had MANY problems with mine but it's a 94. At the present my headlights don't work & I just got my lift repaired. Best Wishes<-----seriously :-) Dianna ____________________________________ Get a sneak peek of the all-new _AOL.com_ (http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour/?ncid=AOLAOF00020000000982) . ____________________________________ Choose the right car based on your needs. Check out _Yahoo! Autos new Car Finder tool._ (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=48518/*http://autos.yahoo.com/carfinder/;_ylc=X3oDMTE3NWsyMDd2BF9TAzk3MTA3MDc2BHNlYwNtYWlsdGFncwRzbGsDY2FyLWZpbmRlcg- -) Dave _Visit My Home Page_ (http://www.users.qwest.net/~daveoc/index.html) ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour
