my77cobra2
Member
- Joined
- Sep 13, 2009
- Messages
- 71
- Reaction score
- 1
- Points
- 8
- Location
- Commack, NY
- Vehicle Year
- 1988
- Make / Model
- Ford
- Engine Size
- 2.9L V6 [5.0HO Carb swap in progress]
- Transmission
- Automatic
i am SOOOOOOOOOOO pissed.....i go 2 college at Nascar Technical Istitiute [NTI] in North Carolina...i was born and raised in New York...so i was gonna go home for christmas...i had off from the 19th of December to the 27th of December......i got off of school on the 18th at 12:45PM....i got in my 87' Ranger and jumped right onto the highway and headed back to NEW YORK....what should have taken me between 12-13 hours [ i could have made it in 10 hours with the way i drive....] took me 49.5 HOURS!!!!! and 33 of those hours i drove NON-STOP....now keep in mind that Im only 18 AND that i just got my permit in March of 2009 and my license in August of 2009....therefore i have not been driving that long....let alone 650mi. trip BY MYSELF.....you know that snow storm that went from way down south to way up north? yea i was stuck in the middle of it THE WHOLE WAY home...i had NO TRACTION what-so-ever...but i did my best to keep going....i drove through the night of the 18th-19th and fell into a ditch....luckily a VERY kind driver stopped and pulled me out within 10-15min. of me being there...once i was back on the road i drove bout another 6 hours...then half way through Virgina i spun-out AGAIN, but this time i hit a guard-rail [my front pass. fender got a little mangled and there are small but deep scratches going down the side of the truck.....my exhaust manifold bolts on the passenger side pulled through the already gone flange therefore leaving my with a BIG exhaust leak.......so yea....FML!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!