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Top of the ramp coming up my old High school parking lot....
Posted by
dusthis
on July 28, 2010 at 1:47 PM
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Where have you been stranded?
posted by spicyZ
on July 28, 2010 at 09:40 AM
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Alternator had died and I had just about enough spark left in the battery to make up the ramp before it died right at the top blocking the exit. Luckily my friend was behind me in his truck and just happened to have a tow strap!
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Where have you been stranded?
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spicyZ
09:40:17 07/28/10
When my PTU quit I was quite far from home, but still
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Inzane
09:59:40 07/28/10
I got lucky and fixed mine with a can of Coke after a short
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Kraken
13:59:44 07/28/10
You used the can to cool the PTU enough to start? (n/m)
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Inzane
14:42:04 07/28/10
I was not mechanically inclined when I bought my Z and
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Kraken
14:54:24 07/28/10
Don't hate on the kid who offered to help...
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BradX (UF)
10:19:55 07/28/10
2nd on the kid... (n/m)
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Z_Cherub
10:22:37 07/28/10
Lighten up - it's not like I called him an idiot
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spicyZ
11:39:31 07/28/10
Valid points.
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Z_Cherub
14:50:57 07/28/10
And Brad's blanket statement that most 16 year-olds...
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spicyZ
15:19:27 07/28/10
I wasn't talking about Brad, but whatever.
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Z_Cherub
16:32:24 07/28/10
Nope - that'd be nixit. (n/m)
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spicyZ
20:34:18 07/29/10
fwiw, it seemed like you were being condescending
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na300zx (OH)
08:14:22 07/29/10
Nah... I save the condescending attitude for NA owners
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spicyZ
20:33:52 07/29/10
3rd on that man.. sorry. (n/m)
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cooljestin
15:11:58 07/28/10
Was that on the Queensway? Yikes!!!! (n/m)
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jschrauwen
10:33:48 07/28/10
Fortunately no - that would have been MUCH worse. (n/m)
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spicyZ
11:34:17 07/28/10
Besides planet earth ?...
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ttz'in (NorCal)
10:40:52 07/28/10
Did you take the hit? :) (n/m)
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HighPsi (NorCal)
11:25:01 07/28/10
lol, I'd still be out there looking for the lone ranger ! (n/m)
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ttz'in (NorCal)
11:32:44 07/28/10
Didnt happen to me, but...
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Jay Shev
10:51:08 07/28/10
In a ditch buried in snow
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96300NAZ
10:56:37 07/28/10
I-75 North coming home from ZdayZ 07 I believe. Turbos went
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RAGTPZ
11:10:35 07/28/10
The Z has never left me stranded.
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MrPulldown(Tahoe)
11:23:55 07/28/10
Twice at the drag strip in the Z :(
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timz
12:18:01 07/28/10
Re: Twice at the drag strip in the Z :(
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JRFITZ
13:13:19 07/28/10
Same here, twice at the strip
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outkaZTT
13:57:50 07/28/10
NZR, but TT.NETR
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dogpile
12:40:11 07/28/10
2 years ago in January during an Illinois winter
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TTFairladyZ
13:34:00 07/28/10
that is the exact same piece that broke on mine 2 weeks ago (n/m)
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fanta-z
21:19:53 07/28/10
I remembered you left the Z at the Sunoco near me (n/m)
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Wui (Philly)
18:21:19 07/29/10
Yes sir. Thanks to you I was able to follow that writeup.
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TTFairladyZ
20:58:33 07/29/10
It became a habit to be on twinturbo.net everyday (n/m)
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Wui (Philly)
06:41:00 07/31/10
Top of the ramp coming up my old High school parking lot.... -
dusthis
13:47:14 07/28/10
Re: Where have you been stranded?
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sparkie
14:42:47 07/28/10
winter... snowstorm... convertible... fuel pump dies...
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vorpalZ
15:21:08 07/28/10
Bank drive thru.... Auto Transmission died without warning
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ZXoltan
16:12:18 07/28/10
in the middle of a major road
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Tikigod (Denver)
16:35:09 07/28/10
snowy pass in mt. shasta near redding CA...
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Kennymonster
18:37:46 07/28/10
Paging CaliguyPurdue, Jim got your ears on? (n/m)
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SactoTodd
18:48:46 07/28/10
Haha yea... those pics are on an old computer and
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CaliguyPurdue (Selin Design)
00:23:50 07/29/10
At an AutoX event when a brake line ruptured. : \ (n/m)
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AbsolutZ
19:00:25 07/28/10
Was that when your brakes seized on you? (n/m)
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RAGTPZ
19:49:05 07/28/10
Yep!
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AbsolutZ
23:19:22 07/28/10
No kidding but then again it was definitely better to happen
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RAGTPZ
07:55:13 07/29/10
Monday, two weeks ago....
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BeachZ
19:29:53 07/28/10
December of 96...
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MNZTTR
22:58:42 07/28/10
Ahh the joys of being a teenager with a Z
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Jdave
00:12:32 07/29/10
Ha! Well said. I concur on all of your final 3 points. (n/m)
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Z_Cherub
12:48:37 07/29/10
At home in front of my house years ago, thanks to the
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dregos
02:01:05 07/29/10
Once I had a fuel line spring a leak on the I95
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kenecchi
19:40:31 07/29/10
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