...is something I would never actually do, but wanted to after tonight. After work I went out to the car, started her up, let her warm up for a few minutes just like I always do...
I leave the parking lot, and go home the same way I always go home. On the way there, I come accross a large curved, fairly steep hill that I have driven up many times before. This time, I am coming down a hill, get to the flat curve at the bottom, and start climbing the previously mentioned "large, curvy fairly steep hill"...
I start hitting the accelerator to maintain my speed up the hill, but as I press the gas I am still slowing down...there I am, dead cat on the steepest part of the hill and it's pitch black outside. I try to start her up. She starts, revs up to about 1700, then dies. I try this 6 or 7 times with the same results.
I hit my flashers and reach for my cell phone. Guess what? Phone's dead too..."no service" it tells me...I get out of the car, go up the hill and knock on someones door to ask if I can use the phone...
I call my dad who calls AAA for me, and he says he will be on his way. I walk back down to the car, sit down for about 5 minutes. For the hell of it, I try to start her up again, and this time she stays on. I let her idle for about 30 seconds, and am finally able to get her home. All in all, I was pretty bugged...
Any suggestions/ideas/words of advice? Thanks.
Alex
I leave the parking lot, and go home the same way I always go home. On the way there, I come accross a large curved, fairly steep hill that I have driven up many times before. This time, I am coming down a hill, get to the flat curve at the bottom, and start climbing the previously mentioned "large, curvy fairly steep hill"...
I start hitting the accelerator to maintain my speed up the hill, but as I press the gas I am still slowing down...there I am, dead cat on the steepest part of the hill and it's pitch black outside. I try to start her up. She starts, revs up to about 1700, then dies. I try this 6 or 7 times with the same results.
I hit my flashers and reach for my cell phone. Guess what? Phone's dead too..."no service" it tells me...I get out of the car, go up the hill and knock on someones door to ask if I can use the phone...
I call my dad who calls AAA for me, and he says he will be on his way. I walk back down to the car, sit down for about 5 minutes. For the hell of it, I try to start her up again, and this time she stays on. I let her idle for about 30 seconds, and am finally able to get her home. All in all, I was pretty bugged...
Any suggestions/ideas/words of advice? Thanks.
Alex
