- Sep 13, 2001
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Well not just happened, but around 10am this morning it did...
I was driving on a 2 lane highway and was in the right lane and went to pass this guy. As I went to pass him I saw something in the road on the white dotted lines between the lanes, like a 8" or so stick of some sort that I nailed and heard it flip up and hit the bottom of my car.
Shortly after I started smelling gas, like heavy gas smells but I was behind this old ragedy van so thought it was that van. Then when I turned off to my exit I wasn't behind him anymore and I noticed the smell was a little fainter, although I could still smell it, so thought nothing of it. I was also watching gas gauge to see if it was going down, and nope, it was fine.
As I took the exit I noticed this pickup truck right behind me, that had been behind me since I left the mall like 5 minutes before I hit the thing in the road. He kept following me for like 1/4 mile into the parking lot at my work and then he honked his horn trying to get my attention, so I waved him next to me. He then told me that I was leaking gas from below my car, like gushing out, so I said thanks for letting me know and drove to the parking lot across the street so I could be away from other cars.
When I got out of my car, I took a quick look, and that shit was just gushing out. It was coming out as fast as like if you turned over a gallon of milk and just squeezed it. I had like 1/2 a tank of gas too.
So that shit punctured my gas tank. And I have a metal gas tank too. That was so fucking random. Had I changed lanes like a split second before or after, I never would have hit that thing, and I wouldn't be typing this. Now I gotta pay $500 deductible and had one hell of a hassle to handle this morning, getting my car towed and getting a rental car.
I was driving on a 2 lane highway and was in the right lane and went to pass this guy. As I went to pass him I saw something in the road on the white dotted lines between the lanes, like a 8" or so stick of some sort that I nailed and heard it flip up and hit the bottom of my car.
Shortly after I started smelling gas, like heavy gas smells but I was behind this old ragedy van so thought it was that van. Then when I turned off to my exit I wasn't behind him anymore and I noticed the smell was a little fainter, although I could still smell it, so thought nothing of it. I was also watching gas gauge to see if it was going down, and nope, it was fine.
As I took the exit I noticed this pickup truck right behind me, that had been behind me since I left the mall like 5 minutes before I hit the thing in the road. He kept following me for like 1/4 mile into the parking lot at my work and then he honked his horn trying to get my attention, so I waved him next to me. He then told me that I was leaking gas from below my car, like gushing out, so I said thanks for letting me know and drove to the parking lot across the street so I could be away from other cars.
When I got out of my car, I took a quick look, and that shit was just gushing out. It was coming out as fast as like if you turned over a gallon of milk and just squeezed it. I had like 1/2 a tank of gas too.
So that shit punctured my gas tank. And I have a metal gas tank too. That was so fucking random. Had I changed lanes like a split second before or after, I never would have hit that thing, and I wouldn't be typing this. Now I gotta pay $500 deductible and had one hell of a hassle to handle this morning, getting my car towed and getting a rental car.
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