Topic: 2 tow trucks, 1 CHP and a smoking Bee.
Friday the Killer Bee passed it's smog check test, and today I picked up the registration sticker. Yup. The stupid thing is now legal to drive on the streets. Wise, no. Legal yes.
So this evening I said to the wife, "Hey! I still have the passenger seat sitting in the back yard next to the orange tree. How about I wash it off, throw it back in the car and take you for a nice sunset ride!? Make it a date night!"
She said Ok! let's go!
We drove through the neighborhood, then got on the freeway doing about 80 getting lots of stares as we passed dozens of cars (which was a first, but I digress). Suddenly all hell broke loose, the car lost power and I had zero oil pressure.
I pulled off the next off-ramp and popped the hood just as it was getting dark, and realized it was raining oil from all over inside of the hood. Ah crap. EVERYTHING was black.
The wife hit speed dial for AAA and we spent the rest of our date on the side of the road until 2 tow trucks showed up, followed by an evil eyed Highway Patrol.
The tow truck driver informed me we had 5 free miles. Turns out we had made it 4.7 from home. We did 503 miles at Fernley, yet failed to make it to the burger joint. THAT'S what driving British is all about. :-)
Now, somehow I gotta get this thing running again for Concours d'Lemons next weekend.
And my neighbors are getting tired of the tow trucks.
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