I had something similar! I got some sick airtime while off-roading with my cousins in my 1995 4Runner, and when my back wheels caught a hidden hill, I bent my axles! But I was able to easily fix them by hitting my wallet with a $1,500 bill, and then crying a lot.
About a month ago I was having some bad kidney stone pain and had to drive 2.5 hours home. I threw up twice in the first couple miles it hurt so bad. Then I hit a pot hole and the pain went away. Check mate, doctors.
my 2002 ford truck had a similar issue, because there was a weak solder spot on the main board in the instrument panel
the windows and radio would go out randomly and a bump in the road would usually bring it back. Getting that fixed was easy enough when I had the truck in the shop for a other projects. They had to send it to a specialist but its been perfect since... but the passenger side airbag is electrically fed by a small incandescent light and the bulb has burned out so the stupid thing throws an error. You have to take the dashboard apart to get to the stupid light so I just ignore it
Used to have a truck, 20 years ago. When you would hit a pothole, sometimes the engine would die. Fortunately, you could get it to start again by hitting a curb or another pothole.
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Keilik@lemmy.world · 41 pts · 49d
hOrni@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 49d
But Your car needs to be at least 20 years old for this to happen. Used to happen a lot when I was driving a 1989 VW Golf.
Doodleschmit@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 49d
I can second this. I once got 2nd and 4th gear back in my 1993 Saturn LS1 after getting some air time off a decent bump on a country road.
Coincidentally, that same bump is how I lost 2nd and 4th. Life can be tricksy mistress.
fartographer@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 49d
I had something similar! I got some sick airtime while off-roading with my cousins in my 1995 4Runner, and when my back wheels caught a hidden hill, I bent my axles! But I was able to easily fix them by hitting my wallet with a $1,500 bill, and then crying a lot.
lgmjon64@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 49d
About a month ago I was having some bad kidney stone pain and had to drive 2.5 hours home. I threw up twice in the first couple miles it hurt so bad. Then I hit a pot hole and the pain went away. Check mate, doctors.
fartographer@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 49d
Save that somewhere else for later. In the ol' kidney pocket.
the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 49d
I'm going to need the location of this magic pothole.
thisbenzingring@lemmy.today · 9 pts · 49d
my 2002 ford truck had a similar issue, because there was a weak solder spot on the main board in the instrument panel
the windows and radio would go out randomly and a bump in the road would usually bring it back. Getting that fixed was easy enough when I had the truck in the shop for a other projects. They had to send it to a specialist but its been perfect since... but the passenger side airbag is electrically fed by a small incandescent light and the bulb has burned out so the stupid thing throws an error. You have to take the dashboard apart to get to the stupid light so I just ignore it
MutantTailThing@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 49d
I used to drive a Daihatsu Mira that lost power steering, ABS and the speedometer whenever it went above 70mph
tpihkal@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 49d
Oh, the dashboard melted, but we still have the radio.
CADmonkey@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 49d
Used to have a truck, 20 years ago. When you would hit a pothole, sometimes the engine would die. Fortunately, you could get it to start again by hitting a curb or another pothole.
Etterra@discuss.online · 2 pts · 49d
It's a hole in the ground; your Jesus God has no power here.
wingnut@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 49d
Just dont drop your friends keys into the black hole under the seat ☝️ And definetly dont crawl in after them 🙂↔️