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| TooHipCat | Well...the front nose of my kat...ALMOST...kissed the granite curb!!! This is why I NEVER pull nose first into any spot. I always back in. This took place just last Sunday during our cruise though Cape Cod, MA. We all pulled in nose first to stop and sightsee by the Coast Guard lighthouse.
As we were pulling in I happened to say to my wife..."Damn I hate pulling in nose first." I pulled in right next to Paul (Kruizin Kat) when I noticed he was looking down at the nose of my kat.
I knew just what he was looking at. I proceeded to get out and ask him..."Did I get too close?" He bent down and measured with his calibrated thumb..."You're about an inch and a half away."  All I can say is thank God I stopped when I did!!! Charlie (chasmccart) has been bugging me to post the pics. I know for a fact he's ready and waiting in the wings to toss me around like an old rag doll. 
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| cstall | Good catch on stopping before you smacked the curb. But why did park so close to that silver car? I'm smellin' door ding!! |
| idive | I got one better than that. Last Sunday I took the car to get inspected. The guy that drove it out of the garage and parked it, set the front tires against the curb. I was about to sh!t!!! The only thing stopping me was that at that point my a$$ was so tight you couldn't have gotten a straight pin up there with a jackhammer. As I walked out to the car, I asked him if he nosed over the curb? He said no. I said wanna bet? Took him up front and pointed at the nose full out over the curb, telling him he just damaged my car. He just about sh!t. It was one of those curbs that look like the little pebbles around your pool. I walked back in and brought out the manager and showed him, and said, he just damaged my car... He just about sh!t. I got in, started her up, put her in reverse, and awaited the all too familiar grind as I ever so slowly slid back over and down off the curb, with them both watching and listening... Nary a sound... I don't see how, cause you couldn't have slid a piece of paper between the car and the curb, but nada... nothing... no scrape sound, no paint on the little rocks in the curb, nothing. I think everybody learned a lesson that day. They won't be driving my car again. And if they drive someone elses, they'll not curb the tires. Now I need to go to the drug store to buy some laxitaves, cause I still haven't been able to take a sh!t all week. |
| 1buddyc | Mickey, you're lucky that guy didnt weigh 10 lbs more or you wouldnt be needing a laxitive...(LOL) -Buddy |
| BeWare | This is why the only people that drive our Prowler are myself or my wife. Our sons , sons in law, daughters and daughters in law all o better than to even ask. I have let them drive it but only when I was riding shotgun. |
| TooHipCat | idive,
Your story definitely beats mine. Mine was a near miss...yours actually happened. Can't beleive he lied to you about the nose too. At an inspection station no less. The guy that inspects my kat lets me drive it in and out. Brian |
| Kruisin Kat | Brian, When you were pulling in next to me I was saying to my wife "he better stop or he's going to nose it!". I was freaking out just watching! Your plate definitely fits in this instance for sure. |
| GenoTex | Good engineers know when to stop 
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| TooHipCat | quote:
Originally posted by Kruisin Kat:
Brian, When you were pulling in next to me I was saying to my wife "he better stop or he's going to nose it!". I was freaking out just watching!
Next time Paul...throw a rock at me or something!!!
You probably didn't want to lower your window to warn me in fear of blowing another regulator. quote:
Originally posted by GenoTex:
Good engineers know when to stop
Thanks Geno! I'm still waiting for the bashing by my man Charlie. This message has been edited by TooHipCat on 06-10-2006 at 01:39 AM |
| chasmccart | Well Charlie has been on the road trip from Hell. I have been waiting to see if you would post the picture. The part you left out was that Paul was already parked and you drove past him right up to the curb. I should have taken a picture of your face when you saw how close you were instead of the picture of the car. If you did smash the nose then all I would here from then on would be "Remember the cape cruise that Charlie set up. It rained and no one showed up except Paul and I. Then I smashed the nose on a curb in a parking lot that Charlie insisted we stop at and not back in." I never would have been able to live that down. Probably would have had to sell my Kat and resign from the POA. Charlie |
| Kruisin Kat | Brian, What Charlie wanted to say is: "you wouldn't have a problem if you had an SSR!" Charlie, had to say it since Brian thinks you like your SSR more than the Kat. Hey I think this might be "stir the pot Monday"?  Charlie, Whatcha got hapnin on July 8th? |
| TooHipCat | quote:
Originally posted by chasmccart:
I should have taken a picture of your face when you saw how close you were instead of the picture of the car.
You missed the opportunity of a lifetime Charlie!!! I'll say once again...Thank God I stopped in time...with no help from you guys I might add. Brian |
| chasmccart | quote:
Originally posted by TooHipCat:
I'll say once again...Thank God I stopped in time...with no help from you guys I might add. Brian
We all thought by now you knew how to drive and PARK your Kat. Paul, I have nothing to say about the SSR / Prowler comment. This is a road best not traveled here. This message has been edited by chasmccart on 06-12-2006 at 10:55 AM |
| Kruisin Kat | Charlie, Just poking fun! So Got plan's for July 8? I'll email you more details. |
| TooHipCat | quote:
Originally posted by chasmccart:
We all thought by now you knew how to drive and PARK your Kat.
quote:
Originally posted by TooHipCat:
This is why I NEVER pull nose first into any spot. I always back in.
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