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Mattress problem.............


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A Blonde ran over a mattress on the highway, and decided not to worry -- and kept on driving.

The ensuing jumble finally whipped around enough to tear a hole in the fuel tank.

The subsequent lack of fuel is what finally brought her vehicle to its knees.

She had still managed to drive 30 more miles with a 60-pound tangle of stuff wrapped around her drive shaft.

She had it towed to her dealership and complained that the vehicle had a "sort of shimmy" when she was

driving at high speeds.

Below are the photos of what they found at her dealership.....................

the last photo is by far the best.

"sort of a shimmy" -- I’ll bet it did!:icon_surprised:shady
 

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:icon_rofl::icon_rofl::icon_rofl:
Thats incredible.
 

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I got that awhile back in an email... I wouldn't be so confused about the shimmy as the probable scraping clanking sound that I would have assumed.
 

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And this is why certain people shouldn't be driving.
 

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Everyone in the last pic had that WTF? look on their faces. Absolutely amazing.
 

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I have actually seen that before too. But the old lady driving a older box style crown vic and drug it long enough to start a small fire and burn up the wireing harness. She like the car so much she paid to have a new harness put in the car. I got the lucky job of doing it.
 

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living in las vegas i thought i seen everything...till now......:dunno:
 

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i use to work in a dealer sip on rt37 in toms river and this guy came in with his windstar on a flatbed with the rear axle sideway hanging out the rear of the van..The arm that hold the rear axle in place , broke and aloud the rear axle to come out from under the van and the other side almost got ripped off from dragging it and when i ask the guy what happen he said he hit a pot hole in the school parking lot lol yeah right ...
 

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rt37, dang, thats my old romping grounds!. where do you reside? i use to live in bayville
 

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I think I saw that...but it reminded me never to sleep with a blonde when she's driving...
 

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