[s-cars] Monkey lads at it again

[Huw Powell]

> Years ago I had the monkey lads change the tires on my old but trusty 
> 100 lS.  I did not check the torque.  We got a flat tire way back in the 
> Mount Jefferson wilderness area, and I broke every socket I had trying 
> to get the last bolt off the wheel.  Help finally arrived in the form of 
> four very intoxicated guys in a giant F-100 4x4.  They had a bicycle 
> pump, and plenty of beer, so they pumped up the flat tire, poured beer 
> on it, found the leak, inserted a huge screw into the tire with some 
> gasket seal, and voila: I was back on the road in time to avoid the next 
> forest fire.  I ended up having to have a guy with a heliarc welder 
> torch the bolt out.
> Lesson learned.   You can't always count on four drunk guys in a ford 
> being there when you need them.

That gets my nomination for "post of the year"!

Actually, around here, you can probably count on a few guys turning up 
in a big 'murkin metal truck turnin' up drunk and helpin'... who else would?

-- 
Huw Powell

http://www.humanspeakers.com/audi

http://www.humanthoughts.org/