[Vwdiesel] 2 cautionary tales

[Shalyn Shourds]

Driving around recently has given me two lessons:

I may be carrying around too many tools.  Bad things happen to me on the 
road so I carry all three socket sets (1/4, 3/8, & 1/2"), a full set of 
metric wrenches, and various other pliers, hammers, screwdrivers, etc. 
in a good-sized steel toolbox.  Not good, however, when that tool box 
falls over onto a gallon jug of oil in your trunk.  Then, when a car 
recently blew across my lane only to stop to make a left turn, my 
toolbox joined me in the cab of the car (I have the back seat out for 
more storage).  Fortunately, the front passenger seat stopped it, 
but...yeah.....  I also found out that you can scream louder than your 
horn.  I did stop in time though a little part of me really wanted to 
t-bone that car.

A couple weeks ago, I was riding my bike and saw a car sitting in the 
street.  It's not a good thing when your ball joint goes out 
catastrophically.  Something I realized I needed to check on when I got 
back to the house.


Food for thought.



-Shalyn