amusing tale (non audi content though)

[SOP8920@Siena.edu]

This was stolen from the Mr2-digest, but I thought you'd like it:


>This story really knocked me off my chair - laughing !!! So I thought I'd 
>share it with you guys!

>It origins from the web site www.artbell.com:

>>"Darwin Award" Nominee

>You all know about the Darwin Awards - It's an annual honor given to the 
>person who did the gene pool the biggest service by killing themselves in 
>the most extraordinarily stupid way. Last year's winner was the fellow 
>who was killed by a Coke machine which toppled over on top of him as he
>was attempting to tip a free soda out of it. 

>And this year's nominee is:

>The Arizona Highway Patrol came upon a pile of smoldering metal embedded 
>into the side of a cliff rising above the road at the apex of a curve. 
>The wreckage resembled the site of an airplane crash, but it was a car. 
>The type of car was unidentifiable at the scene. The lab finally figured 
>out what it was and what had happened. 

>It seems that a guy had somehow gotten hold of a JATO unit (Jet Assisted 
>Take Off - actually a solid fuel rocket) that is used to give heavy 
>military transport planes an extra "push" for taking off from short 
>airfields. He had driven his Chevy Impala out into the desert and found a 
>long, straight stretch of road. Then he attached the JATO unit to his 
>car, jumped in, got up some speed and fired off the JATO! 

>The facts as best as coould be determined are that the operator of the 
>1967 Impala hit JATO ignition at a distance of approximately 3.0 miles 
>from the crash site. This was established by the prominent scorched and 
>melted asphalt at that location. The JATO, if operating properly, would
>have reached maximum thrust within 5 seconds, causing the Chevy to reach 
>speeds well in excess of 350 mph and continuing at full power for an 
>additional 20-25 seconds. The driver, soon to be pilot, most likely would 
>have experienced G-forces usually reserved for dog-fighting F-14 jocks 
>under full afterburners, basically causing him to become insignificant 
>for the remainder of the event. However, the automobile remained on the 
>straight highway for about 2.5 miles (15-20) seconds before the
>driver applied and completely melted the brakes, blowing the tires and 
>leaving thick rubber marks on the road surface, then becoming airborne 
>for an additional 1.4 miles and impacting the cliff face at a height of 
>125 feet leaving a blackened crater 3 feet deep in the rock. 

>Most of the driver's remains were not recoverable; however, small 
>fragments of bone, teeth and hair were extracted from the crater and 
>fingernail and bone shards were removed from a piece of debris
>believed to be a portion of the steering wheel. 

>From Tony in North Hollywood 

>I cant tell whether this is a true story or not, but it's a good one 

>anyway.

>By posting the above, I DO NOT intend 
>to start a discussion about the IQ of
>big-block-owners;  the story is posted
>to make you smile - ear to ear   :D


>Happy summer driving
>Thomas Funder
>'88 NA MkI Sunburstred
>xtf.GM@bulldk.bull.dk

>Originaly from Thomas Funder > xtf

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