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Old Jan 8, 2009 | 02:06 PM
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I ran over a Mattress

Got this email sent to me today... don't know if this is a repost or not, but I'm hoping its not as I found this very comical:


Driveline Vibration Issue - Possible Root Cause

This guy ran over a mattress and decided to keep going. The ensuing jumble finally whipped around enough to put a tear in the gas tank, the subsequent lack of fuel is what finally brought this vehicle to its knees.

It had still managed to drive 30 more miles decently with a 60lb tangle wrapped around the driveshaft.

This genius complained that the vehicle had a "shimmy" when driving it at high speeds.


This is what the dealership found..............
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Old Jan 8, 2009 | 02:08 PM
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Ouch, bet they are saying" MORON"
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Old Jan 8, 2009 | 02:11 PM
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Saw the news article on this a few weeks ago... It's a Jeep owner; you can't expect them to realize that vibration isn't normal... Remember, "It's a Jeep Thing...You Wouldn't Understand"...
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Old Jan 8, 2009 | 02:15 PM
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Was he doing a 4-wheel burnout on the mattress to wrap the wire around it or what? Your car doesn't instantly cause a mattress to explode when you hit it 0_o..
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Old Jan 8, 2009 | 02:30 PM
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Originally Posted by RX8-Frontier
Saw the news article on this a few weeks ago... It's a Jeep owner; you can't expect them to realize that vibration isn't normal... Remember, "It's a Jeep Thing...You Wouldn't Understand"...
That's awesome! I was trying to figure out what type of truck it was!
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Old Jan 8, 2009 | 03:33 PM
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Is that a new heat shield?
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Old Jan 8, 2009 | 03:41 PM
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I think that is the new retard test.

EPIC FAIL!
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Old Jan 8, 2009 | 03:45 PM
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Wow, major fail...
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Old Jan 8, 2009 | 03:51 PM
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really, its like, you think you would notice after you run over the mattress.... and didn't see a mattress come out the back...

that assumes that you knew you hit a mattress though... could be a flaw in my logic there.
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Old Jan 8, 2009 | 04:36 PM
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Lol he must feel like an idiot now
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Old Jan 9, 2009 | 03:56 PM
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omg.. that 3rd pic i literally laughed out loud..
how is that even possible?? LMAO
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Old Jan 9, 2009 | 04:07 PM
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yea Ive seen this email, hilarious!
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