...Yeah so that freaked me the fuck out! I feel like such a fucking moron too.

I was helping my uncle today down at the shore with his 60's Jaguar Mk II, a sweet sedan. It had been sitting all winter, had a flat, and possibly dead battery. While we were pumping up the flat I popped my hood, to prep for a jumpstart. Well the car turned over after a little fiddling on its own, and after that was taken care of I went down to the beach for a few hrs.

Fast forward to after dinner when I left to come back to the city. It was dark so I didn't notice my released hood. After about 10 minutes of driving I got onto the Garden State Pkwy. Got up to about 75 and WHAM!. It flew up, and I had to go over 4 lanes of traffic to the shoulder with no forward vision!

Miraculously I didn't crack my windshield (a good thing b/c its only 9 days old), but my hood is FUCKED UP. It wouldn't close, so I had to beat the fuck out of it with my fist to get it somewhat back into shape and latch it.

And the idiot of the week award goes to...
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Time to go out drinking

[Edited on June 9, 2007 at 10:47 PM. Reason : k]

6/9/2007 10:46:35 PM

I almost did that once. After taking the PE exam I was cruising down Hwy 64 and noticed my e-brake pressed one or 2 clicks. What I thought was the brake release was the hood release, but it didn't pop all the way up.

It was my wifes car, so had I had all of my brain power left I should have been able to figure out that e-brake pedals do not have a pull release.

6/9/2007 10:52:19 PM

they used to

6/9/2007 10:56:24 PM

man that sucks, especially on that car

6/9/2007 11:13:25 PM

I saw a guy on 440 in a mustang with the hood slammed into the windshield. The roof was all wrinkled up, glass all busted out of the front and the guy was as white as a ghost. That is a big "oh shit" moment right there.

6/9/2007 11:52:02 PM

^^^^ a lot of them still do. My 05 F-150 does.

6/10/2007 9:22:27 AM

last inspection at jiffy lube i realized 2 miles down the road that my hood wasn't closed completely.

6/10/2007 7:00:19 PM

Quote :

"It was my wifes car, so had I had all of my brain power left I should have been able to figure out that e-brake pedals do not have a pull release."

a hell of a lot more do than dont

6/10/2007 8:20:10 PM

Damnit Patrick come on man!

6/11/2007 8:09:40 AM

I'VE SEEN MORE TRUCKS W/ A PULL RELEASE THAN NOT.

6/11/2007 9:09:33 AM

^^lol I know man

I took a hammer wrapped in cloth to it yesterday afternoon and have to say it really doesn't look that bad, you'd never guess thats what happened. I'll take a photo later for everyone's amusement.

[Edited on June 11, 2007 at 1:01 PM. Reason : ^]

6/11/2007 1:01:33 PM

excellent, this is a must see

6/11/2007 1:52:44 PM

Damn man... I have left my hood like that before but it luckily didn't fly up. Same car.

6/11/2007 2:20:48 PM

For your viewing pleasure...









But I guess from a distance it doesn't look that bad. I came out pretty good all things considered...

6/16/2007 1:21:43 PM

that's the car telling you that you haven't been taking care of it like you're supposed to. the hood needed repainting anyway.

that's a gen2 gs-r, man. them things are rare.

6/16/2007 3:16:38 PM

those pink ones are even more rare

6/17/2007 10:41:17 AM

at least you didn't get in a car accident buddy

6/17/2007 8:58:36 PM

Joel loves my pink roof!!!!

6/18/2007 12:25:45 AM

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"those pink ones are even more rare "

Barbies RicOrrrrrrrrrrr

6/18/2007 8:16:18 AM

THE CLUB

6/18/2007 8:29:17 AM

atleast ur car wasnt nice to begin with

6/18/2007 10:40:00 AM

^very true. Fading paint...lots of nicks and scratches from asshole drivers/parkers in NYC. There's no point tending to this stuff till I leave the area.

6/18/2007 1:05:01 PM