A New Experience
posted in funny |I had a new experience yesterday. I was driving heck bent for vinyl to Vancouver for a couple of reasons; a meeting and some benefits. I was in a hurry because I had an hour to get back and get ready for the DQ’s parent teacher conference. I zipped through the bank drive thru, barreled up the road to Marine Drive, turned the corner, and after the light, the Ford was running kind of slowly.
Perhaps I needed to give it more gas. I was doing 20 in a 45 MPH zone. I pressed the gas pedal to the metal … wait. It was already at the metal. I had the damn thing floored and it was going 20, no make that 15 miles … and then it sputtered and died. Imagine my surprise!
I guess the only “idiot light” for gas in the Ford is the match I light after I go through Taco Bell.
I pushed it into a handy parking lot and walked over to the security booth to explain my problem. They seemed to understand, but I was speaking into an answering machine, so maybe that’s wishful thinking.
Never had a car run out of gas before. A smart person would have flipped open his cell phone and dialed AAA. I, on the other hand, had left my phone at home to be charged. I told myself all the way home that I was smarter than this. Luckily it wasn’t raining or my mood would have been really damp when I got home. It’s only about 2 1/2 miles home, so I made it just as Ms B was pulling around the corner to take us to the appointment.
Ms B dropped me off with some gas and stuck around to make sure I got it running; no problem. We were only about five minutes late to the conference.
