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<blockquote data-quote="Cohiba" data-source="post: 2248593" data-attributes="member: 2550"><p>True story:</p><p></p><p>My wife and I rented a jeep up in Telluride, Colorado to go up old mining and logging trials to see the sights of nature and the mountains.</p><p></p><p>Well the jeep I rented was brand new and a stickshift. So...that left me driving it...wife can't drive a stick.</p><p></p><p>Okay...we go up on mountain trails and down others. Well one trail was on the side...and I mean side of the mountain.</p><p>It was a one way road. In other words..if you met another jeep..the one with the shortest backing up had to go in reverse until you got to the waterfalls and trunaround.</p><p></p><p>Well, we're going down this road on the side of this mountain..I don't like heights but the wife loves it. All I can think about is meeting a headon vehicle or if the road won't crumble and we fall a few thousand feet...all the way to the scene of the crash.</p><p></p><p>Trust me, we were up high enough it started to scare me and it was making my "go-go's tingle.</p><p></p><p>Well we reach the waterfalls and park in the very small turnaround ..basically a cliff.</p><p></p><p>Okay we hop in the jeep and I pull forward..hopefully backing up..turning around to go down the single vehicle road again.</p><p></p><p>Well, I pull forward. Put it in reverse, let out the clutch slowly and dang..it pulls forward..not reverse.</p><p></p><p>Okay..we're about 4 feet from the cliff, I can do it..just put it in reverse. My wife is enjoying the senic view and asking me to hurry so we can drive down the road.</p><p></p><p>I tell her I'm do the best I can..she says..okay.</p><p></p><p>I try to put it in reverse, I ease off the clutch and we move slowly forward. My wife is starting to yell at me..she thinks I'm playing around wi5h the stickshift. What she doesn't realize is were about 1-2 feet from falling off the cliff and I don't have the time to explain what I'm doing and how close to death we are. Well, she starts yelling at me and I start yelling at her..she grabs my right shoulder telling me to get a move on it and I'm screaming that I'm doing the best I can.</p><p></p><p>I would have loved to grabbed her by the throat and forced her to look over the 5, 000 foot cliff edge and realize how close to death we were.</p><p>No I have to keep on foot on the clutch, the other positioned on the break and gas, one hand on the wheel and one hand on the stickshift.</p><p></p><p>Well with all the screaming..she starts to cry and demands an apology. In the nicest, non-angry, non-scared, calmest voice i ask for her forgiveness. She still has no concept how close to death we are.</p><p></p><p>After she calms down and has forgiven my bad behavior..I cram the stickshift in reverse (again) floor the gas petal and go backwards.</p><p></p><p>Whew..the last time..we either were going off the cliff or reverse. My wife still had no concept how close to death we were..just that I had hurt her feelings.</p><p></p><p>Taking the jeep back after a few days of rental..I told the man...something was wrong with the stickshift putting it in reverse.</p><p>He told me that when I returned it..it was going back to the dealership for repair...he knew it had a problem with the reverse.</p><p>He though I could work out the reverse problem</p><p></p><p>Go figure!!??</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cohiba, post: 2248593, member: 2550"] True story: My wife and I rented a jeep up in Telluride, Colorado to go up old mining and logging trials to see the sights of nature and the mountains. Well the jeep I rented was brand new and a stickshift. So...that left me driving it...wife can't drive a stick. Okay...we go up on mountain trails and down others. Well one trail was on the side...and I mean side of the mountain. It was a one way road. In other words..if you met another jeep..the one with the shortest backing up had to go in reverse until you got to the waterfalls and trunaround. Well, we're going down this road on the side of this mountain..I don't like heights but the wife loves it. All I can think about is meeting a headon vehicle or if the road won't crumble and we fall a few thousand feet...all the way to the scene of the crash. Trust me, we were up high enough it started to scare me and it was making my "go-go's tingle. Well we reach the waterfalls and park in the very small turnaround ..basically a cliff. Okay we hop in the jeep and I pull forward..hopefully backing up..turning around to go down the single vehicle road again. Well, I pull forward. Put it in reverse, let out the clutch slowly and dang..it pulls forward..not reverse. Okay..we're about 4 feet from the cliff, I can do it..just put it in reverse. My wife is enjoying the senic view and asking me to hurry so we can drive down the road. I tell her I'm do the best I can..she says..okay. I try to put it in reverse, I ease off the clutch and we move slowly forward. My wife is starting to yell at me..she thinks I'm playing around wi5h the stickshift. What she doesn't realize is were about 1-2 feet from falling off the cliff and I don't have the time to explain what I'm doing and how close to death we are. Well, she starts yelling at me and I start yelling at her..she grabs my right shoulder telling me to get a move on it and I'm screaming that I'm doing the best I can. I would have loved to grabbed her by the throat and forced her to look over the 5, 000 foot cliff edge and realize how close to death we were. No I have to keep on foot on the clutch, the other positioned on the break and gas, one hand on the wheel and one hand on the stickshift. Well with all the screaming..she starts to cry and demands an apology. In the nicest, non-angry, non-scared, calmest voice i ask for her forgiveness. She still has no concept how close to death we are. After she calms down and has forgiven my bad behavior..I cram the stickshift in reverse (again) floor the gas petal and go backwards. Whew..the last time..we either were going off the cliff or reverse. My wife still had no concept how close to death we were..just that I had hurt her feelings. Taking the jeep back after a few days of rental..I told the man...something was wrong with the stickshift putting it in reverse. He told me that when I returned it..it was going back to the dealership for repair...he knew it had a problem with the reverse. He though I could work out the reverse problem Go figure!!?? [/QUOTE]
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