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HeHe! I know what your thinking... "What are you advertising a FORD dealership on a BMW website for?" Well, in a nutshell cause they provided better service and treated me better than my BMW dealership back in NJ... AND the story that accompanies the Kudos is hilarious (mods, feel free to move to Lounge after a few days if deemed appropriate).
So there I was..... After having just winterized the Zed, I decided to take my first cross country trip in my new winter-beater F150. So last friday, after putting 5000 miles on her since I picked her up this summer, I changed the oil & filter, changed the wiper blades, topped off all the fluids, and took out and took apart the air filter and cleaned it and put it back together. He's all ready for his first trip cross country with me.
I went out to dinner last night with an old friend (never had Crabs before - they're awesome!!!!). Got home around 9pm, packed up and decided I wasn't tired and it was time to hit the road for an "all nighter". It was a bear of a drive across the hills of PA thru a pretty constant downpour of rain and gusty winds. At the last service staion on the PA turnpike I stopped to fill up. It felt like the engine had been running rough ever since the tank got below 1/4. Got back on the road and I thought I felt it running rough still but wasn't sure, so pressing on... Crossed in to Ohio and the rain stopped. Forgot about the motor feelin' rough. Just before sunrise I decided to pull over and take a nap. Crossed the border into MI. The speed limit is 70mph now - woohoo - speeding up - truck in the way - wanting to move to the left lane - mercedes in the way - slam on breaks - put left blinker on - slowing thru 55 - whip wheel left - slam on gas so as not to piss off the mercedes - slam on gas - ummmm, am I sure that's the gas pedal? - the one on the right AJ - OK, slam on the gas - WTF? Slowing thru 50 now - put right blinker on - pull onto shoulder of highway - come to a complete stop - engine stalls. WTF?
I'll stop there and let y'all guess what might have happened based on the info presented.
(FNI - you don't get a guess!)
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