[DeTomaso] Horror Stories....Re: Trailering Tiedown Points

Tue Mar 20 13:43:22 EDT 2007

Great minds....

>From: "Michael Shortt" <michaelsavga at gmail.com>
>To: "Peter Kovacs" <peter-kovacs at sbcglobal.net>
>CC: panteras <detomaso at realbig.com>
>Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Horror Stories....Re: Trailering Tiedown Points
>Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 13:37:54 -0400
>
>What's the deal with you guys, you park a car and leave it out of gear?
>
>Didn't your gym coach/driving instructor tell you to leave the car in
>gear and aim the wheels towards the curb and to set the aprking brake?
>
>Michael Shortt
>
>On 3/20/07, Peter Kovacs <peter-kovacs at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> > I had a line lock installed by a vendor because my original hand brake 
>pressed in to the cooling lines when used. The line lock is not reliable 
>and on more than one occasion the car has rolled from its original 
>location. I came out of the office one day and my car had reparked itself 
>against the curb at the other end of the lot. It still had the car cover 
>on.
> >
> > Peter Kovacs
> > Property Equity & Mortgage Mgmt
> > 209 345-6708
> > 209 523-4919 fx
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----
> > From: Mark McWhinney <msm at portata.com>
> > To: Larry - Ohio Time Corp. <larry at ohiotimecorp.com>; MikeLDrew at aol.com; 
>teampantera at yahoo.com; davidabell at worldnet.att.net; 
>mmerritt at eventvehicles.com; detomaso at realbig.com
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2007 10:02:33 AM
> > Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Horror Stories....Re: Trailering Tiedown Points
> >
> >
> > Last year we had a new owner engage a line lock then found his car then 
>next
> > morning had rolled into the garage door.  Fortunately, there was no real
> > damage.
> >
> > Those line locks are bad juju.  There always seems to be horror stories 
>with
> > them.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] 
>On
> > Behalf Of Larry - Ohio Time Corp.
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2007 10:24 AM
> > To: MikeLDrew at aol.com; teampantera at yahoo.com; 
>davidabell at worldnet.att.net;
> > mmerritt at eventvehicles.com; detomaso at realbig.com
> > Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Horror Stories....Re: Trailering Tiedown Points
> >
> > Mike
> >
> > When installing a line lock just put the line lock on one line, meaning 
>you
> > would still have brakes to stop the car from rolling down the drive. 
>Right?
> >
> > Larry - Cleveland
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <MikeLDrew at aol.com>
> > To: <teampantera at yahoo.com>; <davidabell at worldnet.att.net>;
> > <mmerritt at eventvehicles.com>; <detomaso at realbig.com>
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2007 10:47 AM
> > Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Horror Stories....Re: Trailering Tiedown Points
> >
> >
> > >
> > > In a message dated 3/20/07 7:34:25, teampantera at yahoo.com writes:
> > >
> > > << Who was the bro' in Norcal who invited an appraisal over to his 
>house
> > > to
> > > appraise the value of his absolutly stunning black Pantera when as i
> > > recall
> > > (Mikey should know the twisted details) the guys "hydraulic 
>line-brake"
> > > let go
> > > and he rolled down the driveway and smashed into the appraiser's new
> > > BMW....and
> > > yea, he sold the Pantera too! HAHAHA >>
> > >
> > >>>>Yeah, that was Michael Harper.  He and I had just gone down to LA so 
>he
> > > could purchase a BEAUTIFUL Gr4 replica (which was featured in my
> > > first-ever POCA
> > > Profiles, in 1995).  Poor guy was way out of his depth, and simply 
>didn't
> > > know how a line lock worked.  He thought it was a parking brake.  So 
>he
> > > backed
> > > the car out of the garage a few days later, flicked the line-lock with 
>his
> >
> > > foot
> > > OFF the brake, and started to get out of the car.  The car started
> > > rolling.
> > > He jammed on the brake pedal, but of course the line lock was on, so 
>no
> > > pressure could go past it.  So with his foot pushing the pedal to the
> > > floor, he
> > > rolled down his steeply inclined driveway and smashed right into his
> > > appraiser's
> > > car!!!!
> > >
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