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

Tue Mar 20 14:06:26 EDT 2007

>" I think he taught most here to tie the horse securely to the hitching 
>post".
>
         Ain't that the truth!  I feel like a kid surrounded by a bunch of 
OLD FARTS!  :-)


> From: "Michael Shortt" <michaelsavga at gmail.com>
> To: "Peter Kovacs" <peter-kovacs at sbcglobal.net>
> Cc: "panteras" <detomaso at realbig.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2007 12:37 PM
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Horror Stories....Re: Trailering Tiedown Points
>
>
>> 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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>> Michael L. Shortt
>> Savannah, Georgia
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