Have You Ever Been Stranded With Car Trouble on the Highway?

Hope6 · Post by **Hope6** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 4:37 am

My worst experience was a few years ago, my husband and i were trying to take a truck load of tobacco to market, wouldn't you know, the day we had scheduled to sell there happened to be a hurricane making landfall not to far away, and it was pouring down rain!

there we go with our load of tobacco bopping down the road in that mess!

we are driving along and something doesn't sound right, the truck starts vibrating

and we can't figure out what it is. we stop the truck, get out and look around but see nothing wrong, so off we go again!

now this was kinda like something out of one of those old movies, we're sitting in the truck driving along and suddenly we're watching our own tire rolling past us and away down the road! :wah:

my husband managed to get the truck off the road and we slid to a stop, in of all places in front of a billboard advertisement for a tow truck service that was just down the road!

this was before we got our cell phones so sadly he had to walk about a mile in the pouring rain with no jacket to get to the place, but we got a tow and made it to our sale and everything worked out alright in the end!:-6

and the icing on the cake was, it happened to be my birthday! :wah::wah:

Hope6 · Post by **Hope6** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 4:55 am

jimbo;950980 wrote: reminds me of that kenny rogers song

you picked a fine time to leave me loose wheel :wah::wah:

:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

you made me laugh once again my friend, thank you! :-6

kayleneaussie · Post by **kayleneaussie** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 5:02 am

I used to work nights and one night I was driving home and heard this weird noise and didnt take to much notice of it and then all of a sudden my car swerves sideways and then clunks on the the road and i looked and there was was my tyre flying down the hill:-5 I was scared cause it was still dark and here i am on the road with a car with 3 tyres. So i called my friend who I had just dropped off and sat in the gutter waiting. Anyhow she just burst out laughing when she arrived:-1 so I ended up ringing hubby.

hoppy · Post by **hoppy** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 5:26 am

I had an ancient Buick that erupted in an engine fire at a stop sign. I tried to beat it out with my jacket. Caught my jacket on fire. Lost my car. Lost my jacket. Put on quite a show for the onlookers though.

Imladris · Post by **Imladris** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 5:28 am

Couple of times due to flat tyres.

Last time I was on my way to Cornwall to inter some ashes and then into Plymouth for the theatre with my daughter. Sat by the side of the road waiting for hubby to come to my rescue after phoning him and listen to him rant about 'people who can't change a wheel shouldn't drive a car', then when he arrived he discovered that the wheel nuts were so tight I wouldn't have stood a chance in getting them off - he ate a large portion of humble pie!!:wah:

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 6:33 am

Florida, early 1980's.

I had an impulse to drive somewhere. Id never seen the Atlantic ocean and it wasnt far. 2 1/2 hrs away.

This was back in the drinking days and I thought nothing of imbibing while driving. I loaded up a cooler with ice cold beer and from Tampa started driving east toward Daytona Beach.

Once I got there I visited a few bars, had a few drinks, took a look at the ocean and realizing I was pretty sloshed thought Id better head back.

About halfway across the state where the red star is I ran out of gas. It must have been about 2am. There wasnt a light in sight. Few cars passed and no way I was going to sit there till the sun came up so I started walking. And walking. And walking. Walked 10 or more miles I suppose before I saw a faint light off in the distance.

So I kept walking. I started hearing noises coming from behind me. Somewhere off in the brush off the side of the road. It sounded like whispering, voices that stopped when I stopped to identify the source but it was pitch black, the dead of night and I couldnt see far into the darkness. When I started walking again the voices would start up again. I stop they stop.

My heart started racing and I started running towards the light which was very slowly getting closer.

By the time I reached what turned out to be an all night gas station I was exhausted.

I used the restroom, bought a gas can and filled it up.

I called a cab to bring me back to my car. The cabbie drove and waited for me to fill my tank with the gas and make sure the car started.

I didnt have my car keys anymore, they werent in my pockets, I looked on the ground, in the car...gone.

I racked my brains and the only conclusion I could draw was that Id removed them from my pocket at the gas station.

So the cab returned to the station with me in the back seat praying they were there.

Which they were.

I got home well after sun up tired still drunk and with an experience that not until much later in my life could I draw on as a point of reference as to what a *****d up mess I was.

Trunk Monkey · Post by **Trunk Monkey** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 8:10 am

I had a tire also come off on a busy highway. The tire went roll down into coming traffic and but so miracle did hit one car!

Sheryl · Post by **Sheryl** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 8:32 am

I've never been stuck on a highway, but a couple of times I've gotten stuck in mud on a pivot road in the middle of a cornfield.

Hope6 · Post by **Hope6** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 11:10 pm

kayleneaussie;950998 wrote: I used to work nights and one night I was driving home and heard this weird noise and didnt take to much notice of it and then all of a sudden my car swerves sideways and then clunks on the the road and i looked and there was was my tyre flying down the hill:-5 I was scared cause it was still dark and here i am on the road with a car with 3 tyres. So i called my friend who I had just dropped off and sat in the gutter waiting. Anyhow she just burst out laughing when she arrived:-1 so I ended up ringing hubby.

OMG! i can imagine how bad that must have been being in the dark like that! :-3

Hope6 · Post by **Hope6** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 11:12 pm

jimbo;951001 wrote: i too have had a wheel overtake me from the back of my truck its an amazing scene as you hear the graunch as metal hits road you watch in almost comical disbelief as the wheel just keeps going and going as if it has a mind of its own ,once the wheel went straight at a group of people waiting at a bus stop ,almost in slow motion they moved left right left trying to dodge the wheel which just stopped short of them all much to my relief , so i took a wheel nut off of the other wheels put the wheel back on and drove off :driving::driving::driving:

we had another wheel to come off once, it was on the trailer we use to haul the irrigation pipe. this wheel went rolling away into someones yard and came very close to hitting their car, but it didn't thank goodness! :-6

Hope6 · Post by **Hope6** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 11:15 pm

hoppy;951016 wrote: I had an ancient Buick that erupted in an engine fire at a stop sign. I tried to beat it out with my jacket. Caught my jacket on fire. Lost my car. Lost my jacket. Put on quite a show for the onlookers though.

awwwwww hoppy i'm sorry to hear that!

we had a neighbor who's truck caught on fire in his own front yard, they had to call the fire department! we got scared thinking there was a forest fire, when you live surrounded by 1000 acres of forest, thats something thats stays on your mind a lot!

Hope6 · Post by **Hope6** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 11:18 pm

Imladris;951019 wrote: Couple of times due to flat tyres.

Last time I was on my way to Cornwall to inter some ashes and then into Plymouth for the theatre with my daughter. Sat by the side of the road waiting for hubby to come to my rescue after phoning him and listen to him rant about 'people who can't change a wheel shouldn't drive a car', then when he arrived he discovered that the wheel nuts were so tight I wouldn't have stood a chance in getting them off - he ate a large portion of humble pie!!:wah:

i learned to change a tire just for the purpose of being able to if i got stranded, so far i haven't had to do it! every time i've ever had a flat, some nice man has always come along and changed it for me!

Hope6 · Post by **Hope6** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 11:22 pm

Nomad;951084 wrote:

Florida, early 1980's.

I had an impulse to drive somewhere. Id never seen the Atlantic ocean and it wasnt far. 2 1/2 hrs away.

This was back in the drinking days and I thought nothing of imbibing while driving. I loaded up a cooler with ice cold beer and from Tampa started driving east toward Daytona Beach.

Once I got there I visited a few bars, had a few drinks, took a look at the ocean and realizing I was pretty sloshed thought Id better head back.

About halfway across the state where the red star is I ran out of gas. It must have been about 2am. There wasnt a light in sight. Few cars passed and no way I was going to sit there till the sun came up so I started walking. And walking. And walking. Walked 10 or more miles I suppose before I saw a faint light off in the distance.

So I kept walking. I started hearing noises coming from behind me. Somewhere off in the brush off the side of the road. It sounded like whispering, voices that stopped when I stopped to identify the source but it was pitch black, the dead of night and I couldnt see far into the darkness. When I started walking again the voices would start up again. I stop they stop.

My heart started racing and I started running towards the light which was very slowly getting closer.

By the time I reached what turned out to be an all night gas station I was exhausted.

I used the restroom, bought a gas can and filled it up.

I called a cab to bring me back to my car. The cabbie drove and waited for me to fill my tank with the gas and make sure the car started.

I didnt have my car keys anymore, they werent in my pockets, I looked on the ground, in the car...gone.

I racked my brains and the only conclusion I could draw was that Id removed them from my pocket at the gas station.

So the cab returned to the station with me in the back seat praying they were there.

Which they were.

I got home well after sun up tired still drunk and with an experience that not until much later in my life could I draw on as a point of reference as to what a *****d up mess I was.

OMG Nomad! i would have been scared half to death!

i used to not mind being out at night, i would go out and do things on the farm after dark alone and think nothing of it, but i don't any more unless i have to, it makes me nervous now

Hope6 · Post by **Hope6** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 11:24 pm

Trunk Monkey;951170 wrote: I had a tire also come off on a busy highway. The tire went roll down into coming traffic and but so miracle did hit one car!

it's a really weird feeling watching your tire rolling away isn't it?

Hope6 · Post by **Hope6** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 11:25 pm

Sheryl;951199 wrote: I've never been stuck on a highway, but a couple of times I've gotten stuck in mud on a pivot road in the middle of a cornfield.

:wah::wah: yeah i've been stuck in some mud before too! :wah:

southern yankee · Post by **southern yankee** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 4:18 am

YES!! i use to have a Ford Bronco. Piece of CRAP:mad: about 2 years ago. my eldery father i had picked up to spend the weekend with me. So of course the stupid thing DIED on the highway. As we sat in the HEAT. We saw 3 state troopers pulling speeders over. not one of them stopped to see if they could help.

:mad: Also AAA took 2 hours to send a tow truck. I soon after got rid of that THING. and bought my Minni van.:-4 knock on wood, it is very relieable.

Hope6 · Post by **Hope6** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 4:26 am

southern yankee;952183 wrote: YES!! i use to have a Ford Bronco. Piece of CRAP:mad: about 2 years ago. my eldery father i had picked up to spend the weekend with me. So of course the stupid thing DIED on the highway. As we sat in the HEAT. We saw 3 state troopers pulling speeders over. not one of them stopped to see if they could help.

:mad: Also AAA took 2 hours to send a tow truck. I soon after got rid of that THING. and bought my Minni van.:-4 knock on wood, it is very relieable.

wow! you would think the police would have stopped to make sure y'all were alright!

southern yankee · Post by **southern yankee** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 4:40 am

Hope6;952189 wrote: wow! you would think the police would have stopped to make sure y'all were alright!

right??:mad: their quota is more important:mad: The parish/county i live in is one BIG SPEED TRAP!!:mad:

Hope6 · Post by **Hope6** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 5:23 am

southern yankee;952202 wrote: right??:mad: their quota is more important:mad: The parish/county i live in is one BIG SPEED TRAP!!:mad:

owwww! that doesn't seem right at all, peoples safety should come before any speed traps!

southern yankee · Post by **southern yankee** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 5:29 am

Hope6;952252 wrote: owwww! that doesn't seem right at all, peoples safety should come before any speed traps!

have been pulled over, not for speeding. but just to check insurance and so on. STUPID!!:mad:

Hope6 · Post by **Hope6** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 5:51 am

southern yankee;952256 wrote: have been pulled over, not for speeding. but just to check insurance and so on. STUPID!!:mad:

i was at a traffic check once and the policeman had my drivers license and a guy ran the checkpoint so the cop jumps in his car to chase him down, and he's still got my license! so i'm sitting there thinking WHAT! so i just sit there and this other cop comes over and says what are you doing, i said the other guys got my permit! he came back in a few monutes and i got it back but that was weird! :rolleyes:

southern yankee · Post by **southern yankee** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 6:01 am

Hope6;952272 wrote: i was at a traffic check once and the policeman had my drivers license and a guy ran the checkpoint so the cop jumps in his car to chase him down, and he's still got my license! so i'm sitting there thinking WHAT! so i just sit there and this other cop comes over and says what are you doing, i said the other guys got my permit! he came back in a few monutes and i got it back but that was weird! :rolleyes: at least he broght it back. i would have stayed there too.

Hope6 · Post by **Hope6** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 11:57 pm

southern yankee;952277 wrote: at least he broght it back. i would have stayed there too.

yeah i didn't know what else to do so i just sat there!

i always wondered what that guy had going on that would make him try to run through a traffic check!

southern yankee · Post by **southern yankee** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 7:16 am

Hope6;953211 wrote: yeah i didn't know what else to do so i just sat there!

i always wondered what that guy had going on that would make him try to run through a traffic check!

it is amazing why some people run from the cops.:-3

CARLA · Post by **CARLA** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 7:53 am

Being a single mom at a very young age I decided it was necessary for me to have AAA best decision I have ever made. I have had to use it many time and they are there in 10 to 15 minutes max. No women driver should be without AAA worth ever dime you pay for it. Mind you I can change a tire, fix a radiator but why should on a lonely dark road NAH! I just call AAA.

southern yankee · Post by **southern yankee** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 12:49 pm

CARLA;953460 wrote: Being a single mom at a very young age I decided it was necessary for me to have AAA best decision I have ever made. I have had to use it many time and they are there in 10 to 15 minutes max. No women driver should be without AAA worth ever dime you pay for it. Mind you I can change a tire, fix a radiator but why should on a lonely dark road NAH! I just call AAA.

Yes I know I had Alstate. At the time i posted. NEVER AGAIN

Kathy Ellen · Post by **Kathy Ellen** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 12:52 pm

I always have my cell phone charged, and have AAA and Onstar on call.

Hope6 · Post by **Hope6** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 9:27 pm

CARLA;953460 wrote: Being a single mom at a very young age I decided it was necessary for me to have AAA best decision I have ever made. I have had to use it many time and they are there in 10 to 15 minutes max. No women driver should be without AAA worth ever dime you pay for it. Mind you I can change a tire, fix a radiator but why should on a lonely dark road NAH! I just call AAA.

yeah i know how to change a tire too, have never had to do it though!

Hope6 · Post by **Hope6** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 9:28 pm

Kathy Ellen;953891 wrote: I always have my cell phone charged, and have AAA and Onstar on call.

yeah i do at least have a cell phone! :wah:

cars · Post by **cars** » Sun Aug 17, 2008 2:42 pm

Over the years manys times! One very dangerous time, was when I was on the highway just slowing down from 65 to 50mph entering a conjested area. When all of a sudden, we hear a big "BANG", & I look in the rear view mirror & all I see is lots of smoke, and see debris flying all over behind us in the road. The Right Rear tubless tire blew out, actually disintegrating all over the road untill I finally came to a difficult controlled stop! After waiting a few minutes & recomposing myself, I proceeded to change the tire. Half way through changing the tire, a State Trooper stopped behind us, & asked what happened. I told him, & he asked if the tire was a Firestone 500, & I said yes. He then told me he would take my name & number, & add me to a list of hundreds of drivers who had such blow outs. All 4 tires on the car were that brand (came on the car when new), so as not to have another blow out, I bought 4 new Goodyear tires! They were great! Several months later Firestone sent me a pro-rated check for their defective tires. Luckily for me, I was around to cash it!

Post by **Bryn Mawr** » Mon Aug 18, 2008 4:22 pm

Driving down the A38 doing 70 MPH with my wife in the passenger seat and my daughter and niece in the back when the kingpin sheers off and the front wheel makes for the sky.

A quarter mile later, having passed through a set of bollards, I managed to stop the car without having a heart attack.

No way should the car have kept straight for so long with one corner digging into the tarmac - and there was no way I was in control of where we were going.

Pinky · Post by **Pinky** » Mon Aug 18, 2008 5:42 pm

I've been stranded on the M1 with bike trouble...not my bike I hasten to add!

The day I bought my lary pink bike, my mate mike also bought an old Yamaha and we picked it up on the way back from Sunderland where I got mine. Five minutes outside of Leicester, his died on the sliproad.:rolleyes:

Considering the numberplate was CRP we should have known it would be crap!:D