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Old 02-02-2014, 09:09 PM
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You won't believe what I saw this weekend...

OK. So I got a lead on a 240D at a pick in pull in Winston Salem. They said it was blue and had crank windows so I went to get those pre chambers and some blue trim pieces I'm missing.

On the way there I was heading up I-40 Business into downtown Winston Salem, when in front of me a guy driving a car carrier hit the overpass! He had a car on top (brand spanking new or close to it) and it was about 3 feet two high. An EXPLOSION of debris came flying back! Luckily I miss most of it. the guy in the pickup in front of me took most of it. AS I slowly drove under the underpass you could see the roof of said car plastered and stuck to the bridge undergirding. Meanwhile the guy stopped about 1/4 mile down from the bridge. Came running down the road pulling his hair , hitting his head and screaming into cell phone. I assume he was in Trouble.

I went ahead an went to the pull- a part and got my pre chambers (for $1 each I might add!), the interior had a nice passenger seat seat but the back was trashed. The hat tray was good but I have a pristine one so I didn't grab it. The carpets and mats in it where almost like brand new. I may go back and get those.

But as I drove back home to take the wife out for her birthday dinner, DOT was under the bridge trying to pry the hood off the girders and sweeping up what was left of that car all over the road. Damndest thing I have ever seen. Was like something out of a movie!
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