I am a dumbass...well half of one.

[1969CoronetR/T]

I ran four miles and decided to cut the grass. While cutting the grass I decided to change the oil in my 4 speed Super Bee when I was done with the yard work. Pulled my Bee out of the garage and put the race ramps in front of it. Drive the Bee up the ramp and chocked the rear wheels with my Belgium block make-shift chocks (my house is a Belgium block house). I changed the oil with Royal Purple HPS 10w-40 and realized after I drained the old oil that I needed a RP filter. Oh well, I will reuse the old one until Amazon gets a new one on the way (I love Amazon Prime). Pull the wheel chocks and instead of throwing them off to the side since the car was still on the race ramps I get the bright idea to put them in front of my garage where they sleep in the landscape. I drop the blocks and turn around to see my Bee starting to roll down the ramps and gaining speed. Luckily I was only a car length away. I ran and opened the door to smash the brake pedal just as it was at the end of my driveway. Now of course my neighbor is laughing at me as it was a close call. He offered to help me push it up the driveway and I 'forgot' to mention to him as he was pushing that all I had to do was start the car and drive it back up the 30 feet. I must have taken it out of gear as I was certain I had the emergency brake on with it in first gear. It could have been worse.

 

[benno440]

whoa lucky save

 

[1969CoronetR/T]

My brain was on auto pilot as I ran to open the door and jump into the car. Luckily no cars were driving on my street and it would have most likely have went into my neighbors driveway and stop without any damage. Hurt my ego though.

 

[Photon440]

Can you re-enact the event and provide video for us?

 

[Speedbird]

We had a guy at work that was removing his drive shaft. He got the u-joint loose only to realize he hadn't set the brakes and the car rolled taking off part of his ear.

 

[1969CoronetR/T]

I admit it must have been funny to see a shirtless 150 pound guy sprinting after a bright red Super Bee. Next time I will have my wife remove the chocks while I sit in the car with the brakes on...or maybe I will 'forget' to remember to put it into gear again...

 

[Cranky]

I've chased few cars over the years too. It's a good laugh when it's over with and nothing got smashed and no one got hurt lol.

We had a guy at work that was removing his drive shaft. He got the u-joint loose only to realize he hadn't set the brakes and the car rolled taking off part of his ear.

This guy at work did that but he was always doing dumb stuff and this one nearly killed him because the car dragged his dumb *** out of the driveway and nearly a block down the road before hitting a pole! It put him in the hospital for several day and earned him the nick name of U-joint.

 

[Roger63]

yeah I want to see a replay

 

[moparedtn]

So basically you're saying you're a half-assed dumbass? :laughing11:
I keed, I keed.
I imagine we've all been there at one time or the other... glad it didn't go south on ya.
Literally.

 

[Runner 68]

I like the part how you poned your neighbor for laughing at you.

 

[Dennis H]

I had the plastic ramps that slide in the driveway when trying to mount. Could not convince wife to hold them with her foot while I drive up. No way I will hold them as she drives up. I've been lucky in the driveway so far.

 

[mopar 3 B]

Get some rubber backed carpet samples and put under those plastic ramps and they will stay put.

 

[1969CoronetR/T]

The Race Ramps work great, the user not so much. I was at a red light in front of a Pennzoil quick change oil place and noticed the guy get in the car with the hood open and start to drive the car out of the garage bay. He did not realize that the garage door was about half-way up since he had the hood open and proceeded to fold the hood into the windshield. Now that was funny.