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    I did it.......again!

    Went to a tire place to get a tire leak sealed, pull in and the guy ask which tire,and I tell him right front. He starts jacking the truck up and asks "you got wheel locks?"
    CRAP...... I forgot it in the garage from working on the head gaskets.
    So he let's me down, and I start driving over to the shop to get it, and then a memory from last week starts coming back into focus.
    When I took my first test drive, I was driving along, enjoying driving the VX again, when I heard a rock or something hit the cladding, and I saw it bouncing on the road thru my side mirror......

    The memory is crystal clear now...... It wasn't a rock, it was my wheel lock!
    This is the second time I've done this!
    I'm gonna have to paint this new one neon so I will quit forgetting to take it off!

    I hope I'm not the only one that's done this....

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    Yikes, sounds like something I would do!


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    Quote Originally Posted by IndianaVX View Post
    I hope I'm not the only one that's done this....

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    Quote Originally Posted by Riff Raff View Post

    No way!................really?!?

    I guess I get in too big of a hurry to get back on the road.

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    Wink

    Quote Originally Posted by Riff Raff View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by IndianaVX View Post
    No way!................really?!?

    I guess I get in too big of a hurry to get back on the road.
    Dude, don't worry about it...

    Everyone in the whole world...except mr perfct, F's up once in a while.....

    Happens to the best of us...AND, the rest of us...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ldub View Post
    except mr perfct

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    Thanx VXR. LOL.......I intentially try to ignore "The Grinch" around Christmas time, as he is way too busy sorting through all of the coal-n-switches he got in his Christmas stockings.

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    Quote Originally Posted by IndianaVX View Post
    I'm gonna have to paint this new one neon so I will quit forgetting to take it off!....
    Maybe put a lanyard on it tied to your wrist
    [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]

    Put a smiley after you say that Bub.

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    Thanks for the timely PSA. I changed to the winter shoes today and this served as a good reminder.

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    I did it once, but it was an accident. I pulled the wrench with the wheel lock off the nut and the wheel lock stuck to it and I didn't realize it. Away she went. Had to order a new one and pay for 2 day shipping, it was right before Moab!

    Bart

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    I keep my lugnut key in a small Crown Royal bag and stow it in the drivers door. When I take it out to use it, I throw the bag on the seat. My eye always catches a Crown Royal bag.

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    I have no response to that.

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    Quote Originally Posted by tom4bren View Post
    I have no response to that.
    You misunderstand...the bag is empty...cmon what kinda guy you think I am. I will admit I made the bag empty but not while involved with the VX. If you ever need to develop an empty Crown Royal bag you will find that your friends will go out of their way to be as helpful as possible.

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    I did it once, but it was an accident. I pulled the wrench with the wheel lock off the nut and the wheel lock stuck to it and I didn't realize it. Away she went. Had to order a new one and pay for 2 day shipping, it was right before Moab!
    I left mine stuck in the lug once too, and put on those wheel caps that cover up the hub and lugs. The lock key fell out of the lugnut and rattled around in there for quite awhile before I realized it was making a clinking noise(loud radio). The inside of the hub/lug area was pretty carved up, but at least I didn't loose the lock key

    Here's where I'm talking about BTW:

    The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable man persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on me.

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    Or...just have no lock. plain jane lugs.

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