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Old 07-29-2008, 04:56 PM
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"87 octane? No dude this is the real stuff"

Drunken man tries to fill his car with jet fuel - Yahoo! News
 
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Old 07-29-2008, 05:27 PM
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At $6 a gallon he must have been wasted.
 
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Old 07-29-2008, 05:40 PM
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Hey - I used to remove my cats and Oxy sensors and run my car on AvGas130 if I felt like burning a dirty great hole in my pocket!

The car certainly felt like it could out run a jet when it was running on it.
 
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Old 07-29-2008, 06:38 PM
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haha that definetly has to be nuts though
wonders he didnt leave it running while he filled up
 
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Have you heard about the guy who put a jet engine on top of his car? The only reason they found him was because they were trying to figure out how these skids marks were made down such a long way on the road and when they quit there were gouges in the pavement from the rims on the road, Somebody saw something shiny on a hillside a ways off so they went to take a look and found what was left of the guy and his not so flying machine. Must have been a wild ride while it lasted.
 
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It's a fun idea, but it's also an Urban Legend. See:

snopes.com: JATO Car Embedded in Cliff

and

http://web.archive.org/web/200202070...ws/nr96006.htm

As Snopes says, it's the Wile E. Coyote in us that wants to believe it's a true story!

Pop
 
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It's a fun idea, but it's also an Urban Legend. See:

snopes.com: JATO Car Embedded in Cliff

and

Arizona DPS - News Release - Rocket Man

As Snopes says, it's the Wile E. Coyote in us that wants to believe it's a true story!

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also the mythbusters did it too, well kinda they couldnt get the right engins but still was a sweet idea!
 
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