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Old 05-10-2012, 08:12 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Kathunk, kathunk - uh duh!

So, I debated whether or not to let everyone know how stupid I am...oh well, who cares?

I did a "small" burnout the other day and on the drive home I noticed a kathunk, kathunk feeling through the steering wheel and in general. When I got home I looked at the wheels and sure enough I had a flat spot on my front right. So, it seems that when I did the burnout I had applied the front brakes to stay in one spot, but since I didn't get the revs high enough the car was moving forward while rears were spinning....alas, it seems I forgot to let go of the brakes. Duh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Blast away, I deserve it!
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Old 05-10-2012, 09:08 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Live, learn and pay attention. :< }
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Old 05-10-2012, 12:13 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Haha! We've all done dumb things. At least you had the guts to admit it!
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Re: Kathunk, kathunk - uh duh!

I doubt that I could do a proper brake-stand burnout either.

Oh yeah, and...

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Smack yourself upside the head! Repeat as needed!
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Re: Kathunk, kathunk - uh duh!

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Re: Kathunk, kathunk - uh duh!

:doh::doh::doh::doh::doh:

:doh::doh::doh::doh::doh:

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Re: Kathunk, kathunk - uh duh!

thanks for letting us know what can happen with burnouts, flat-spotting the fronts never occurred to me.
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Yeah, that's why I put it out there, for my brethren, not necessarily to humiliate myself, although humility is a good thing.
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Yeah, that's why I put it out there, for my brethren, not necessarily to humiliate myself, although humility is a good thing.
Guess I won't talk about the time many years ago when I put my blinker on at the end of the drag strip :doh:

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Guess I won't talk about the time many years ago when I put my blinker on at the end of the drag strip :doh:

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