Scared The Hell Out Of Me

footsurg · #1 10-21-2005, 01:13 PM

This morning I was driving to work on my usual route which is the Creek Turnpike in NE Oklahoma (Tulsa). You may have remembered seeing the news a few months ago about the Creek Turnpike sniper who was targeting SUVs on the turnpike. The sniper was taking shots from an overpass with a .22 rifle and targeting only SUVs. He hit about 10 trucks in a 2 month period. The sniper was never caught. So I am driving this morning in this area and all of a sudden out of the blue I hear this loud bang which came from the rear passenger door of my 2002 4.4i. All I could think of was " Oh sh*t I just got hit by the sniper". So I put it to the floor to put as much distance between me and the "sniper" as I could. Then suddenly I heard a hissing noise coming from the back followed by a great rush of wind. I looked back to see what was going on when I noticed the rear passenger window had fallen into the door. Then I breathed a sigh of relief. Its was only a damn window regulator blowing off its last breath of life. I had been spared from the sniper. Now I just need to get this fixed before it rains. (40% chance today)

Mark

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LeMansX5 · #2 10-21-2005, 01:20 PM

Damn window regulators.

Thunder22 · #3 10-21-2005, 01:25 PM

That's a pretty sad comment on our society today huh?
glad you didn't get shot at...

hnoori76 · #4 10-21-2005, 01:29 PM

You have your road, and I have the 110 freeway in Los Angeles!!!

Thunder22 · #5 10-21-2005, 01:51 PM

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Originally Posted by hnoori76

You have your road, and I have the 110 freeway in Los Angeles!!!

are you sure you don't mean the 91?

rayxi · #6 10-21-2005, 03:04 PM

What was the hissing noise?

LeMansX5 · #7 10-21-2005, 03:24 PM

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Originally Posted by rayxi

What was the hissing noise?

The glass dropping down..

footsurg · #8 10-21-2005, 03:28 PM

The hissing noise is the wind generated sound you hear as the window starts dropping down at first.

Mark

rayxi · #9 10-21-2005, 03:50 PM

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Originally Posted by footsurg

The hissing noise is the wind generated sound you hear as the window starts dropping down at first.

Mark

of course.

GPSnV1 · #10 10-22-2005, 09:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by footsurg

This morning I was driving to work on my usual route which is the Creek Turnpike in NE Oklahoma (Tulsa). You may have remembered seeing the news a few months ago about the Creek Turnpike sniper who was targeting SUVs on the turnpike. The sniper was taking shots from an overpass with a .22 rifle and targeting only SUVs. He hit about 10 trucks in a 2 month period. The sniper was never caught. So I am driving this morning in this area and all of a sudden out of the blue I hear this loud bang which came from the rear passenger door of my 2002 4.4i. All I could think of was " Oh sh*t I just got hit by the sniper". So I put it to the floor to put as much distance between me and the "sniper" as I could. Then suddenly I heard a hissing noise coming from the back followed by a great rush of wind. I looked back to see what was going on when I noticed the rear passenger window had fallen into the door. Then I breathed a sigh of relief. Its was only a damn window regulator blowing off its last breath of life. I had been spared from the sniper. Now I just need to get this fixed before it rains. (40% chance today)

Mark

I had not seen the news reports and so naively drove on this turnpike Thursday. After seeing this thread, when it was time to go back through Tulsa to get home I stayed on I-44.

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