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Old 10-21-2005, 01:13 PM
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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)

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Old 10-21-2005, 01:20 PM
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Old 10-21-2005, 01:25 PM
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That's a pretty sad comment on our society today huh?
glad you didn't get shot at...
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You have your road, and I have the 110 freeway in Los Angeles!!!
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Old 10-21-2005, 01:51 PM
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You have your road, and I have the 110 freeway in Los Angeles!!!
are you sure you don't mean the 91?
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Old 10-21-2005, 03:04 PM
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What was the hissing noise?
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The glass dropping down..
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Old 10-21-2005, 03:28 PM
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Hissing Noise

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

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

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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)

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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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