Worst diving "session" EVER!
Went diving this morning. On the way to Hertzelia (a City just north of Tel-Aviv), driving on the left lane (out of 4 or 5) the car shut down. Completely. Couldn't even signal to the right so I could stop it on the side. Couldn't even signal for distress. Just stopped there letting cars pass by in the morning traffic of one of the bussiest roads in Israel. It didn't start again, there was some kind of an electrical problem I think (it wasn't overheating).
Atleast I managed to use the 80kph momentum to stop 20 meters away form a gas station (near cinema city). Went 50 meter backwards and put a light-reflecting distress triangle thingy on the road. Ofcoruse a few smartasses decelerated and shouted things like: "atleast signal!" and "stop at the right not at the left!" like I could do any of that, thanks for the help.
Luckily Husam had a cellphone - ALWAYS DIVE WITH A PARTNER!
(I'm one of those rare Israelies I know who don't have a cellphone). Called the police and asked them to send a car to stop trafic so we could cross the 4 lanes and push it to the gas station - no other way without risking speeding cars not noticing and killing us. Called dad who called insurance who called a tow truck. Other failed pseudo-mechanic attempts to fiddle with the car at the gass station didn't work. We weren't especially distressed about it, still talked most of the time about diving.
The car is a 1996 1.4L Opel Corsa. Belongs to my brother but I'm using it since he got a (good) car from work.
I hope the insurance will cover enough of the costs.
The sun was shining bright and it was above 30c and 80% humidity and there was pleanty of smog to dive in. It'll take an ample of showers to get refreshed from that dive session.
I'm sure there are crappier failed dive sessios, no one got hurt in this one but my delicate lungs. Feel free to bitch about it if you like.
I hope I can get the car back soon as I have this sudden unfulfilled urge to dive!
EDIT: this is my third failed dive session this year, what up with that?!
Went diving this morning. On the way to Hertzelia (a City just north of Tel-Aviv), driving on the left lane (out of 4 or 5) the car shut down. Completely. Couldn't even signal to the right so I could stop it on the side. Couldn't even signal for distress. Just stopped there letting cars pass by in the morning traffic of one of the bussiest roads in Israel. It didn't start again, there was some kind of an electrical problem I think (it wasn't overheating).
Atleast I managed to use the 80kph momentum to stop 20 meters away form a gas station (near cinema city). Went 50 meter backwards and put a light-reflecting distress triangle thingy on the road. Ofcoruse a few smartasses decelerated and shouted things like: "atleast signal!" and "stop at the right not at the left!" like I could do any of that, thanks for the help.
Luckily Husam had a cellphone - ALWAYS DIVE WITH A PARTNER!
(I'm one of those rare Israelies I know who don't have a cellphone). Called the police and asked them to send a car to stop trafic so we could cross the 4 lanes and push it to the gas station - no other way without risking speeding cars not noticing and killing us. Called dad who called insurance who called a tow truck. Other failed pseudo-mechanic attempts to fiddle with the car at the gass station didn't work. We weren't especially distressed about it, still talked most of the time about diving. The car is a 1996 1.4L Opel Corsa. Belongs to my brother but I'm using it since he got a (good) car from work.
I hope the insurance will cover enough of the costs.
The sun was shining bright and it was above 30c and 80% humidity and there was pleanty of smog to dive in. It'll take an ample of showers to get refreshed from that dive session.
I'm sure there are crappier failed dive sessios, no one got hurt in this one but my delicate lungs. Feel free to bitch about it if you like.
I hope I can get the car back soon as I have this sudden unfulfilled urge to dive!
EDIT: this is my third failed dive session this year, what up with that?!
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