Jeep Watch - Now we know why

"LimitedTimeOnly @ opposite-lock.com" (limitedtimeonly) 09/06/2019 at 08:38 • Filed to: It's a jeep thing I don't understand, Hurricane Dorian, Myrtle Beach

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So, you saw the post on the FP, and one on Oppo, and now great journalism has turned up the owner of the Jeep in the surf at Myrtle Beach and why it was there. Stupid cousin who drives a motorcycle was driving it (be cause it was raining and he didn’t have a car) , didn’t notice a runoff spot, and buried it. Then he didn’t tell the owner and tried to get help, but apparently failed. I’d be very irritated to have the police tell me about it instead of my cousin.

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“He avoided me for a good hour or two because he didn’t know what to say and then police actually came to the house. And they said, ‘Hey we found your Jeep on the beach.’ Then I called him and spoke to him and he told me exactly what happened,” the Jeep’s owner said.

MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s > LimitedTimeOnly @ opposite-lock.com 09/06/2019 at 08:49

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It’s one thing to make a mistake, but to not tell the owner (and your cousin) until the police knock on his door is just shitty.

For Sweden > LimitedTimeOnly @ opposite-lock.com 09/06/2019 at 08:54

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Yes Mr. Insurance Adjuster, my cousin put it on the beach.

LimitedTimeOnly @ opposite-lock.com > LimitedTimeOnly @ opposite-lock.com 09/06/2019 at 08:57

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Because Kinja:

https://www.wmbfnews.com/2019/09/05/driver-abandons-suv-beach-during-hurricane-dorian/

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > For Sweden 09/06/2019 at 08:57

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I hate when that happens

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > For Sweden 09/06/2019 at 08:59

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Better tell ‘em he stole it...

CalzoneGolem > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 09/06/2019 at 09:05

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I lose more cousins that way.

450X_FTW > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s 09/06/2019 at 09:09

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That is going to make for a very awkward Thanksgiving Day get together....

Ash78, voting early and often > LimitedTimeOnly @ opposite-lock.com 09/06/2019 at 09:13

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They really should have kept the GC’s image hidden until everyone had time to notify next of kin. That’s just bad journalism.

FWIW, everywhere I’ve ever been where cars are allowed on the beach, there are tons of heroes waiting in the wings to save every tourist idiot from getting their minivan stuck in the soft sand.

OTOH, I have seen 4WD municipal beach trucks get stuck like this as the tide was coming in. Winching them out is really tricky.

Thomas Donohue > LimitedTimeOnly @ opposite-lock.com 09/06/2019 at 09:42

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Classic.....I hadn’t seen the piper. Also, that’s really stuck? I’ve driven on sand and know it’s tricky, but from the video, that really looks like it should have been able to get out of there after dropping a few PSI out of the tires.

McMike > LimitedTimeOnly @ opposite-lock.com 09/06/2019 at 09:43

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Stupid cousin who drives a motorcycle was driving it

...because it was raining and he didn’t have a car.

Also, people were posting selfies/ photos with the Jeep all day.

LimitedTimeOnly @ opposite-lock.com > Thomas Donohue 09/06/2019 at 09:45

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It read to me as though the passenger front tire got buried in the soft, wet runoff sand. I assume that it would need to be dug out a bit, then pulled. Seems feasible, but difficult if a hurricane then comes along.

LimitedTimeOnly @ opposite-lock.com > McMike 09/06/2019 at 10:01

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Eh, sure, I have edited my bit to add that . . . I figured that people would get that from the article, but I see that my writing could leave the wrong impression.

McMike > LimitedTimeOnly @ opposite-lock.com 09/06/2019 at 10:04

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WE’RE ALL NOT STUPID!!!

:)

Future next gen S2000 owner > Thomas Donohue 09/06/2019 at 10:42

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My guess is they didn’t know about letting air out. 

Gerry197 > LimitedTimeOnly @ opposite-lock.com 09/06/2019 at 11:29

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I see people make this mistake all the time at Fiesta Island in San Diego. You can drive right on the beach to setup, and people who aren’t use to it get in the soft stuff and get stuck.

There is a Jeep (Wrangler) club that comes in on the weekends who help pull those folks out.

Those this area is filled with a lot of dozer bros with lifted 4x4s, they usually don’t get stuck.

benn454 > Future next gen S2000 owner 09/06/2019 at 11:40

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 Or anything other than "Push button. Press skinny pedal. "

Future next gen S2000 owner > benn454 09/06/2019 at 12:42

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More power not working? More power!