Jeeps

[Artemis Windsong]

I know everyone know that a Jeep rolled back and killed an actor.

The shifter seems to be the problem.  But my neighbor had another issue.

My neighbor had been at a company picnic with his car.  His wife's jeep was in the garage.  They came home and couldn't get the garage door open, so they went through the house.

The garage was full of carbon monoxide.  The Jeep was against the back door.  I had started the rolled into the garage door.  It ran so hot and for so long the carbon monoxide in the air killed the engine.  Literally.  They had to have the engine replaced.

On other occasions, both of them had incidences where the jeep had been locked/parked.  When they returned to the car, it was running.  There was no mention of remote starter in the vehicle.  I know those can be unknowingly activated.  Some with a deadly result.  

The mechanic said it must be gremlins.  Can you imagine that as an excuse for a faulty vehicle.

A few nights ago, I walked by the back of the vehicle parked in the driveway.  Before I knew the full story.  The brake lights and back up lights came on for a fast instant.  No one was in the car.  The car was in the shade so no sun reflection.

My SIL just bought a new Jeep.  Another friend also has one.  He did say the shift sequence is tricky.  He is a race car driver.    

Anyone have an evil Jeep story?

[Tennesseer]

Not a Jeep story but a (minor) carbon monoxide story.  

When I lived in Newark, NJ, I used to travel up to southern Ct. via I-95 and stay with friends for the weekend.  Driving home on Sunday nights on I-95, one travels through several tunnels leading up to the George Washington bridge.  There was so much carbon monoxide in the tunnels some evenings, my Toyota's engine would start sputtering from lack of oxygen.  

Fortunately, traffic moved quickly enough to get out of the tunnels into more clean air and the engine problems stopped.