Very Close Call

[Marc]

A 36 inch water main broke right outside of my parking garage last Wed. The wonderfully bankrupt city of Pittsburgh continues to find ways to chase people away.

Anyway, someone came up to our offices and told us about it and we all dashed to our cars because we're in a basement section. Had my Marauder been parked 10 yards in a different direction, I wouldn't have been in time. When I got there, not only was the water coming down the ramp, but also through the ceiling right on top of my car. Because of the slope, it ran away from my car, but it was filling fast. As it was, I had to enter through the passenger door and drive through water that nearly came inside the doors. All of this happened in a matter of 10-15 minutes. Many of my co-workers were not so lucky. I drove straight home, and started washing and waxing the machine and I've tucked it away until I went out Saturday night.

There's another guy in my garage that also has a Marauder and I haven't seen him yet to ask how he fared.

[STLR FN]

Glad to see you got your's out. My father-in-law was telling us about it. My father-in-law as well as the rest of mine and my wifes family live in the Mon Valley.So what is the city doing about those that did get submerged?

[Marc]

.So what is the city doing about those that did get submerged?


What are they going to do?? How about a big fat helping of not a damn thing.
The cars are the least of everyone's problems anyway. 3 major office buildings are closed and a 4th has no A/C to the point that it is impossible to work in it. How much business has been lost? I'm sure the city's answer will be to place a tax on something. That's what they do with everything else.

[sailsmen]

I always park above the ground floor. We are below sealevel and it floods alot.

A WXRSTI and an Evolution park in the basement. They have more money than sense.

[the_pack_rat]

Good thing you lucked out.

[martyo]

I just lost my "station" car to a flood. This was one of our daily commuter cars. The parking lot at the trains station flooded during a sudden storm. When we got to the car, there were fish swimming in the trunk. This was one of about 60 cars that fell victim to two storms this summer, so at least I was in good company!

Another one bites the dust.

[RoyLPita]

I saw the article in the Post-Gazette. Glad to hear that you saved your MM.

[Reaper948]

A 36 inch water main broke right outside of my parking garage last Wed. The wonderfully bankrupt city of Pittsburgh continues to find ways to chase people away.

Anyway, someone came up to our offices and told us about it and we all dashed to our cars because we're in a basement section. Had my Marauder been parked 10 yards in a different direction, I wouldn't have been in time. When I got there, not only was the water coming down the ramp, but also through the ceiling right on top of my car. Because of the slope, it ran away from my car, but it was filling fast. As it was, I had to enter through the passenger door and drive through water that nearly came inside the doors. All of this happened in a matter of 10-15 minutes. Many of my co-workers were not so lucky. I drove straight home, and started washing and waxing the machine and I've tucked it away until I went out Saturday night.

There's another guy in my garage that also has a Marauder and I haven't seen him yet to ask how he fared.

Man thats bizarre.... Good thing you saved her :) I'm actually flying down to Pittsburgh for school... My third year at CMU.... Saturday I have an appointment to get dyno'd and 4.10'd and dynotuned..... I've never actually seen another Rauder around..... Cruztaker MIGHT come down, show us what's up with the 13 second sleeper........

[Marc]

Man thats bizarre.... Good thing you saved her :) I'm actually flying down to Pittsburgh for school... My third year at CMU.... Saturday I have an appointment to get dyno'd and 4.10'd and dynotuned..... I've never actually seen another Rauder around..... Cruztaker MIGHT come down, show us what's up with the 13 second sleeper........



I knew you had to be smart a guy to own a Marauder.

Good luck with school.