So today my crew decided to blow off some steam at the go-cart track and we had a blast! There are some differences between American cart tracks and the third world tracks. You'll get a better sense of this as you look further into this post.
I got the mean, green machine! It was pretty fast and handled in the corners pretty well. It is an unwritten rule that the foot never comes off of the gas pedal in the world of go-carts...unless you're a pansy, then its okay.
Look closely, yes that is a goat in the middle of the track. How to tell you're in the third world lesson one; goats are everywhere!
Lesson two; the goats family is forever enshrined in the furniture. Dude, this bench really bites!
Lesson three; Although one may be so inclined to blame the condition of this cart on my navigator's driving skills (notice the steering wheel bent forward and the front tires slightly out of alignment; oh yeah, and the giant dent in the front bumper), we can look to lesson four for more wisdom on this subject.
Lesson four; never trust the maintenance practices of an organization that can't be sued! This rod is responsible for connecting the steering wheel to the front tires. In the picture it simply came unbolted, not broken...UNBOLTED!!!, which put my navigator in a ditch on the other side of the tire fence with the cart on top of him at about 35 mph...OUCH! He's pretty shakin up, but I think he'll live. Funny, when track owner saw what the problem was he let us go without paying for damages to his cart! Image that, what a guy.
So today my crew decided to blow off some steam at the go-cart track and we had a blast! There are some differences between American cart tracks and the third world tracks. You'll get a better sense of this as you look further into this post.
I got the mean, green machine! It was pretty fast and handled in the corners pretty well. It is an unwritten rule that the foot never comes off of the gas pedal in the world of go-carts...unless you're a pansy, then its okay.
Look closely, yes that is a goat in the middle of the track. How to tell you're in the third world lesson one; goats are everywhere!
Lesson two; the goats family is forever enshrined in the furniture. Dude, this bench really bites!
Lesson three; Although one may be so inclined to blame the condition of this cart on my navigator's driving skills (notice the steering wheel bent forward and the front tires slightly out of alignment; oh yeah, and the giant dent in the front bumper), we can look to lesson four for more wisdom on this subject.
Lesson four; never trust the maintenance practices of an organization that can't be sued! This rod is responsible for connecting the steering wheel to the front tires. In the picture it simply came unbolted, not broken...UNBOLTED!!!, which put my navigator in a ditch on the other side of the tire fence with the cart on top of him at about 35 mph...OUCH! He's pretty shakin up, but I think he'll live. Funny, when track owner saw what the problem was he let us go without paying for damages to his cart! Image that, what a guy.
6 comments:
what a guy for letting you all out without paying for damages!!!
um, is it bad to say i'm glad HE got that card & not you??? probably!
OUCH!!!!!!!!!! Now a woman would have never ended up in the ditch cuz she would know to take your foot off the gas pedal :)
Not true, my "nugget" (thats the person I'm training to be a flight engineer) is a woman and she plowed straight through the wall and nothing was wrong with her cart. It was worth a good laugh for me though. I nick-named her "crash":).
it was so funny
yikes!
....and if their GO-KARTS are maintained like this, it makes you wonder about the rest of their "maintenance" crews. Air Iraq, anyone? LOL...I don't think so!
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