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Quebec driver charged after police find suspension made from wooden logs and chicken wire
Ottawa Citizen ^ | April 11, 2017 | Andrew Seymour

Posted on 04/12/2017 2:36:57 PM PDT by rickmichaels

A driver who used wooden logs and chicken wire to reinforce his vehicle’s suspension was ticketed and had his car impounded by police following a traffic stop in west Quebec.

The MRC des Collines police said they pulled the 1999 Toyota Tercel over on Sunday at about 10:45 p.m. on route du Carrefour in Val-des-Monts after noticing the car didn’t have working brake lights.

After pulling the car over, they discovered that the 28-year-old driver had no proof of insurance and an open beer in the front seat, police said.

A closer inspection of the car also revealed that three of the four tires showed signs of advanced wear (including no tread in some spots), it was missing its windshield wipers and had a rear suspension held in place by the wooden logs.

“It was basically keeping the vehicle up,” said Sgt. Martin Fournel.

After administering a sobriety test, which the driver passed, police impounded the car so it could undergo a mechanical inspection. In addition to the towing bill, the driver was also given a $481 ticket for open alcohol. He will also be ticketed for various safety infractions and failing to have insurance documents.



TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Local News; Miscellaneous; Outdoors; Society; Travel; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: fail; idiot; poscar; quebec
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To: Daffynition

Nice truck. Too bad the driver/loadmaster has completely taken leave of his senses.


21 posted on 04/12/2017 3:10:26 PM PDT by NorthMountain (The Democrats ... have lost their grip on reality -DJT)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

“Isn’t the Tercel pretty much the worst car Toyota ever made?”

In the 80’s I had a GF that drove one. The steel was so poorly made that almost every time I went to turn a bolt, loosen or tighten, it would break, and not from excess torque. POC car, but they got great mileage when they still ran.


22 posted on 04/12/2017 3:19:52 PM PDT by Carthego delenda est
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To: RegulatorCountry

A few hours after eating at a Taco Bell...


23 posted on 04/12/2017 3:23:54 PM PDT by rickmichaels (I shouldn't have to press 1 for English)
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To: dfwgator
A 2001 fully planted Adobe
24 posted on 04/12/2017 3:24:40 PM PDT by Carthego delenda est
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To: Red Badger

Sounds more like one of our wetbacks that made it across our northern border.


25 posted on 04/12/2017 3:26:35 PM PDT by LouAvul (The most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.)
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To: rickmichaels

Tell me they didn’t lock up Red Green.


26 posted on 04/12/2017 3:27:01 PM PDT by dznutz
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To: GraceG

That pic is a Ranchero, not El Camino.
The old school Chevy guys won’t like this!
/sarcasm off


27 posted on 04/12/2017 3:33:44 PM PDT by Bob Mc
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To: NorthMountain

That loadmaster took OCD to its highest height! Bravo


28 posted on 04/12/2017 3:35:28 PM PDT by NonValueAdded (#DeplorableMe #BitterClinger #HillNO! #MyPresident #MAGA #Winning)
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To: rickmichaels

Back in 1968 I bought a $300 VW Beetle in Atlanta & drove it to California (yeah, I know, young & crazy).

A few months later it was in the shop for something and the mechanic called be back to the service bay. The front transmission mound was broken, so the previous owner had put a 2x4 block between the top of the trans and the bottom of the VW floorpan, then wrapped 3 strand guy wire with a turn buckle for tension to hold everything in place.

Hey, it worked! Plus, the VW REALLY cornered well!

(Ahhh, to be young and ignorant again...)


29 posted on 04/12/2017 3:36:34 PM PDT by BwanaNdege ("The church ... is not the master or the servant of the state, but the conscience" - Luther)
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To: rickmichaels; Gamecock; SaveFerris; FredZarguna; PROCON
Kramerica finally got their chicken!


30 posted on 04/12/2017 3:46:50 PM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: rickmichaels

"Chicken wire ?"

31 posted on 04/12/2017 4:01:11 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Je Suis Pepe)
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To: rickmichaels

[ Quebec driver charged after police find suspension made from wooden logs and chicken wire ]

Was it McGuyver?


32 posted on 04/12/2017 4:09:07 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Hebrews 13:2 Do not forget to entertain strangers, for ... some have unwittingly entertained angels)
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To: Daffynition

Hey, as long as those front ropes don’t fail.....


33 posted on 04/12/2017 4:11:04 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Hebrews 13:2 Do not forget to entertain strangers, for ... some have unwittingly entertained angels)
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To: Larry Lucido

It may or may not contain a chicken.


34 posted on 04/12/2017 4:15:23 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Hebrews 13:2 Do not forget to entertain strangers, for ... some have unwittingly entertained angels)
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To: RegulatorCountry

Indeed it does. Wow.


35 posted on 04/12/2017 4:19:37 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Hebrews 13:2 Do not forget to entertain strangers, for ... some have unwittingly entertained angels)
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To: dfwgator

It’s rustproof, never needs waxing....


36 posted on 04/12/2017 4:20:32 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Hebrews 13:2 Do not forget to entertain strangers, for ... some have unwittingly entertained angels)
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To: dfwgator

37 posted on 04/12/2017 4:39:50 PM PDT by Daffynition ("The New PTSD: Post-Trump Stress Disorder" - The MLN didn't make Trump, so they can't break Trump.)
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To: NorthMountain; RegulatorCountry
OCD, eh?


38 posted on 04/12/2017 4:44:00 PM PDT by Daffynition ("The New PTSD: Post-Trump Stress Disorder" - The MLN didn't make Trump, so they can't break Trump.)
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To: Daffynition

Look how much wood that woodchuck would and did chuck.


39 posted on 04/12/2017 4:47:28 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Hebrews 13:2 Do not forget to entertain strangers, for ... some have unwittingly entertained angels)
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To: SaveFerris
WHOoooooOOOOOOO?


40 posted on 04/12/2017 4:51:28 PM PDT by Daffynition ("The New PTSD: Post-Trump Stress Disorder" - The MLN didn't make Trump, so they can't break Trump.)
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