Posted on 10/10/2012 8:33:16 AM PDT by DFG
Glenn Beck wrecked a rental at his daughter's wedding over the weekend.
"So my rental car got totaled this weekend ... at my daughter's wedding," the outspoken talk-show host wrote on Twitter.
On his radio show on Tuesday, Beck described the ordeal, saying after the ceremony he parked the rental SUV—a Ford Explorer—along a rain-soaked hill in the Finger Lakes area of New York, and forgot to put on the parking brake. Beck and his wife had already gotten out of the car when it began to slide, eventually flipping over, he said.
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The strangest part of his story is Beck said he waited until the next day to do anything. The truck rolls down a hill and it’s let’s go to bed everyone?
I’m sorry but if this was being investigated that would be a gian red flag something was amiss.
This happened after the ceremony. I’m guessing that he wanted to attend the reception.
Grace, my sons and I have been driving Blazers, Broncos, Ford F250’s, Ram pickyups, Trundras, Ridgelines and other 4 wheel drive vehicles for 3 going on 4 decades. Never had we had this happen in all types of weather and terrain.
This story is pure cocka!
The park pawl flashback from 3rd year HS auto mechanics class. One of the few things I remember from the automatic transmission segments.
I don't know Glenn or watch him or know anything about him.
I do know that a claim that the car starting sliding is most likely false, in the absence of ice (it was 50+ degrees over the weekend in Finger Lakes), or lava flows (none that I know of).
And if you'll notice, I didn't blame anyone for anything, except the claim that it was sliding.
That happens quite often with rental vehicles. Back when I was driving the tow truck we had an incident where a uhaul truck was parked at a hotel where the trans was taken out of gear but the Maxi-brakes were not properly applied the truck didn't move for several hours but when it did roll it rolled into a Piccadilly Pub.
The same thing happened with a SAAB when the driver stopped for gas and thought he left the thing in gear. he went to pay for the gas and when he went back the car was gone -- he reported it stolen but the security film showed it rolling away into a drainage ditch.
The moral to the story, Get the rental insurance especially if you are not familiar with the type of vehicle you will be driving.
Sorry, you may be joking, but just in case, according to him he quit drinking many years ago.
Beck: “I honestly said to the kids, ‘Well let’s go say our prayers and go to bed,’” Beck said. “It was just one of those days. I watched my car roll down the hill, literally roll. I just stood there. And I’m like, ‘All right let’s go to bed.’”
The next morning, Beck assessed the damage. “All the windows were broken out of it,” he said. “The axle is bent. It was horrible.”
So Beck sees the truck roll down the hill and goes in the house and sleeps, waiting until morning to do anything about it or even look at the damage to the truck or possible damage to anyone or anything in the truck’s path.
Sorry not buying it. People wait to report things to figure out a cover story. No sane person watches his vehicle careen down a hill and simply puts the kids to bed and sleeps.
I have no idea what actually happened and frankly it is about the 574th most important thing I care about in the world at the moment. But Beck is spinning a cover story.
Well, the guy is loaded for one thing, he can probably buy a replacement for the rental company just as easily as bat an eyelash. So he’s not going to fret over things like liability and insurance claims and so forth. It was his daughter’s wedding day and by gum, if you’re rich enough to not have to be bothered, you just aren’t going to be bothered.
It’s slander.
2 things:
1. It is an acknowledged thing to look for warning signs.
2. I like Glen Beck....a lot.
Someone who cares about him will check out the alcohol connection...given that he's a recovering alcoholic/substance abuser.
Beck met his first wife, Claire.[28] In 1983, the couple married and had two daughters, Mary and Hannah. Mary developed cerebral palsy as a result of a series of strokes at birth in 1988.[28] The couple divorced in 1994 amid Beck's struggles with substance abuse. A recovering alcoholic and drug addict,[29] Beck has been diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.[30][31]
Those who care about Beck will tell him to get this checked out. Those who don't care will ignore, thereby enabling.
My aunt had a bad accident on the way to my wedding. People get all excited, stressed and stuff happens. She was not hurt, thank goodness!
Glad Beck and his family are okay. Terrible he has to have body guards because Democrats are so criminally insane.
I always find the foliage sort of depressing. I never want the summer to end. In fact, the only good thing about summer ending is that the mosquitoes die.
Mosquitoes do not like winter - for whatever reason.
What gets me through the fall season is football, pumpkins, raking leaves and significant quantities of Octoberfest beer.
I always find the foliage sort of depressing. I never want the summer to end. In fact, the only good thing about summer ending is that the mosquitoes die.
Mosquitoes do not like winter - for whatever reason.
What gets me through the fall season is football, pumpkins, raking leaves and significant quantities of Octoberfest beer.
Exactly! Having money makes a huge difference in one’s perspective. Everything is insured or can be covered. It’s your daughter’s wedding day, it’s been a long and emotional day. No one has been injured. Just go to bed and deal with it in the morrow.
Nothing drives like a rental car. They can go anywhere and do anything, if you buy the insurance.
The only season I dislike is Winter.
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