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Blowouts are BaD


On 02/11/2014 at 08:28 AM by TheMart22

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So yesterday turned out a little more exciting than I had initially anticipated/hoped for. While on the highway on my way home from work my car had a blowout in the rear wheel on the passenger side. Fuck me, was that scary. I managed to keep control and pull over luckily enough which was good. So I’m there on the side of the highway, flashers on, with my car jacked up, when I realize that no matter how hard I try, I can’t get the fucking nuts to loosen on the tire. Of course it was cold too. Bloody hell. Very luckily, a tire service truck passes me and stops to see if I need any help. This absolute gentleman was able to loosen the nuts with a pneumatic wrench and had me on my way pretty quickly. What a fucking relief I tell ya. Most annoying thing is, I’m like two mins from my house this whole time. Oh well, it could’ve been a lot worse.

On the upside, I nailed the final boss in Guacamelee! last night on like my fifth try of the night. A good feeling. It’s amazing what a day in absentia can do to re-focus you. I’m not sure if I’ll play any more of it now that I’ve finished it but there are a bunch of collectables I’ve yet to find. It’s fun enough though that I might pick it back up some time.

Guac

Remember when I said I'd kill you last; well I was telling the truth!

Finally last night, I put a bit of time into Sonic & All Stars Racing Transformed on the Vita. I got this free with PS+ a few months back. It’s fun but the announcer who announces EVERYTHING is really bloody annoying. It’s one of those typical booming voices which just grates on me after a while. I did however manage to get to the second world last night so I’ll probably put a bit more time into that this week.

 Sonic

The flying sections are especially fun

Anyway, Happy Tuesday everyone. Onwards and upwards my friends!

Later


 

Comments

transmet2033

02/11/2014 at 08:37 AM

I feel like such an underacheiver by giving up on Guacamelee's final boss.  Maybe I should come back to it tonight.

TheMart22

02/11/2014 at 02:29 PM

It was tough obviously but victory is sweet

Super Step Contributing Writer

02/11/2014 at 10:39 AM

Congrats on Guacamelee! Show that boss who's boss!

TheMart22

02/11/2014 at 02:30 PM

You know it!

Alex-C25

02/11/2014 at 11:18 AM

Glad you went out of that car situation.

I want to really play both Sonic & Sega All Star Racing games. They look very fun.

TheMart22

02/11/2014 at 02:30 PM

I haven't played much of any kart racer but I like it so far

mothman

02/11/2014 at 11:30 AM

Glad you survived the blowout. Good thing it was a rear tire. Easier to keep control while you are stopping than a front tire.

TheMart22

02/11/2014 at 02:31 PM

Absolutely. I had a friend who flipped his car a few years back when he had a blowout. He was alright fortunately but scary stuff.

goaztecs

02/11/2014 at 11:39 AM

Hell yeah with Guacamelee! The Sonic game is a lot of fun, but I admit I put it on mute and just listen to my iPod. 

Good to know there are good people out there willing to help others. Blowouts are no joke, especially on the highway. 

TheMart22

02/11/2014 at 02:33 PM

Yeah it might be a good game to play with the TV on in the background.

And yeah I'm a lucky lad in more ways than one.

C.S.3590SquadLeader

02/11/2014 at 01:49 PM

Well that was a nice bit of luck, the world needs more people willing to help out others.

TheMart22

02/11/2014 at 02:34 PM

Yeah absolutely. I saw him passing but he stopped about 100 yards down the road and reversed back to me. Pure gent.

Cary Woodham

02/11/2014 at 07:20 PM

The announcer in SEGA Racing Transformed is no where near as annoying as he was in the first game.

TheMart22

02/11/2014 at 08:38 PM

Things can always be worse I guess. I'm still gonna play with the sound down Smile

Ranger1

02/11/2014 at 08:45 PM

I've had a couple of blow outs, and they're no picnic. The worst one was a Ford truck that belonged to another park, we'd swapped for the day because they needed a truck with a dump bed. Ford for some reason likes to put all the jack parts in different places around the vehicle, non of which make any sense. The main part of the jack was under the hood. Who thinks to look there for a jack?

TheMart22

02/11/2014 at 08:50 PM

Yeah, really odd that one. This was my first and hopefully never again for it scared the living daylights out of me. Odds aren't in my favor though I suppose.

It could have been worse though of course

KnightDriver

02/12/2014 at 04:28 PM

That screen shot of Sonic & All Stars Racing Transformed looks cool!

TheMart22

02/12/2014 at 04:31 PM

I'm not sure which character that is but it's the best one I could find on google. I've zero complaints about the graphics though. Everything is nice and colorful.

NSonic79

03/21/2014 at 02:48 PM

I thought back blowouts were fun. I had that happen to me on a 65 mph in a 78 pinto in my youth. I took both lanes and spun out into a ditch only to have enough momentam to take me back to the side of the road. It was so cool!

And thus the final boss is dead. Perhaps I spoke too soon in not buying it.

TheMart22

03/21/2014 at 04:00 PM

Sounds like you had a worse one than me.  You're just made from harder material i'd say Laughing

Oh, and yeah I think Guacamelee is great. I still have it saved on the memory card in case I want to go back and find all the secrets.

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