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General Information => General => Topic started by: lovinthedeez on October 04, 2010, 06:47:15 am

Title: Wintertime diesel price blues...
Post by: lovinthedeez on October 04, 2010, 06:47:15 am
Can definitely tell the heating season is upon us.  Diesel jumped almost fifty cents in less than a week here in sw oregon.  Up to 3.50.  Whats it doing in other areas?  Figured it was the "winterization" blend driving it up so fast.  I don't really notice the prices so much, because I only put in ten bucks every other week or so.  I don't have to drive much, so....but today I'm driving out to crater lake to get some pics of where this vw plunged over a cliff a looooooooooooooooooooooooonnnnnnnngggggggggg way down into one of the deepest most beautiful freshwater bodies on earth ;D
http://www.ktvl.com/articles/lake-1197044-car-park.html
Title: Re: Wintertime diesel price blues...
Post by: lovinthedeez on October 04, 2010, 07:41:49 pm
So I finally got a nice day to look for where this fooligan went in.  the article said they were NEAR the north junction overlook.  So just above the overlook are a couple of spots to pull off to the left at about a thirty degree angle.  As soon as I looked back at where a car would roll if its wheels were still pointed in the direction of turning off, anyone could tell.  It would roll backwards and to the left: this was the tragic flaw:D.

His parking spot which I parked in.  Notice how I put my wheels.  If they had turned their wheels after parking, it prolly never would have gone off the cliff.  It woulda rolled back a little, and then rolled right back.  The spot is on a slight incline at about a thirty degree angle.  We're kinda facing traffic.
(http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/2333/dscn1110m.jpg)

The shoulder directly behind my car.  The cliff is off to the right of the picture.......straight down:eek:  It must have happened quick
(http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/5741/dscn1111k.jpg)

The view they looked at when the car was gone.  I highly doubt they even saw the car after it left the cliff it drops so fast
(http://img269.imageshack.us/img269/7787/dscn1109t.jpg)
(http://img822.imageshack.us/img822/8273/dscn1112d.jpg)

The kid had his greasy hands on the camera I found out after I got home.  sorry for some of the blurriness on a couple.  Turned out to be a nice day after a crappy morning.
(http://img690.imageshack.us/img690/5571/dscn1076w.jpg)

some other shots from the day

(http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/6619/dscn1104p.jpg)

(http://img715.imageshack.us/img715/4607/dscn1082j.jpg)

(http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/7387/dscn1081r.jpg)

(http://img821.imageshack.us/img821/4047/dscn1080c.jpg)

(http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/936/dscn1075k.jpg)

(http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/4272/dscn1073a.jpg)

(http://img714.imageshack.us/img714/5062/dscn1067kv.jpg)

(http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/9461/dscn1062c.jpg)
Title: Re: Wintertime diesel price blues...
Post by: Wayland on October 04, 2010, 08:20:40 pm
Nice shots. It's been a few years since I've been out that way.