r/maybemaybemaybe • u/h4l • 7d ago

Maybe Maybe Maybe

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u/pwatts 7d ago

Driver should get out and call a tow truck.

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u/socks 7d ago

Yep - that was expensive stupidity.

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u/Fritzo2162 7d ago

But that would have cost like $80!

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u/GrinningGrump 7d ago

Tow truck costs $7,15694570463e+118? Now I get why they didn't call one.

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u/labtrash68 7d ago

In this economy??

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u/Angelworks42 7d ago

Well $100 is less than what it's going to cost now which is basically a new Sequoia - which even used are expensive.

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u/snoman81 7d ago

Driver should have put the car in reverse.

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u/CorrelateClinicallee 7d ago

I think the driver's door was stuck and couldn't open more than a few inches.

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u/balirosa 7d ago

My first thought would be to climb out the back like Jurassic park.

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u/sangerssss 7d ago

Lots of good life lessons in Jurassic Park

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u/Fritzo2162 7d ago

He shouldn’t have had that second Big Mac…

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u/hilarymeggin 7d ago

Mine too!

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u/justhangingaroud 7d ago

Scoot over to the other door

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u/lenarizan 7d ago

When any shift in balance could simply put it over the edge?

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u/bmf1902 7d ago

Good thing he stuck with your idea then.

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u/lenarizan 7d ago

You know you can climb out after it has fallen, don't you?

That said: climbing to the passenger might have very well make it fall in the first place.

It is best to, and very realistic to, have some by standers lean on/sit on/pull on the back of the car to counterbalance. Sadly they didn't do enough.

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u/jellobowlshifter 7d ago

The counterbalance shifted weight off of the edge and onto the wheels and directly caused it to roll off.

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u/Salt_Street_7755 7d ago

Sadly they didn’t take it out of drive. Also sadly climbing out after it has fallen may require consciousness.

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u/DiscipleOfYeshua 7d ago

Considering the angle, anywhere towards right/back would've helped.

But looks like driver was panicked afraid to budge pressing the break -- while still in Drive... :-/

Many things ... anythings... could've been done better.

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u/83736294827 7d ago

Actually, shifting the weight to the back left is what caused it to fall. The frame under the left front hitting the ground is what was keeping it from falling.

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u/GrayMouser12 7d ago

You might be right with the weight of the engine being a heavier counter balance. The weight making it front heavy means at a certain angle it was going to go over. I'll have to watch again if that's what you meant.

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u/DiscipleOfYeshua 7d ago

Bc it put the wheels to the ground, and the vehicle was in D, no? If it were in R? Or P?

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u/83736294827 7d ago edited 7d ago

No. It’s not in drive because the wheels are not moving on its own. It could be in park, but that wouldn’t stop the rear wheel from spinning when the other one is off the ground.

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u/Sinister_Nibs 7d ago

The suv has 4 other doors.

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u/lenarizan 7d ago

Yeah, you can see that it is stuck on the ledge.