…I had a tape measure in the car so I went down and measured the gap. About 62”, that’s a little over 5 feet. I walked back up to the car, folded in the side mirrors and measured…60 inches. One inch either side. There was a good chance I was gonna lose a mirror, but hey if it meant freedom… 
The car had been idling back there for about an hour by now and I figured the Tow Truck Owner had gone back to bed. I hoped he was used to the sound of the car running by now - out in the impound lot, behind his dingy bungalow. He’d said I could sleep in the car and I’d asked him to leave the keys, so I could run the heater. He left the keys, but parked the big 5 ton wrecker in the lane beside the house, blocking the only exit. It was about 3:30am by the time I eased the little Skoda into second (it mysteriously lost first gear about a year earlier) and let it putter slowly across the yard toward the 5 ton.
The idea was to sneak past on the right hand side, get the hell out of town and duck up the first bush road I could find to hide out until morning - when I could buy enough fuel to get home.
The car had been idling back there for about an hour by now and I figured the Tow Truck Owner had gone back to bed. I hoped he was used to the sound of the car running by now - out in the impound lot, behind his dingy bungalow. He’d said I could sleep in the car and I’d asked him to leave the keys, so I could run the heater. He left the keys, but parked the big 5 ton wrecker in the lane beside the house, blocking the only exit. It was about 3:30am by the time I eased the little Skoda into second (it mysteriously lost first gear about a year earlier) and let it putter slowly across the yard toward the 5 ton.
The idea was to sneak past on the right hand side, get the hell out of town and duck up the first bush road I could find to hide out until morning - when I could buy enough fuel to get home.
I figured if the Tow Truck Driver woke up and called the cops, they’d naturally think I’d be heading straight down the only road out. By the time I got fuel and really headed out they may have given up looking, or figured I’d gone back to Toffino and be looking up there. Didn’t matter because I had no fuel, so that was that. I never got a chance to find out...
5 comments:
I REMEMBER THAT
ahhhhhhhhh the skoda days
that 1 is the wrong colour tho
ummm...that's a black and white photograph...try to imagine the car in safety-orange. Also the left-rear corner window was missing, where I broke in once when I locked the keys inside.
Also my licence-plate was a mix of random letters and numbers, not the word SKODA.
but you get the idea.
even if it is a black and white photo.....it's still the wrong colour.....i think i got a pic of it in my back yard
hope its not raining. your picture will get wet
Isn't that what life is about, getting yourself out of trouble once in awhile?!
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