JAHBLESSINGS wrote:good thing a nissan was there to rescue the ford..
Unfortunately for me it was the other way around last summer. Actually, I am very happy that the lady in her Ford 4X4 rescued me, it would have cost alot to get a wrecker to save me.
I was on a vacation trip with my Mother in N Carolina. We had gone to the Outer Banks off the Carolina coast. Everywhere are signs showing "off-road" access to beach areas. They all seem to say 4WD recommend, or required. Even though my Pathy is 2WD, "curiosity eventually killed the cat"... I drove about 3 miles down one of the roads, thinking it wasnt so bad. It was for the most part just a gravel road, flat and straight. When I got to the end of the gravel, it opened into a big turn-around area with a warning sign posted. The sign had rules about curfew, fishing, swimming, and that 4WD is highly recommended... lower your tire pressures to 20 psi, etc.
The road continued straight, between two big sand dunes that went maybe 500 yards and ended out on open beach. I lowered my tire pressures and went in, thinking, "I will know when to stop, I aint gonna get stuck." "Besides, it aint that far now!" Boy was I wrong!! By the time I realized I was spinning wheels, my Pfinder had already sunk to the rear axle in some very deep, soft sand. This is about 9am, on a Sunday morning, on a mostly tourist island. I am stuck axle deep in the sand, my cell phone is on "roaming", and my Mother is waiting for me to get back to the hotel so we can check out of our room.
I was pretty worried about how long I was going to be stranded out there. About 25 mins later, a lady and her mother pull up in their 4X4 Ford pick up. They helped me out, along with some others that happened to drive by. The lady asked if I had 4WD, I told her "no". I think she could tell I was kinda embarassed. She said not to feel bad about it, she rescues plenty of people, 2WD and 4WD.
Looking back, I wish I would have taken pics of my Pfinder stuck in the sand.