Anyone have funny test drive stories?

[MT1972cheyenne]

About 6 years ago, I hitched a ride about 60 miles to drive my new project 72 Chevy SWB Fleetside truck home. I had looked at it a few weeks before, but hadn't driven it, or heard it run. When I looked at it, it hadn't ran in a couple of years. The guy said it ran & drove okay, and I wasn't too woried, because I was going to do a frame-off restoration on it anyway. So I roll into this tiny town, & follow the sellers directions to his small shop. The truck is out front on the dirt main street, with the signed title & the key on the dash, so I wave goodbye to my ride. The seller is nowhere to be found. I ask someone in the bar across the street, and get directions to his house a few blocks away. I hop in the truck & drive it to the sellers house, give him the money, and head to the gas station. I gas it up, add fluid to about everywhere, and head out on the highway home. Basically no brakes. It won't rev high enough to ever get above 40 MPH, which is okay, since the steering is so loose. So I am putting down the road 40MPH, using the whole highway, can't stop, and grinning from ear to ear! I will never forget that day!