Roller coaster loses wheels in Japan

The New Zealand News | 8.25.03

[ChrissyB]

Two people were injured at an amusement park in central Japan when the world's tallest and longest roller coaster screeched to a halt after dropping wheels.

The Steel Dragon 2000, which zooms along a 2479m track and drops 93.5m, lost several wheels from the right side of the front coach at the Nagashima Superland park outside Nagoya.

[ChrissyB]

Funny - I feel the same way about my car. I'm gonna drive it 'til the wheels fall off. :)

[DB]

When did Fiat start making roller coasters???

[Gil4]

One has to have driven a Fiat to appreciate that comment. Our shop has a brand new Fiat panel van that looks nice enough, but it is always reminding us it is a Fiat. I'm not sure if the gauges and controls were just randomly placed or if they actively seek out the least convenient location for them. Fiats make an old Chrysler K car look like a Lexus. I know the company is struggling to stay afloat, but if there was ever a company that deserved to go under, Fiat is it.

[Movemout]

I rescued an NSU/Fiat with a 1400cc engine (I think) from the junkyard more than 30 years ago. It was a piece of fecal matter. I should have just rented some roller skates.

[DB]

I had a couple of friends with a Fiats.

The front wheel fell off one of them while it was being driven.

The other blew the manual tranny all over the highway.

To own a Fiat is to not mind walking and spending a small fortune on towing...

[DB]

Oops... Make that "I had a couple of friends with Fiats."...

[boris]

Remember the old joke:

In Heaven:
The Germans are the engineers;
The Americans are the entrepreneurs;
The English are the police;
The French are the cooks;
The Italians are the lovers.

In Hell:
The Germans are the police;
The Americans are the lovers;
The English are the cooks;
The French are the entrepreneurs;
The Italians are the engineers.

Italian engineering always looks-a good and works-a not so good.

--Boris