Now I have to figure out how to get the Linc home, which was about 60 miles away. We have AAA+, so my wife got on the cell to get us a tow. After a short wait, the tow truck showed up. The driver got out and started scratching his head. This was a very small underground parking structure and I had had to wedge the Linc into the parking spot I had found.

He said that his truck was too long to get the Linc out of the structure, and up the steep ramp intact. It didn't help that the car is lowered. He called for another truck, a flatbed this time. I didn't think it would fit any better, and sure enough, there wasn't enough overhead room to tilt the bed. Now they called yet a third truck, while looking at all the angles and corners we were fighting.

The third truck shows up, and this was also the smallest of the three recovery vehicles. The driver gets out, a lanky russian guy, and they start conferring and brainstorming about how to get the Linc back into the sunlight. One of the drivers said that I would have to sign a damage waiver, because he was convinced that either the front or rear bumpers would be pulled off the car when they started dragging it. At this point, I just wanted to sit in the corner and cry awhile.

The Russian guy tells me to not sign anything yet, he can get the Linc out and up without a scratch. He hooked up, and with all of us spotting for him and a huge amount of jockeying back and forth, he got the Linc back up to the street. He got a big hug from the wife and I, and his boss is going to get a phone call from us tomorrow.

Long story short, we got the Linc loaded on the flatbed and we headed for home. I will check the car out tomorrow, and I will post some digital pics of what I find.

Please, please, please remember to keep a good extinguisher in your Linc(like I USUALLY do ) , and a lucky pillow doesn't hurt either. In fact, it can save your car! Thanks for listening to all this...