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Just thought I'd share this story of my last attempted trip to a Dolphins game. I know some of you others here probably have better ones, so please share.

So anyway, my friend and I make an annual trip to Fins games (except for last year...I was broke and couldn't afford it, and I tried to get tickets to the Bills home game on ebay late in the year but lost the bid), and we alternate who gets to drive each time. It was my turn to drive this time, and I didn't mind, since I just got a 2004 Mitsubishi Lancer LX last December which is much better for road tripping. My friend's girlfriend is with us as well.

I have an uneasy feeling all morning and keep worrying something will go wrong, and I'm very careful to make sure I have my registration where I can find it and my insurance card.

As many of you are well aware, if you're driving to Opa Locka from Longwood/Lake Mary, Florida, there's a large portion of the drive where you're pretty much seemingly on the road by yourself. And it's easy to speed. And my new car drives so nicely, that I must not have noticed I'm going 95 miles an hour...and right after I look at the dash and see a state trooper on the right shoulder with a radar gun. I hit the brakes fast and get it down to 88 in a 70 mph zone, but it's too little too late. He pulls off the side and I pull over, ticked. Since I cooperate, and he's a nice guy, I get a seat belt violation instead (i had my belt on but he did it to prevent points/large ticket for me), and leave, ticked I'm now out an additional 75 bucks, but whatever.

So now we're probably 30 minutes away from Ives Dairy Road and I'm in a better mood again and we're laughing and joking in the center lane, me driving conservatively, when all of a sudden I notice the car in front of me not just slowing down but STOPPING on I-95. Apparently a white van had blown a tire in the middle of the road and instead of trying to push it off to the side he was sitting there admiring how neat it is to have a van stopped in the middle of the road. I stop with plenty of space, and so does the vehicle behind me, and the one behind me. I breathe a sigh of relief, and say to my friend "see, we're okay".

No sooner are those words out of my mouth when I see the cars behind me surging forward and I feel the van behind me PLOW into my Lancer. Apparently the person in the VERY back was following too close and didn't stop in time, causing a chain reaction. I'm startled beyond belief and we all breathed a sigh of relief after peeing ourselves and once we all determined none of us were hurt and we were all ok, I utter the most insensitive jibe ever to my friend...

"ARE WE GONNA MISS THE GAME?"...to which he responds "Probably". So I'm thinking great, now I get to pay a 250 deductible to repair my bumper (which looked really funny, nice and crumpled), a 75 dollar ticket, in addition to the money I spent on gas to come here, and now I might not get to see any football! Oh and did I mention SIX VEHICLES were involved in the accident?

So the cop, (who moved briskly through all six of us) gets us finished and tells me I can go 5 minutes to kickoff, but I'm at least 15 minutes away from Ives dairy, and well, you know how the traffic is.

We get to the parking lot 5 minutes after the game starts, and the cop waves me to go in and park. As I'm parking, I notice the person at the gate CLOSING THE GATE on me. This was the last straw. I wasn't about to miss another 25 minutes of the game thanks to not being able to park. I kept driving and eventually he gave up and just let me go through. Then I realized why he didn't want to let me in--nobody was left to take money and hand out parking passes. So I parked for FREE (no 20$!)

So we rush into the stadium as best we can and I SPRINT to my seat, thrilled to find out I only missed 7 minutes in regulation.

And the remaining 53 minutes made the horror of the first four hours of the trip all worthwhile. 34-10!
 
RobFins2005 said:
Just thought I'd share this story of my last attempted trip to a Dolphins game. I know some of you others here probably have better ones, so please share.

So anyway, my friend and I make an annual trip to Fins games (except for last year...I was broke and couldn't afford it, and I tried to get tickets to the Bills home game on ebay late in the year but lost the bid), and we alternate who gets to drive each time. It was my turn to drive this time, and I didn't mind, since I just got a 2004 Mitsubishi Lancer LX last December which is much better for road tripping. My friend's girlfriend is with us as well.

I have an uneasy feeling all morning and keep worrying something will go wrong, and I'm very careful to make sure I have my registration where I can find it and my insurance card.

As many of you are well aware, if you're driving to Opa Locka from Longwood/Lake Mary, Florida, there's a large portion of the drive where you're pretty much seemingly on the road by yourself. And it's easy to speed. And my new car drives so nicely, that I must not have noticed I'm going 95 miles an hour...and right after I look at the dash and see a state trooper on the right shoulder with a radar gun. I hit the brakes fast and get it down to 88 in a 70 mph zone, but it's too little too late. He pulls off the side and I pull over, ticked. Since I cooperate, and he's a nice guy, I get a seat belt violation instead (i had my belt on but he did it to prevent points/large ticket for me), and leave, ticked I'm now out an additional 75 bucks, but whatever.

So now we're probably 30 minutes away from Ives Dairy Road and I'm in a better mood again and we're laughing and joking in the center lane, me driving conservatively, when all of a sudden I notice the car in front of me not just slowing down but STOPPING on I-95. Apparently a white van had blown a tire in the middle of the road and instead of trying to push it off to the side he was sitting there admiring how neat it is to have a van stopped in the middle of the road. I stop with plenty of space, and so does the vehicle behind me, and the one behind me. I breathe a sigh of relief, and say to my friend "see, we're okay".

No sooner are those words out of my mouth when I see the cars behind me surging forward and I feel the van behind me PLOW into my Lancer. Apparently the person in the VERY back was following too close and didn't stop in time, causing a chain reaction. I'm startled beyond belief and we all breathed a sigh of relief after peeing ourselves and once we all determined none of us were hurt and we were all ok, I utter the most insensitive jibe ever to my friend...

"ARE WE GONNA MISS THE GAME?"...to which he responds "Probably". So I'm thinking great, now I get to pay a 250 deductible to repair my bumper (which looked really funny, nice and crumpled), a 75 dollar ticket, in addition to the money I spent on gas to come here, and now I might not get to see any football! Oh and did I mention SIX VEHICLES were involved in the accident?

So the cop, (who moved briskly through all six of us) gets us finished and tells me I can go 5 minutes to kickoff, but I'm at least 15 minutes away from Ives dairy, and well, you know how the traffic is.

We get to the parking lot 5 minutes after the game starts, and the cop waves me to go in and park. As I'm parking, I notice the person at the gate CLOSING THE GATE on me. This was the last straw. I wasn't about to miss another 25 minutes of the game thanks to not being able to park. I kept driving and eventually he gave up and just let me go through. Then I realized why he didn't want to let me in--nobody was left to take money and hand out parking passes. So I parked for FREE (no 20$!)

So we rush into the stadium as best we can and I SPRINT to my seat, thrilled to find out I only missed 7 minutes in regulation.

And the remaining 53 minutes made the horror of the first four hours of the trip all worthwhile. 34-10!

nice story... sucks about the accident. Was this the opening day game against the Broncos?
 
Yep it was. I still haven't got my deductible back either :)

God was that an exciting game tho.
 
Nice story and as long as u were there it was all worth it ... I was at that game too.. I flew out from LA to Miami to see my first Phins game
 
I usually go to the Bills/Phins game in Buffalo, and last year since i'm from the area, and I hang out probably at the best tailgate at the game, I get no garbage, except from friends. I go to the game, and rather than the person sitting next to me getting mad at me for wearing a Randy McMike jersey, they get mad at an old man for being too critical of the Bills, and for, this is a direct quote "Not being a Bills fan," this old guy I thought was going to have to change his depends, but it was all fun. I see some of the crap that opposing teams fans have to go through in Buffalo, and it's brutal.
 
The last time we made the playoffs, we played Baltimore at home. One of my best friends- also a huge 'Phins fan- and I decided at the last minute to drive down from Jersey for the game. I wound up setting some kind of world stupidity record in Virginia by becoming probably the first human being to ever recieve two speeding tickets in a 5 minute span. I figured- "Well this sucks. But it'll be worth it if they win". As we all know, the Dolphins did not win. They lost. Badly. 20-3. Talk about a LOOOOOOOONG drive home. On that LOOOOOOOOOONG drive home, my friend gets a ticket in South Carolina. By the time this disaster of a trip ends, the two of us have had a combined 7 hours of sleep, a combined 5 bucks in our wallets, and as many accumulated speeding tickets as the Dolphins scored points in the game. It sucked. Horribly.
 
i went with a bunch of webmasters (including AJ, Muck and TerryTate) to the carolina game and our plane to get back home left at 630. the traffic leaving the stadium was so bad that we thought we were going to miss the train. we ended up paying the bus driver hired for us by the dolphins 25 dollars to drive us to the airport. and we made it with 30 min to spare.
 
FireWrongstedt said:
The last time we made the playoffs, we played Baltimore at home. One of my best friends- also a huge 'Phins fan- and I decided at the last minute to drive down from Jersey for the game. I wound up setting some kind of world stupidity record in Virginia by becoming probably the first human being to ever recieve two speeding tickets in a 5 minute span. I figured- "Well this sucks. But it'll be worth it if they win". As we all know, the Dolphins did not win. They lost. Badly. 20-3. Talk about a LOOOOOOOONG drive home. On that LOOOOOOOOOONG drive home, my friend gets a ticket in South Carolina. By the time this disaster of a trip ends, the two of us have had a combined 7 hours of sleep, a combined 5 bucks in our wallets, and as many accumulated speeding tickets as the Dolphins scored points in the game. It sucked. Horribly.

I was at that game too, and couldn't even afford it. I went because I thought it'd be an incredible experience , a playoff game.

Ugh. Terrible.
 
I took my Girlfriend and Best mate to see the Fins at wembley in the 80's against the 49ers. I was jumping around all game cheering the team on whilst my missus and best mate just sat there with faces like pats fans who had just lost to the Jets. Within a month he was dating her and I hated both of them, but my luv for the Fins just grew stronger
 
igor79 said:
i went with a bunch of webmasters (including AJ, Muck and TerryTate) to the carolina game and our plane to get back home left at 630. the traffic leaving the stadium was so bad that we thought we were going to miss the train. we ended up paying the bus driver hired for us by the dolphins 25 dollars to drive us to the airport. and we made it with 30 min to spare.


You guys are so lucky to go to games together and be friends----God I hate you :)
 
I have a sad story also.
One game at Giants stadium we only brought 3 cases of beer. we ALMOST ran out!

Just kidding, it was well written story.
 
Finsperfect72 said:
Now THAT'S true love..... :)

Yeah and I love my wife too--- She hates you lot but I dont care--she accepts that I have another love except women, but she cant cope with it--She upstairs at the mo banging around. She has problems as my son a Fin fan, and he will be bigger than me (I think he will reach 6 foot 6 inches when he older). Also i have a 2 nephews over 6 Foot ( one supports the Bears , the other a Fins fan, but not as passionate as me).
 
Whitedolphin54 said:
Yeah and I love my wife too--- She hates you lot but I dont care--she accepts that I have another love except women, but she cant cope with it--She upstairs at the mo banging around. She has problems as my son a Fin fan, and he will be bigger than me (I think he will reach 6 foot 6 inches when he older). Also i have a 2 nephews over 6 Foot ( one supports the Bears , the other a Fins fan, but not as passionate as me).

Perhaps you could send your son's current stats to Saban? You never know where/when he'll be looking for talent!

Too bad your wife isn't a Fins fan. I can't imagine my life without them!!!
 
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