So, just yesterday 3/31/19 I was out on a cruise with some friends.
We were all jazzed up for a drive to celebrate my recent coming of age, then catastrophe struck. We had just got off of a realllllllllly SHITE road. When I mean it was
it was BAD. Anyways, we just got off this backroad and were on the 101 freeway heading to our next canyon run. (for reference) there was 3 C5z's a C6z and an RS4. I was behind the audi, c6 and one c5. We were just cruising along at about 85-90 when out of no where the leader of the caravan decided to drop a gear and disappear. 
I stayed out of it, becuase I was already going pretty quick. I slowed down a bit to let my buddy behind me catch up. As soon as he gets next to me, I down shift and heard the biggest loudest BANG i;ve ever heard. Sounded like the serp belt snapped and was flopping around. It was so loud, that my buddy in his h/c headers and full straight pipe C5 heard it over his exhaust.
I immediately turned the car off and pulled onto the shoulder. Everyone is so far in front of us that they didn't even see what happened. the H/C C5 pulled off with me, and he's not the most mechanically inclined, he starts freaking out and telling me it's rod knock and that I'm screwed out of a car.
At first I thought it was the serp belt, but after inspecting it there was no damage. . We finally get a hold of everyone and they start heading back
Puzzled and the frustration is starting to set in. I ripped the passenger' side engine cover off, and sure enough i found my problem....
Turns out the number 2 cyl spark plug backed it self out.
It was just hanging by the plug wire banging against the manifold. When i turned the car off, it was sitting at a chilly 225F. I didn't think about this and went to grab the plug, Needless to say, i burnt the living hell out of my hand
It's about 745 or so and everyone has finally made it back. But, not before I burnt both my hands to a crispy crispness.
there's 5 cars on the side of this stupid busy freeway. People are buzzing our mirrors every time they pass by.
Turns out no one has any tools in their cars.
There's nothing we can do besides get it as hand tight as possible. the closest town is 20 mins away of the freeway, it's about to be dark in less than 30mins, I'm a solid hour away from my house and on top of all that no one's got any cell service (my phone was dead at this point) After a good 45 mins of trying to get the plug in we were all set to get the plug wire on and try and start the car. Turns out it up and walked away
20 minutes goes by and we finally find the plug wire in the c6z's trunk
Car started up no problem, I was just concerned that it might back itself out again.
I limp it very slowly to the nearest gas station in hopes they have some type of tool set that I could use to get the plug on tighter. Of course they don't
At this point I'm so
about everything. I was just going to tow the 
home. but, I didn't want to wait the 1-2 hours that It would have taken to get aaa to my location. We all parted ways since I was the only one headed to Santa Maria. My phone was completely dead, so I'm sending prayers to allah hoping that I don't break down again. I finally make it home(930 or so), and of course there's no parking in front of my house
So i park a block away. I collect all the spark plug sockets I can find and make the trek to my car. Turns out all the spark plug sockets were all too big I some how sent it on another .25 of a turn and called it a night. Drove it to work today and it was fine. Going to take it to my shop tonight and double triple check everything I can.
LESSON OF THE DAY
Always carry tools with you
duds and I need to leave in the next 5 minutes to make it to work as early as i like to be. (about 15 mins early). i live a 30 minute drive away from my work, so i'm for sure in a crunch for time. The front end of the 
However, there was only one ratchet that would fit and that thing broke back when I was in high school. It would completely free spin in both directions lmaoo FML. So i banged it against the ground a few times until it would stay in place and not free spin. A few minutes of struggling later and i finally got the one side off. I really like the way the air dam looks under the car, so I;m pretty torn about taking the rest of it off tonight.
sold the car to. but who ever it was def abused it!. HOOTERS?!?!?
