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Today my wife left out in her Jeep to attend a baby shower. A short time later she calls and I could hear in her voice something wrong. She says "I've kinda run off the road and I'm stuck." My mind starts racing of all the things that could be wrong and I shoot up expecting to get dressed and head out.
As she tells me more it turns out she was pulling into her friends driveway and fell off the edge.
So I say "ok babe, send me a pic" and get this.
So I ask if she'd put it in 4x and tried to back out. She says "no, I don't know how to do that!" I walk her through the one button operation (4x4s have come a long way) and tell her to slightly turn the wheel right and go slow. She has a friend in the background yelling "you can't go, your wheel is in the air!" I have to tell my wife to stop listening to her and listen to me.
She does and not even five seconds later she is screaming "I'm out!" Like I had a doubt.
Now the damage report. Overall the Jeep did well and I'm glad she wasn't in the Edge she used to have. The skid plate did it's job and now that she ate through the plastic trim I think some rock sliders are in order.
So all that brings me to this.....
What call have you gotten from a loved one where you first thought the worst but it turned out to be super simple and a non event?

As she tells me more it turns out she was pulling into her friends driveway and fell off the edge.

So I ask if she'd put it in 4x and tried to back out. She says "no, I don't know how to do that!" I walk her through the one button operation (4x4s have come a long way) and tell her to slightly turn the wheel right and go slow. She has a friend in the background yelling "you can't go, your wheel is in the air!" I have to tell my wife to stop listening to her and listen to me.
She does and not even five seconds later she is screaming "I'm out!" Like I had a doubt.
Now the damage report. Overall the Jeep did well and I'm glad she wasn't in the Edge she used to have. The skid plate did it's job and now that she ate through the plastic trim I think some rock sliders are in order.
So all that brings me to this.....
What call have you gotten from a loved one where you first thought the worst but it turned out to be super simple and a non event?