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Highway to Hell: Horror Stories from the Great American Roadtrip

Is there anything more genuinely American than hitting the open road in an overloaded, aging jalopy...and then spending part of the vacation broken down by the side of that road with your thumb out?

Not too very long ago, we asked for your best road trip horror stories. And boy, did we get them! Stories of cars breaking in half, dogs on fire, hysterical mass-familial roadsickness -- even the unintended demolition of a Dairy Queen.

Here are the winning stories. Thanks to the thousands of folks who told us their tales of woe And, special congratulations to the winner, Thomas Martinez. Anyone who lives through the grim saga you endured should get a little recognition every now and then.

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Tom and Ray
Click and Clack, the Tappet Brothers

Our Winner
And What Part Didn't Break?
Submitted by Thomas J. Martinez

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