Editor’s note: This was Dale’s 16th trip to the L.A. Roadster Show in a topless roadster. He’s logged over 125,000 miles in three different roadsters, and this was his first major breakdown, but he still managed to drive home.
On Sunday, June 19th, while on my way to my hotel in Mesquite, Nevada, from Pomona, the roadster vapor locked in a construction zone, and of course, it was only one lane. I pulled to the side and waited for it to cool down, but it would not start. Finally, after about 45 minutes, a young man from Texas in an off-road Jeep-type vehicle stopped and offered to pull me to the next exit, where there was a gas station. He had a giant bungee cord that I wrapped around the…