The most idiotic thing you've done (car related)

[boneybradley]

can I say..... When I went to buy a nice late mk2 GTi and left with a rover 200 





It was the boot size that was an issue due to not wrapping my nob and making my eldest! prams + mk2 = fail

[Gavv8]

can I say..... When I went to buy a nice late mk2 GTi and left with a rover 200 





It was the boot size that was an issue due to not wrapping my nob and making my eldest! prams + mk2 = fail

I think i'd rather put my fingers in the back of an alternator 

[archie837]

Listening to a mate when we were at headley ford tell me it will be fine.

Once we got towed home it took 2 days of electric heaters in the car to dry it out....

[scarr89]

fitted a turbo timer to my old 200sx, never hooked it up right, set it to a 2 mins to cut off, went in the house and about 8 hours later it was still running 

That is a good one!

[Thom89]

Cant think of anything really daft that I've done, but many years back, my neighbor was a keen DIY'er, this included servicing, and minor repairs to his beloved Rover V8 SD1
He would nose the car up to the entrance to his garage, climb down into his pit, and proceed to pull the car over the pit, so he could do what was required.
This particular day, its believed that the exhaust was blowing on the Rover, so he went through his routine, and pulled the car over his head while he was in the pit, only this time he had the engine running... so he could find what was wrong with the exhaust? Unfortunately, one of the two garage doors blew shut behind the car, and locked in place, like it was supposed to do. trapping him under the car with the engine running... He died of Carbon monoxide poisoning, the car ran out of fuel, and was probably a full day before anyone found him!
Silly sod!

Thom

[gixer1400]

when i was 19 i borrowed my dad's new metro decided the speakers were rubbish, cut big holes in the

 door cards; wired it all up but couldnt wind the windows down as the speakers were in the

 way   

not a happy dad 

[Sam]

Decided that removing pistons by pushing them down the bores was possible............................ 

HAHA, how big did the hammer get before you realised?

[Ant1981]

Cant think of anything really daft that I've done, but many years back, my neighbor was a keen DIY'er, this included servicing, and minor repairs to his beloved Rover V8 SD1
He would nose the car up to the entrance to his garage, clime down into his pit, and proceed to pull the car over the pit, so he could do what was required.
This particular day, its believed that the exhaust was blowing on the Rover, so he went through his routine, and pulled the car over his head while he was in the pit, only this time he had the engine running... so he could find what was wrong with the exhaust? Unfortunately, one of the two garage doors blew shut behind the car, and locked in place, like it was supposed to do. trapping him under the car with the engine running... He died of Carbon monoxide poisoning, the car ran out of fuel, and was probably a full day before anyone found him!
Silly sod!

Thom

Crikey 

[jmsheahan]

Cant think of anything really daft that I've done, but many years back, my neighbor was a keen DIY'er, this included servicing, and minor repairs to his beloved Rover V8 SD1
He would nose the car up to the entrance to his garage, clime down into his pit, and proceed to pull the car over the pit, so he could do what was required.
This particular day, its believed that the exhaust was blowing on the Rover, so he went through his routine, and pulled the car over his head while he was in the pit, only this time he had the engine running... so he could find what was wrong with the exhaust? Unfortunately, one of the two garage doors blew shut behind the car, and locked in place, like it was supposed to do. trapping him under the car with the engine running... He died of Carbon monoxide poisoning, the car ran out of fuel, and was probably a full day before anyone found him!
Silly sod!

Thom

Yikes, rather bleak. Poor guy 


Some good un's in here so far though 

[Mitching]

http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=199093.0
 
my contribution is on page 4 of that thread  :embarassed: