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

[LowlifeDubber]

When i was 14 my old man was getting his classic Lincoln Continental ready for a show.I decided while he was out i would spend an hour jacking each wheel up and turning it so that all the hubcaps emblems/valves were in exactly the same position and would look much better for the show! :embarassed:

Somehow managed to wire my brothers stereo up on his Lotus Cortina to a coil feed or something.Everytime he put a tape on the faster he went the faster his tape played To listen to his Trex he had to drive at about 45mph

[kellywild83]

When i bought my golf in March.. i gave it the quick once over checked the oil level etc... being lazy i decided i'd leave everything (Including oil change) to the garage as i'd booked it in for a service... Went on the motorway and accidently reached very high speeds *cough cough* dirty oil blocked the strainer and the crank shaft battered my engine to peices  :embarassed: I had to get a knew engine imported from Northern Ireland all because i was too busy to complete the basic checks and changes myself... Lesson learned the hard way 

[RandomJord]

Sold This a really clean original G60 in Oak green with Factory Heated/Electric Leather, AC, rare as hell Split Rims, FVWSH from germany and the UK, for....... £2.5K ....

Just so i could buy a LCR, its one of those things that i'll forever think about randomly, get pissed at myself and swear a lot in regret!

[tweed]

mine is using a jet wash. I jet washed my engine bay in my old saxo vts. it didn't start and cost be £150 for a new coil pack. A few months after that I went airborne on some back roads and the welds snapped in the boot, so you could see the rear torsion bar through the boot and half the wheels where in the arch.

I jet washed my mk3 16v with it on point and not fan. I took a lot of lacquer off 

and buying a 8v gti 

[Bellend]

Not me but I work in a lane with three garages. Lad down the end one went past in a Nissan Cabster and braked fairly hard, front of the cab went flying forwards and he ended up facing the floor. 

These cabs lift up for easy engine access, obviously wasn't clamped down properly, they are a biatch to do sometimes. 

[lemski]

     Droppin the rear axle of. Undid one suspension side. Then thought id do other side. As soon as bolt was out. Rear axlestraight onto my chest. The 2 peoplewho were there were removing the other rear axle and didnt seem to notice my dilema for atleast ten minutes.

[ohmz1988]

1. Took parents car out when I was little, drove loads of places the whole night without incident got back to house and couldn't reverse the car into the drive (didn't know you had to lift the lever beneath the gear knob) Spend hours panicing at the thought of what my mum would say and paid someone passing by a tenner to help me push it back into the drive. Which was a lot to a little kid lol.

2. Sprayed my cars headlights with the factory body paint. Pleased with myself at their gloss look but was subsequently flashed my drivers behind me for months as they thought my lights were off.

To be stupid and young again 

[WalterRego Mk2]

A few years ago in my first car (1.3sr nova, dont judge me please it was standard but still a vaux!!) I was loading my boot one morning. Being young and dumb I thought it was a good idea to let it warm up to temp.

Problem was I started it from standing at the drivers door and failed to remember Id left it in reverse  cue car jumping back into nothing other than my house and bending my tailgate to a point it wouldnt close!!!!    :embarassed:

Never should have admitted this and have never started a car without my foot on clutch since!!

[mcgee9t2]

Problem was I started it from standing at the drivers door and failed to remember Id left it in reverse  cue car jumping back into nothing other than my house and bending my tailgate to a point it wouldnt close!!!!    :embarassed:

one of my mates did a simelar thing.


down the motorway the council had been doing work (one mate works for the council) and they decided it would be easier to just leave lots of wood (all decent brand new stuff) that they hadent used to just rot away/taken. my other mate was just starting a joinery buisness so one night they both went down and loaded the wood into one van and one car, two trips later and 4 vehicles full of wood he gets home and has it all put in the garage, then goes to reverse his stilo abarth about  1 meter further onto the drive, forgot he had rigger boots on, sat with legs out of the car, flicks the flappy paddel into reverse and presses the accelorator, goes flying back into the house, rear bumper shagged, rear arches shagged, boot shaggged, posssible twisted chasis 

oh and he smashed his mams plant pot killing the sun flower at the same time

[Bazza1975]

I once bought a Vauxhall ! :embarassed: