The Dumbest Thing You Have Seen...

[simontibbett]

What's the dumbest mistake by someone you have seen?

One of my fav's was a friend had a VR6 VW and talked about how small the hole was to add oil, so one day I went out and watched him put oil in, well he was dumping it in the dip stick hole LMFAO. He laughed.

[Grantri]

A friend's sone "did front brakes" on his mom's late model Grand Prix, she drives it around for two days and finally called me saying "My car is making this horrible noise"

She brings me the car, I pull the left front wheel to find the only thing holding the brake caliper in place is the inside of the wheel!!

[matredd]

When I first got my license I let a kid from church who said he was taking an automotive class in school change my oil.
I was driving an 88 t-bird and left it with the guy. He ended up putting 8 quarts of oil in somehow after reading how much coolant it needed.
I drove it a couple of miles before seeing how many empty quarts of oil there were. This blew a couple of seals.

[simontibbett]

A friend's sone "did front brakes" on his mom's late model Grand Prix, she drives it around for two days and finally called me saying "My car is making this horrible noise"

She brings me the car, I pull the left front wheel to find the only thing holding the brake caliper in place is the inside of the wheel!!

LOL

[ben91]

Friend of mine pulled the dipstick out of his Z28 Camaro, noticed it was dry, and announced that it did not need any oil since "it's not up to add yet."

[simontibbett]

Lmfao hahaahahahahahaha

[jesseealexander]

well aside from my rich white friend wanting lambo doors for his STOCK v6 firebird, one time he thought it would be cool to put tire shine on the whole tire... he was pulling out of his driveway backwards and turning out, and his front wheels slid sideways and he took out his own mailbox and slid across the street into the curb. LOLOL

[deerock]

^^lol at austin.

all i have to say is, "HE SPUN THE MOTOR BACKWARDS! AND FLOODED IT!"

lmao sorry matt.

[jesseealexander]

LOOOOOLL that was pretty hilarious actually.

[deerock]

lmao it was.

im tryin to remember the hilarious ones where richard thinks hes smarter than me, on the miata....

[jesseealexander]

him thinking his p.o.s car is a real 442 is funny on its own... then all the rest of the car is just funnier. LOL

[simontibbett]

LOLOLOLOLOLOL I forgot about the VW spinning :( You are excused on that one.

[deerock]

CHA CHINGGGGGG! bingo! i got a story!

okay.

richard and i are rotating his tires on that cutless S (not 442)

he spins the rear tires with his hands, and the tires spin opposite directions.
i say "wow! for a muscle car, i thought youd atleast have a posi rear end"
he states " it is man, when the tires spin in opposite directions it means the posi is working."
me :facepalm: then i explain how a rear end works, and he still refuses to believe me......even with his damn one tire fire burnouts...

[simontibbett]

Is Richard the van burnout guy?

[jesseealexander]

si senor.

another dumb story is the pinto hitting the inside wall of turn 1. HOW DO YOU DO THAT?

i do feel bad for the guy though. he raced on a budget that most of us would call a weeekly food budget.

[amaff]

another dumb story is the pinto hitting the inside wall of turn 1. HOW DO YOU DO THAT?

At road atlanta? It usually involves getting punted.

[Doppelgänger]

I think one of my fav. moments was when someone was looking under the hood of my 99, looks straight at the supercharger nad with a dead serious face , points and says "i see a nice cold air intake" to his friend. No ****.

I'm not one to really use "heard on the internet" but because it was posted directly on a small forum, i'll ue it. It was the guy who thought he had a bad headgasket and put a bottle of that "headgasket repair in a bottle" in the car. Then he had really bad problems and lost oil pressure and blew the motor, got pissed at the company who made the product he used....not realizing that you're supposed to put it IN THE COOLANT. Said thread had pictures of the stuff gunking up the motor and oil pickup screen.

[Grantri]

"another dumb story is the pinto hitting the inside wall of turn 1. HOW DO YOU DO THAT?"

Are we talking about that beat old blue ITB Pinto that got killed at Road Atlanta some time ago? I hated to see that car go, it was always fun to see a Pinto on the track

[simontibbett]

At road atlanta? It usually involves getting punted.

He didn't get punted though.

[RotorNutFD3S]

Maybe something broke? It is a Pinto after all... If not, maybe the driver screwed up. People aren't perfect afterall.

[simontibbett]

Something did break, I forget what.

[RotorNutFD3S]

Something did break, I forget what.

Maybe it was the eBay coilovers he had. :lol:

A serious guess would be ball joint failure. They were notoriously long and weak on Pintos.

[Doppelgänger]

I've seen it happen quite a bit on RA, esp. comnig out of turn 7...people hit the inside wall after getting a bit of oversteer and panicing... same with turn 5. So hitting the wall inside of turn 1 isn't a big ordeal. I knew someone that hit it after picking up some fluids on their pass. side wheels from an incident at turn 12... hit the brakes and it pulled to the right suddenly...smack.

[simontibbett]

I've seen it happen quite a bit on RA, esp. comnig out of turn 7...people hit the inside wall after getting a bit of oversteer and panicing... same with turn 5. So hitting the wall inside of turn 1 isn't a big ordeal. I knew someone that hit it after picking up some fluids on their pass. side wheels from an incident at turn 12... hit the brakes and it pulled to the right suddenly...smack.

I have yet to see anyone hit the inside wall of one. 7 they either come into it too hot, lock them up and hit the outside wall, or SMACK the inside wall from said oversteer. 7 is actually one of the busiest corners on the track. 5 we rarely have a car hit the wall, when they do it hurts. I didn't say one was impossible, but it's very uncommon.

[adjake]

So back to the original topic here... what is the dumbest thing I have ever seen... this thread and all forums like it that allow this crap to get so dam off topic. This is exactly why I don't even bother with other forums... too much b.s. to sift through before you can get to any real content.
Mods or admins. you all need to just lock these topics when they start to get sideways. Whomever has a problem with someone else take it off the board because none of us want to see any of this crap.

[Jack-MX5ATLanta.com]

I like this topic, let's take it forward from here. No need to anyone from the 1980's to show up again. :)

[RotorNutFD3S]

Well you have to unlock it first sleepy man. :D

[simontibbett]

"another dumb story is the pinto hitting the inside wall of turn 1. HOW DO YOU DO THAT?"

Are we talking about that beat old blue ITB Pinto that got killed at Road Atlanta some time ago? I hated to see that car go, it was always fun to see a Pinto on the track

Yeah 99% sure, he was ALWAYS running that car lol.

[jesseealexander]

i was gonna say something to that effect, but it was locked. :(

anyways, the pinto was the ONLY car ive even heard of to hit a wall there without some "friendly persuasion" from another driver.

[metalman]

Our other resident Bimmer boy Matt brought his Miata to me at his dad's request/suggestion....symptom, 'clunking in rear end'. So, rather then to try to go by description I asked if I could just drive it around the subdivision. At the very end of my drive I could hear the 'clunk' so I got out of the car and opened the truck....waaahhlaahh...there it was! A big air can rolling around in the trunk. :lol: Clunk 'repaired'...that'll be $200 please. hahaha....

Moral of the story - Always check the stupid **** first. :D

[jesseealexander]

OH i have a recent one that i was just reminded of from your story kurt...


yesterday i was driving around gainesville and i was pulling into the public parking thing up there. i wanted to roll my windows down to hear myself being a ricer in there lol, but when i went to open my window it wouldnt roll down. the sunroof still worked and i checked the fuse and it was good, so i was like "WTF why is it not working??". i called a fellow e30 guy who knows these cars inside and out and he didnt know of any common stuff. i drove allllllllll the way back here to pick matt up to help with my brakes/oil change and as i was waiting in his driveway i looked down and the window lock button was pressed.

it turns out matt was fiddling with it the night before and locked the windows without me knowing and didnt unlock them. i felt retarded. lol

[simontibbett]

LOLOL.

I tried to drive my 240 with no rear brakes for laughs once, what now?!

[jesseealexander]

my ford aspire. the end.

[metalman]

my ford aspire. the end.

Even better when driven with 'emo' pants on. hahahahaha

[simontibbett]

LOL...

When are you getting another? ;)

[jesseealexander]

^^ exactly. and with a crushed RED hood, white steelies OR miata daisies at one point, vtec in blue painters tape in the rear quarter windowsflying 3 feet through the air and getting hydrolocked, ALL WHILE WEARIN EMO PANTS!!!

cant beat it. lol

[jesseealexander]

someday soon i hope. but this one will be faster :ninja:

[Mark23]

I was changing my brake pads when somebody "helped" me by pouring water into a brake fluid reservoir thinking that it was a windshield washer.

[RotorNutFD3S]

I was changing my brake pads when somebody "helped" me by pouring water into a brake fluid reservoir thinking that it was a windshield washer.

That's a :facepalm: offense.
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[mustangtomiata]

I have a recent one to tell in myself from my trans/clutch swap...

After i got the tranny bolted in I wanted to start it and make sure the gears worked before i finished it so i get in the car and fire it up, put it in first and let the clutch out and look to see if the back wheels are spinning, my next thought was oh no, try second, same result, third same, my dad walks out and is like what the hell are you doing, so i told him i was making sure the trans was worth the time but the back wheels wouldn't spin when i put it in any gear, then with his dirty old smart *** look he says, "think it might have something to do the driveshaft leaning against the garage wall over there"...facepalm myself, i stoppes for the day after that.

[Jack-MX5ATLanta.com]

:lol:

My most recent dumb thing was during my suspension install, removing the old springs off the old struts so I could re use my strut mounts. Well the spring compressor wouldn't fit on the springs because they were too close together, so I set about removing them without...

Had a big screwdriver through the lower strut mounting hole which I stood on either side, the torque wrench with extension removing the strut bolt on top very slowly. I could feel it getting closer and closer to going pop and when I wasn't really paying much attention... BANG! shoots off! hits the garage door. I **** myself...

gather parts... only realise there was no strut mount... it was now in the shrubbery somewhere. Spent 20 minutes or so searching for the god damn thing.

I was expecting a small jump... not a powerful one.

[simontibbett]

LOL I have NEVER used a spring compressor, it's so much fun to shoot the springs LOLOL. On a safe note do it against a spare tire or something, works fine everytime.

[Jack-MX5ATLanta.com]

I had no idea it would shoot off. Was expecting something more like a man with a prostate problem would produce.

[Sawyer]

Steve and I never really use spring compressors either. But we've never had a bolt fly off though.

[iJohnnyC.]

I'm telling on myself here..

I once had a Civic w/ 217,032 miles. I started to hear a very slight valve ticking noise. I assumed "oh, I'll need to get those adjusted soon". In retrospect, I should have thought "Hey, maybe I should check my oil level".
Unfortunately, I did not have this thought until half-way to work one monring, several weeks later, when she blew up, in spectacular fashion I might add. (to add insult to injury, I didn't have cell service)
Turns out, a Quart (or 4) of Oil would have prevent the total meltdown my beloved riced out p.o.s. civic
(flame suit on)
But, now I have the AV6, so its cool.

[mustangtomiata]

I'm telling on myself here..

I once had a Civic w/ 217,032 miles. I started to hear a very slight valve ticking noise. I assumed "oh, I'll need to get those adjusted soon". In retrospect, I should have thought "Hey, maybe I should check my oil level".
Unfortunately, I did not have this thought until half-way to work one monring, several weeks later, when she blew up, in spectacular fashion I might add. (to add insult to injury, I didn't have cell service)
Turns out, a Quart (or 4) of Oil would have prevent the total meltdown my beloved riced out p.o.s. civic
(flame suit on)
But, now I have the AV6, so its cool.


I think you did it on purpose...

[Jack-MX5ATLanta.com]

It's ok Johnny. We all make mistakes, I hit a tree :D

[iJohnnyC.]

I think you did it on purpose...

Haha, I wish dude! If I wanted to kill it on purpose, I would have done like ^^^ and just run it into a tree (insurance payout FTW).

Truthfully, I managed to sell it in 2 hours on CL, as it sat blown motor and all, for a pretty damn decent amount :-D

I learned my lesson on that one though, I obsessively check my oil now!

[redrumracer]

I think one of my fav. moments was when someone was looking under the hood of my 99, looks straight at the supercharger nad with a dead serious face , points and says "i see a nice cold air intake" to his friend. No ****.

I'm not one to really use "heard on the internet" but because it was posted directly on a small forum, i'll ue it. It was the guy who thought he had a bad headgasket and put a bottle of that "headgasket repair in a bottle" in the car. Then he had really bad problems and lost oil pressure and blew the motor, got pissed at the company who made the product he used....not realizing that you're supposed to put it IN THE COOLANT. Said thread had pictures of the stuff gunking up the motor and oil pickup screen.

yes that last story was classic.

[N3v]

I'm telling on myself here..

I once had a Civic w/ 217,032 miles. I started to hear a very slight valve ticking noise. I assumed "oh, I'll need to get those adjusted soon". In retrospect, I should have thought "Hey, maybe I should check my oil level".
Unfortunately, I did not have this thought until half-way to work one monring, several weeks later, when she blew up, in spectacular fashion I might add. (to add insult to injury, I didn't have cell service)
Turns out, a Quart (or 4) of Oil would have prevent the total meltdown my beloved riced out p.o.s. civic
(flame suit on)
But, now I have the AV6, so its cool.

did it blow up and spew white smoke out from under the hood?

the same thing happened to my civic, except i drove it like a retard and blew a piston ring. Being 16 at the time and still living with my parents, they had the say on how to fix it. I say a new d16 on ebay is a couple hundred bucks, they say nooooo way, we'll get someone to fix it. they took it to two people who said its better to just swap the whole engine, but they would have none of that. finally they found some shade tree dip**** who said he'd fix it. He rebuilds it, and its fine, although a little choppy, for the first 500 miles. I take it back to him to get the 'valves readjusted' since its past its break in time, and as I'm driving it home on the interstate:
"hey do you hear that?"
"yeah, what do you think-"
BAM klunk klunk

I look back and see my rod bouncing down the highway D:

(he replaced the engine for free with one he didn't build,then it was fine)

Edit: oh, and as for dumb **** I've done, has anyone ever driven with their oil cap off? That's a beautiful, beautiful experience.

[mustangtomiata]

It's ok Johnny. We all make mistakes, I hit a tree :D

I have to but man v8 power was uninjured from it! grrr

You would've been right about the ebay d16, my parents always left fix decisions up to me, but they wouldn't help me if i f***ed it up either.

[ranger250x]

went up to the BP meet at plesant hill. while walking around with some friends i noticed a couple people gathered around a miata with the hood propped. curious, i walked over to see what everyone was gawking at. owner was just showing his buddies something new and small under the hood. as i was about to walk away two teenagers walked up and one was explaining to the other what the miata had. "its got a nissan motor in it" the valve cover even had mazda highlighted

[Doppelgänger]

^^^ that's the typical idiot BP crowd for ya. I go up there to sit on the sidelines every now and then to make fun of the beaners and ricers.

[ranger250x]

^^ i hear you on that one. i havent been there in a while. is it still crazy with the burn outs doughnuts and general Mad Max behavior followed by instant arrest and more than likely deportation?

[Doppelgänger]

I wish there was more instant arrests for stupidity. I was ther eback in May last year and done kid in an Integra did a huge burnout right as GCPD rolled in. Man, they ripped him out of that car so fast and cuffed him, much to the cheering of the crowd gathered around.