Jon in Pasadena Posted July 30, 2018 Posted July 30, 2018 Probably the time I decided spur-of-the-moment to do a half-century bicycle ride down in Mexico (despite 1. never having done a ride that long and 2. not owning a bicycle), and figured my car could make it there and back even though it was overdue for an oil change (yes I was young and stupid). Ended up smoking the car's engine and having to *push* it back over the U.S./Mexico border under the frowny faces of both border patrols. Then had to arrange to get it towed somewhere, then ended up replacing the whole engine. I think I slept for about a week straight after that trip from hell. (Not my worst trip from hell, however.)
boyst Posted July 30, 2018 Posted July 30, 2018 Back on a Monday night in 2001 I had my car not starting to get to work at 9pm. It was terrible. I was late for work and didn't get in till almost 11: 30. it wouldn't start, it wouldn't turn over, the battery was fine everything on the car was perfect and I couldn't figure it out. I ended up having to stay home for a while until I can figure out what was wrong with it as I watch Monday Night Football with the Bills versus the Steelers I believe Come to find out the car would not turn over unless you turn the key... I did not realize it was so important until I researched. You need the key... Just beware of people, if you run into the same situation you need to make sure you turn the motor over with the key to start it.
LB3 Posted July 30, 2018 Posted July 30, 2018 (edited) Mine is pretty typical. The year I graduated high school, my girl and two friends of ours went to a beach to have a going away get together. My buddy got too drunk so I had to drive home. We were driving back home and my buddy was drinking in the backseat and just being obnoxious as hell. At some point, I turned around to yell at him and ended up hitting something in the middle of the road. The front end was f#@%ed. We went to find the animal we hit and it turns out it was a frigging person. We did what anyone would do in that situation and dumped the body at a local pier in hopes that the tide would take it out to sea. Fast forward a year, we had all lost touch but were back home for the summer. I won't bore you with the details of us all growing apart. Anyways, as you'd expect, the guy we hit (who btw was wearing a dark rain slicker on an unlit road that night - seriously who does that?!?) wasn't actually dead. Yada yada yada, he ended up killing my two friends and a bunch of other people who were just in the wrong place at the wrong time. Me and my girl survived but if we can be real about it for a second, I kind of wish he'd gotten her too. She was always flaunting her families money in my face and her boobs weren't nearly as big as they looked. Edited July 30, 2018 by LBSeeBallLBGetBall
Steve O Posted July 30, 2018 Posted July 30, 2018 On 6/4/2018 at 4:56 PM, BuffaloBill said: My biggest car problem is that I want one of these and can’t afford it: https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-review/jaguar/f-type-convertible I have a 60 something female friend, whenever she sees a middle aged guy driving something like this she'll say (well, interpolating to PG) "Nice car, sorry about the ED thing" 1
BuffaloBill Posted July 30, 2018 Posted July 30, 2018 39 minutes ago, Steve O said: I have a 60 something female friend, whenever she sees a middle aged guy driving something like this she'll say (well, interpolating to PG) "Nice car, sorry about the ED thing" Thankfully, I just think it’s a nice looking car. My equipment works far better than what the reviews suggest the Jag line does. They do not have a good reliability reputation.
Soda Popinski Posted July 30, 2018 Posted July 30, 2018 I can't remember ever wanting some sports car after high school. Give me a 1999-2003 F250 4x4 diesel crew cab any day over a sports car. Can't haul hunting and fishing gear in one of those. I'm sure they are fun to drive and I don't doubt I'd enjoy driving one. I just have too much crap that requires me to haul it around for my fun stuff.
Fadingpain Posted July 30, 2018 Posted July 30, 2018 On July 26, 2018 at 8:47 AM, Soda Popinski said: was on my way to an outback to pick up some crap on labor day weekend that my POS supervisor sent me for on my day off, should have told him to go eff himself but I was young and dumb. I am getting off the interstate and the timing belt snaps, it was a 95 for Contour and that was the first of many problems to come, biggest POS I ever owned I hated that car and I'll hate it forever. Anyway I coast off to the side of the road, steering locks up so i can't coast all the way over, so now i'm halfway in the turning lane, i go to get out and pop the hood, and as i shut the door the lock clicks on me, locking my keys in the car. it's starting to rain. this is 2001 I had my wifes cell phone with me and i called her at her parents house at a BBQ I was supposed to be at, she fires up the trans am to come get me but it takes 2 hours to get there it's raining, i'm fuming pissed. Tow truck happens by, helps me get the door open, offers to tow me. Cool, to the Ford dealership right? No I've got a buddy mechanic who can get you fixed up in a jiffy. uhhhh, ok. Long story short, he can't fix it, i lose two days staying at my brothers house with no car, it ends up at Pep Boys (without my knowing until it's there) I don't pay shadetree idiot a dime, then pep boys says it's fixed, i go to leave and get almost home, it starts chitting the bed again so I take it finally to the ford dealer who has the special tool you need to fix this hunk of hell. 700 bucks later it's fixed, I get my $300 back from pep boys because they didn't fix it. 1 year later we go to trade it in, it's overheating so bad i pull the thermostat but it pegs redline anyway. We literally coast into a Saturn dealership to look at a SUV the wife likes, and i tell her before getting out of the car "if you don't like this SUV find something you do like, cause this thing isn't making it home". Turns out the car she liked was already sold. frickin frickity frick. But hey, what's that jeep liberty up on the thing there? That's a 2002 (1 year old) with 10k miles on it. Oh yeah? How much? 12k. Take her down we're goin for a test drive. She loved that liberty, we took it home for something like 180 a month and everybody happy happy. Jesus what a horror story. 1 hour ago, Steve O said: I have a 60 something female friend, whenever she sees a middle aged guy driving something like this she'll say (well, interpolating to PG) "Nice car, sorry about the ED thing" I'm down here in Palm Beach County. The amount of really old guys driving around in obscenely expensive/powerful cars is just insane. They'll be in a 500+ bhp Bentley clogging up the passing lane going 50mph and looking like they are at death's door...harnessing about 10% of the car's performance that they paid $220K for. Apparently they thought the car would make them feel young, or something like that. 1
Lurker Posted July 30, 2018 Posted July 30, 2018 The motor mounts on my Ford Taurus failed and the engine dropped down, locking up the steering linkages. Good thing it happened pulling out from a red light as I'd have been a goner if it'd occurred at highway speeds...
Soda Popinski Posted July 30, 2018 Posted July 30, 2018 10 minutes ago, Fadingpain said: Jesus what a horror story. I'm down here in Palm Beach County. The amount of really old guys driving around in obscenely expensive/powerful cars is just insane. They'll be in a 500+ bhp Bentley clogging up the passing lane going 50mph and looking like they are at death's door...harnessing about 10% of the car's performance that they paid $220K for. Apparently they thought the car would make them feel young, or something like that. Daughter goes to FAU in Boca, you want to talk about high end cars, my biggest fear is she gets into a wreck in her Scion and hits some Bentley or half million dollar car.
Just Jack Posted July 30, 2018 Posted July 30, 2018 My uncle had a Ford Escort the first year it came out. It was the World Car, all these different countries had a hand in designing it. It spent more time being repaired than being on the road.
ExiledInIllinois Posted July 30, 2018 Posted July 30, 2018 5 minutes ago, Just Jack said: My uncle had a Ford Escort the first year it came out. It was the World Car, all these different countries had a hand in designing it. It spent more time being repaired than being on the road. Fiat=Fix It Again Tony Ford=Found On Road Dead Fix Or Repair Daily When Toyota and Chevrolet teamed up = Toilet Won't say what Pontiac could stand for. Could be misconstrued as insensitive or even worse.
Ice bowl 67 Posted August 16, 2018 Author Posted August 16, 2018 On June 5, 2018 at 10:55 AM, PastaJoe said: Had a 1972 Buick Skylark back in mid 80’s. Going to work in the morning up an inclined bridge that had a stop light on the other side. Light turned green, gave it gas, and the car wouldn’t go forward. Turned out that the transmission wasn’t working in forward, only reverse worked. So I had to go backwards as far right as I could on bridge, wait for traffic to pass, and drive backwards down bridge until I got to level ground and could park it. Then had to walk about 10 miles on shoulder in dress clothes in summer (pre cell phones) to get back where I could call someone for assistance. Another time the tie rods on a van give out just as I turned into my driveway, causing the wheel to collapse into the wheel well. That's actually funny. I mean I know at the time you probably weren't laughing but that sounds crazy.
WhoTom Posted August 16, 2018 Posted August 16, 2018 On 7/30/2018 at 2:12 PM, Steve O said: I have a 60 something female friend, whenever she sees a middle aged guy driving something like this she'll say (well, interpolating to PG) "Nice car, sorry about the ED thing" When a guy in a muscle car revs it up, speeds past our house, or does anything else obnoxious, my wife says, "Itty-bitty penis." 1
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