Speaking of doing dumb things to vehicles,

Years ago, fresh out of college, I bought a Dodge Neon Sport Coupe. That was a fun car to drive!

First day out: Timing belt broke. It took 3 weeks to get it back and fought tooth and nail on the lemon law. Repair worked out fine... but day after I got it back I drove up north to a friend's wedding at high rates of speed. All was good, car drove like it was on rails.

On the way to the wedding the next day I was behind the groom's mom, who was driving a big hunk of Detroit Steel. She stopped quick, I did not. Well, I did after I hit her at about 2mph. Talk about embarrassing.

I blew up the engine a year later and never did get the dent fixed. Apparently you cannot drive those little pieces of crap like they begged to be driven. High octane fuel was not their friend.

Last edited by liquidsquid; 12/07/20 03:45 PM.