The Most Stupid Things You've Done With A Car

We've all done dumb things in and around our cars, and we've sorted out the best of the epic fails that you guys submitted

Michael Fernie

24 Aug 2016

The Most Stupid Things You've Done With A Car

1. Petrol in the eye and mouth...

“This week - when I was feeling a little bit ‘fragile’ - I spent 10 minutes loosening the bolt on my rear shock absorber, only to realise that I was tightening the hell out of it to the point of shearing!

“2 hours later - still feeling ‘fragile’ - I swapped out the fuel filter, and in the process poured petrol into my eye and mouth. Don’t do it - hurts like a mopho!”

Alex Kersten

2. Gas all over the floor!

“I changed the fuel pump in my car, with a full tank of gas, in my friends garage. Three gallons of gas all over the floor”.

Ben Van Deventer

3. Cleaning dad's car...with a rock

“I was 3 years old and decided to ‘wash’ my dad’s car…with a rock…all the way to the bare metal…”

Edvin G

4. Tried to jump a car...

“I tried to jump a car over a steep hill. Turns out no one was smart enough to disconnect the airbags….”

BMarmis

5. Locked myself in the boot

“Closed myself in my car’s boot…had to punch the rear shelf and jump over the seats to get out”.

Aaron Dawson

6. Slammed the door...on myself

“I was getting into my mum’s car after having an argument with her and went to slam the door shut. Stupidly I hadn’t put my leg inside the car and slammed it onto my shin and broke it in 2 places”.

Matt Thompson

7. Forgot I was in an auto...

“Forgot I was in an automatic, used my left foot on the brake thinking it was the clutch, I don’t have to say more, do I?”

Boosted Doge

8. I washed my mom's car seats

“When I was a kid I had heard that my dad ‘washed his car seats’ so I decided to give a nice surprise to my mom and do the same thing to her car. Except I didn’t know how to do it so I used a garden hose and a LOT of water. She wasn’t that happy but a salesman at insurance company was impressed with my skills”.

Konsta Laitinen

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Comments

If your easy start says DON’T SPRAY WHILE CRANKING, then dont. Jesus, the whole engine bay went up in flames.

Years ago, when I was about 10, my dad said I could drive his old Datsun ute. I sat in the drivers seat an held the clutch in and he started it and revved it with his foot in the door, because it was old and hard to start. My foot got tired so I let I off the clutch…. I’ll leave the results up to your imagination. Thankfully no humans or Datsuns were seriously hurt :)
Needless to say I didn’t get to drive the Datsun around the paddock

I tested out my dads “dent resistant doors” on his Saturn….. After a few swings I let other people try and well, we made a hole on the passenger side door.

2 more reasons why kids are the worst

All stupid things but none have dropped a race car on your foot

Tried to test the world rally cross limits on my wrx…. Ripped the front bumper off on a small incline less than 30 seconds into the adventure. Not my proudest moment.

Try Fist test when i was 8 years old…after my fathers rover was recently turned off, i burned my right hand and it ended red like a chimp’s rear

Was playing in my dad’s mgb aged 3 - locked myself in, couldn’t get out, and my parents called the police because I was “missing” - they found me 3 hours later making vroom vroom noises and pretending to drive when I discover the horn - my dad realised it was the mg and went to look.