Car Horror Stories

[Asylum Renegade]

So let us hear your horror stories about what you've seen people do to cars or stuff you've accidently done to your own cars.

For me when I was still learning about cars I made one huge mistake that cost me a lot. My oil light was blinking and I didn't realize I needed to change the oil as I thought the oil light had to be on solid for me to change the oil. At the time I never heard about the 3 months/3,000 miles thing. So in the end my car just didn't start one day and I ended up needing to get a whole new engine put in the car. Yeah I was kind of dumb at the time hehe sweatdrop  

[Asylum Renegade]

Waffle King Richard

Asylum Renegade

At least you didn't do like one person who owned a Corvette and was driving it on the Capitol Beltway (I-495) when they drove over a cinder block which ripped away the oil pan. They then kept driving even with all the warning lights and gauges insisting that they stop, until the engine finally seized. $10, 000 for a new engine at the dealership (some of the mechanics were chatting about it when I was there for a state inspection back in 1999).

As for me, probably the worst was driving the old Safari van off of the ramps and causing the front end to drop a foot because I couldn't tell if the front wheels had settled in the groove at the top of the ramps, in preparation for doing an oil change (and thus knocked out the alignment of both front wheels).

sounds like a couple interesting adventures. It's amazing what humans do to their cars lol