Feelin kinda bummed...
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Melting Slicks
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From: Delmar Delaware
Feelin kinda bummed...
Did something dumb and I've been bummed for the last two days. I was just wondering,what's the worst or dumbest thing you guys have done to damage your car? I'll tell mine,I just wanna see a couple others first cause damn I'm feelin dumb right now.
Burning Brakes
Joined: Oct 2003
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From: DALLAS/FT WORTH TEXAS
I went haulin *** into a car wash to avoid hail in my first car (Nissan truck). I hit a metal trash can gaurd in the process which tore up the bedside. Hail would have been much more pleasant.
SPILL THE BEANS!
SPILL THE BEANS!
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Melting Slicks
Joined: Feb 2008
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From: Delmar Delaware
I left a bottle of cleaner on my seat when I went to work yesterday. It got almost 90* here yesterday and I didn't crack window. When I came out to my car later,I opened the door and found a pool of cleaner and the "leather" peeling.
Drifting
Joined: Feb 2007
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From: Santa Maria Ca.
Had a bottle of Torch Red touchup paint laying in the back that I used for my caliper lettering,and apparently I'd screwed the lid on too tight,and the lid cracked,and it all leaked out onto the black carpet.
Got in the car that morning,and thought to myself "gee,it really shouldn't smell like paint in here,wtf?"
Looked pretty bad,but i got it all out with lotsa rags and some lacquer thinner.
Now anything like that goes in a plastic bag in the storage compartment...
Got in the car that morning,and thought to myself "gee,it really shouldn't smell like paint in here,wtf?"
Looked pretty bad,but i got it all out with lotsa rags and some lacquer thinner.
Now anything like that goes in a plastic bag in the storage compartment...
Le Mans Master
Joined: May 2006
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From: Hillsboro Oregon
Cut a right turn out of a parking lot too tight and jumped the concrete curbing taking a nasty bite out of my lower right rail behind the door sill.
Wish I had had some frame savers installed ;^(
Wish I had had some frame savers installed ;^(
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Drifting
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From: Providence Rhode Island
after washing my first Corvette an 84 with a wing on the back in one of those wand washing bays. I hung the wand up but as I pulled out the hose got caught in the wing and tore the rear bumber two inches fron the rear fender. That was awsome
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Burning Brakes
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From: Oakton Virginia
One day, a few years ago, I hop into my Z28 and start to back out and... SMASH! The driver side t-top shatters. A few weeks previously I had installed a wiffle ball on a string to use as a guide for parking the car in the garage. Well the wiffle ball got caught inside the car when I closed the door and when I backed out the string tightened until it pulled the eye screw out of the ceiling where it then smashed into the t-top. It cost about $350 to fix that mistake.
Team Owner
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From: Title town, Champs live here.
St. Jude Donor '09-'10-'11-'12-'13-'14-'15-'16-'17-'18-'19
One day, a few years ago, I hop into my Z28 and start to back out and... SMASH! The driver side t-top shatters. A few weeks previously I had installed a wiffle ball on a string to use as a guide for parking the car in the garage. Well the wiffle ball got caught inside the car when I closed the door and when I backed out the string tightened until it pulled the eye screw out of the ceiling where it then smashed into the t-top. It cost about $350 to fix that mistake.
To the OP stuff happens and may cost some money to fix it, BUT you live to see another day.
Team Owner
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From: Title town, Champs live here.
St. Jude Donor '09-'10-'11-'12-'13-'14-'15-'16-'17-'18-'19
Not me ,but neighbor/buddy finished washing his WS6 TA and thought he would be cute and spin around (doughnuts) to help dry it off. He ran over his wash bucket trapping it underneath the front fascia and proceeded to gun it for a few minutes 
it did put a ton of scratches/scuffs and a small tear in the plastic. I felt bad but was laughing so hard I DON'T THINK HE BELIEVED ME. Within a week we had it looking good again.
it did put a ton of scratches/scuffs and a small tear in the plastic. I felt bad but was laughing so hard I DON'T THINK HE BELIEVED ME. Within a week we had it looking good again.
Racer
Joined: Apr 2005
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From: Syracuse New York
Well since you guys started...
Forgot to put the top back on the coupe at night. Next morning found out it poured during the night. Ruined the seats, rugs... luckily i didnt have any electrical problems.. so far
Forgot to put the top back on the coupe at night. Next morning found out it poured during the night. Ruined the seats, rugs... luckily i didnt have any electrical problems.. so far
Pro
Joined: Oct 2007
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From: Springfield MO
Let my GF at the time drive my C3 for the day, she called me to let me know it started smoking, but its OK she only drove it 2 more miles to get it home.
Yeah, that came to a nice total, and never let anyone drive my cars anymore... Specially GF'S!
Yeah, that came to a nice total, and never let anyone drive my cars anymore... Specially GF'S!
Safety Car
Joined: Oct 2007
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From: San Diego Ca
I left my C5 in nuetral w/o pulling the handbrake in my garage overnight. It rolled back into the garage door. The next morning I didnt notice this until I pressed the button to open the garage door and heard it scraping the paint off my rear bmpr
Times like those Im glad I have a bodyshop lol.
Times like those Im glad I have a bodyshop lol.
Racer
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ive owned mine for a week
drove it over to my old man's to park it until i can get it titled (long story, ****ty sellers)
my brother offered to help me put the glass top back on. i wanted to do it myself
cracked the damn thing on the corner
drove it over to my old man's to park it until i can get it titled (long story, ****ty sellers)
my brother offered to help me put the glass top back on. i wanted to do it myself
cracked the damn thing on the corner