What has your "friend" been up to?
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Vaud said:
My friend, having grown up in hilly Yorkshire always used to leave his car in gear in case of handbrake failure, etc.
So when he borrowed his bosses work car for a meeting he parked it back up in the bosses space, about 1 ft from the metal car park hoop. Returned the keys. This was in a very flat part of the south of England.
Hopping mad boss next morning who had got in his car, released the handbrake and then turned the key without checking gears and it kangarooed in to the metal hoop.
Oops. Quite a big dent.
His fault though. What was the outcome?So when he borrowed his bosses work car for a meeting he parked it back up in the bosses space, about 1 ft from the metal car park hoop. Returned the keys. This was in a very flat part of the south of England.
Hopping mad boss next morning who had got in his car, released the handbrake and then turned the key without checking gears and it kangarooed in to the metal hoop.
Oops. Quite a big dent.
Breadvan72 said:
My friend let the tank run dry in his rare supercharged Lancia and totally shagged the fuel pump. As the Americans say, "Do not pass gas".
Have a sympathetic wince for your friend.My friend has twice now made it to an autoroute fuel station in his motorhome with the engine juddering as it's running on fumes. Apparently the range function on Transits isn't to be trusted, and his wife will actually kill him if it happens again.
ambuletz said:
I've already seen pictures of from my cousin who's stripped off the front end of his 206cc. He's doing an engine swap. I've asked him what he's putting in there. He's taking out the standard 1.6litre, and for some reason he's putting in a 1.3 turbo from a Toyota Starlet Glanza 
Presumably for the purpose of "boosting the s
t out of it".Back in the day my friend was known to enjoy an occasional recreational smoke. Not being the sharpest tool in the box he sparked one up in his car on his way back from seeing his girlfriend.
All very chilled until he realised he was slowly overtaking an unmarked police car on the M1, the driver was looking over curiously at the awesomely sheddy Rover SD1 that was drawing past him.
My friend panicked and decided to jettison the evidence out of the window and trust that the fresh air swirling through the window would freshen things up nicely in case matters developed further.
Around Jct 7 my friend realised his back seat was now on fire
All very chilled until he realised he was slowly overtaking an unmarked police car on the M1, the driver was looking over curiously at the awesomely sheddy Rover SD1 that was drawing past him.
My friend panicked and decided to jettison the evidence out of the window and trust that the fresh air swirling through the window would freshen things up nicely in case matters developed further.
Around Jct 7 my friend realised his back seat was now on fire
One of my friends pet hates, is the idiots that stop and wait at the entrance to the petrol station, waiting for the first free pump.
I have explained that this behaviour isn't too bad if it's quiet, but I agree that it is enraging when it's busy, with the line of cars needlessly backed up onto the road.
Many years ago, in his youth, my friend had a 1.2l fiesta, complete with 12" sub woofer, 16" wheels, big bore back box and EBC brakes "coz I drive fast, init".
Upon reaching a local filling station, it's the same old story, of IDIOTS not wanting to join a pump queue, and instead causing a huge tailback onto the road. All that separates my friend from the petrol station, by-passing the idiots, is a standard sized curb, 6 feet of concrete, then drop off the curb.
fk you lot, I'm going this way....
Friend coaxes beached chav wagon off the concrete with a huge scrape, cue the entire petrol station seeing exactly what's happened and staring endlessly.
Luckily upon inspection, damage was pretty much non existent, bar a few dusty scrapes on the bell housing.
My friend now waits patiently at petrol stations.
I have explained that this behaviour isn't too bad if it's quiet, but I agree that it is enraging when it's busy, with the line of cars needlessly backed up onto the road.
Many years ago, in his youth, my friend had a 1.2l fiesta, complete with 12" sub woofer, 16" wheels, big bore back box and EBC brakes "coz I drive fast, init".
Upon reaching a local filling station, it's the same old story, of IDIOTS not wanting to join a pump queue, and instead causing a huge tailback onto the road. All that separates my friend from the petrol station, by-passing the idiots, is a standard sized curb, 6 feet of concrete, then drop off the curb.
f
k you lot, I'm going this way.... - bump* front wheels up
- bump* rear wheels up
- BANG* front wheels drop off the curb, and the car lands on the gearbox bell housing.
Friend coaxes beached chav wagon off the concrete with a huge scrape, cue the entire petrol station seeing exactly what's happened and staring endlessly.
Luckily upon inspection, damage was pretty much non existent, bar a few dusty scrapes on the bell housing.
My friend now waits patiently at petrol stations.
My friend opted out of the South-East property market just before the start of the boom, and now pays a fortune in rent.
My friend has walked out of well paid jobs to 'live off his savings' because he didn't like commuting.
My friend has crashed his car into a bollard when entering a car park.
My friend thinks its better not to continue listing his life of mistakes, mishaps and misdemeanors.
My friend has walked out of well paid jobs to 'live off his savings' because he didn't like commuting.
My friend has crashed his car into a bollard when entering a car park.
My friend thinks its better not to continue listing his life of mistakes, mishaps and misdemeanors.
My friend dipped his brake calliper carriers in weak acid to de-rust them.
After a couple of hours they were cleaning up ok, but a bit slowly.
My friend then strengthened the acid solution significantly to speed the process up
He then forgot about them for four days.
My friend then had to shell out for four second hand calliper carriers as he had dissolved the threads off his existing ones.
My friend now thinks he is an idiot.
After a couple of hours they were cleaning up ok, but a bit slowly.
My friend then strengthened the acid solution significantly to speed the process up
He then forgot about them for four days.
My friend then had to shell out for four second hand calliper carriers as he had dissolved the threads off his existing ones.
My friend now thinks he is an idiot.
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