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It's been done before, but, what's the worst thing that you've done to your car?

Old Feb 24, 2003 | 05:14 PM
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It's been done before, but, what's the worst thing that you've done to your car?

because I just swapped out the lights in my automatic climate control
with those ones from Radio Shack...

FIRST -- the bulbs were the wrong size for the blue condoms...so, the color is off!
SECOND -- I dropped one of the light fixtures into Maxima Purgatory...
THIRD -- one of the lights just went out...one day after all my work...



what the hell am I gonna do about the lost light "fixture"...

...no more fan speed light I guess.

OK, not a major one, but I am helluva pi$$ed!!!

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Old Feb 24, 2003 | 05:40 PM
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take it to a maxima meet
Old Feb 24, 2003 | 05:43 PM
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Originally posted by SprintMax
take it to a maxima meet


The worst thing I did was running that kid off the road after he tapped me in the rear. Thats why the damage to my car happened. I did it myself! But the kid payed for it.
Old Feb 24, 2003 | 05:43 PM
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Letting my brother drive it.
Old Feb 24, 2003 | 05:53 PM
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I put lowering springs on my car I took them off and went back to stock "height"
Old Feb 24, 2003 | 05:54 PM
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go back in

get the right light bulbs, and go back inside and fix it right.
Old Feb 24, 2003 | 06:05 PM
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had sex in the back seat of my mom's 97 on prom night back in high school. "fluids" and black leather = monica lewinsky
Old Feb 24, 2003 | 06:29 PM
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hitting that damn mailbox was harsh.
Old Feb 24, 2003 | 06:49 PM
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painted my calipers yellow. What the hell was I thiking.
Old Feb 24, 2003 | 06:54 PM
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Originally posted by LeonBlackMax
hitting that damn mailbox was harsh.
Not as harsh as rear-ending a handi-transit.
Old Feb 24, 2003 | 07:17 PM
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Had sex in the car, the next day my starter died.

Lesson learned: NO SEX in my max only my sisters camry.
Old Feb 24, 2003 | 07:53 PM
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snapped the black plastic around the gauges...

i'm sure there's worse cuz i always seem to run into problems installing stuff.


Romeo, your story was funny enough, but the name just finishes it perfectly!
Old Feb 24, 2003 | 08:08 PM
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Originally posted by 1FSTMAX
Letting my brother drive it.
what did he do to it???
Old Feb 24, 2003 | 08:25 PM
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Originally posted by carnal_c30


what did he do to it???
He fried my ECU while installing a amp and sub.
Check your Pm's
Old Feb 24, 2003 | 08:57 PM
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I fried my ECU once. Busted my master cylinder once. I still have a funky battery drain somewhere.
Old Feb 24, 2003 | 09:42 PM
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Originally posted by 1MAX2NV
I fried my ECU once. Busted my master cylinder once. I still have a funky battery drain somewhere.
even with 2 damn batteries in my car, if it sits for more than 4 days or so, its dead.. so retarded.

air ride loves issues.
Old Feb 24, 2003 | 10:23 PM
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Originally posted by Max4U
Had sex in the car, the next day my starter died.

Lesson learned: NO SEX in my max only my sisters camry.

Do you mean to say you have se...errrr...umm...nevermind - I'm not even going to ask.
Old Feb 25, 2003 | 01:33 AM
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Originally posted by joaquink


Do you mean to say you have se...errrr...umm...nevermind - I'm not even going to ask.
with your sister?! hahahah
Old Feb 25, 2003 | 01:40 AM
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lets see...

backing into a mailbox 2 HOURS after i got the car...
backing into a fire hydrant 2 months after i got the car...
backing into another mailbox 4 months after i got the car...

is it me, or is it REALLY hard to see out of the back of 5th gens??? my mom's 4th gen is easy to see out of the back of... course her car doesnt have as huge an a$$ as mine
Old Feb 25, 2003 | 05:19 AM
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worst thing was mod'ing the car.
Old Feb 25, 2003 | 06:04 AM
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Excessive use of a breaker bar

I am pretty sure I have made bolts go were no bolt has ever gone before. I have actually torqued bolts so hard I was worried my ride might fall of the jack stands.

Moral of the story - 100% of the time make it fit is just not the way to go.
Old Feb 25, 2003 | 06:35 AM
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Originally posted by h2kFrosty
lets see...

backing into a mailbox 2 HOURS after i got the car...
backing into a fire hydrant 2 months after i got the car...
backing into another mailbox 4 months after i got the car...

is it me, or is it REALLY hard to see out of the back of 5th gens??? my mom's 4th gen is easy to see out of the back of... course her car doesnt have as huge an a$$ as mine


i would recommend not backing up anymore. lol
Old Feb 25, 2003 | 02:49 PM
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worst thing?

when i sold it.
Old Feb 25, 2003 | 03:09 PM
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i bought it.
Old Feb 25, 2003 | 03:12 PM
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Buffing the crap out of my car to get paint specks off and ending up taking the paint off my spoiler.

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Old Feb 25, 2003 | 06:38 PM
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neutral drop, on more than one occasion!.. yeah I was young and stupid. Did leave a nice 10 ft. pair of tire marks in front of my friends house though
Old Feb 25, 2003 | 07:07 PM
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worst thing that i've done is get close to is when i'm fu(kin peeo'd
Old Feb 26, 2003 | 12:47 AM
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Not as harsh as rear-ending a handi-transit.
still not as colorful as me hitting that cow. i am still trying to figure whether the sounds were breaking bones or my bumper & fixtures rolling down the bend.
Old Feb 26, 2003 | 06:37 AM
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I had APC pedals on at one time.
Old Feb 26, 2003 | 07:06 AM
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The worst thing I did to my car was sign my name and buy it. The poor thing would have been better off in the hands of a 16 year old or an old lady.
Old Feb 26, 2003 | 07:53 AM
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i dropped a quarter into the speedometer crack (under the trip reset pin) and now my car is worth 25 cent more.
Old Feb 26, 2003 | 08:46 AM
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While racing on a race track, redlining 3rd gear near the end of the straightaway, had to quickly shift to 4th and then quickly brake (heel and toe), shift back to 3rd and take the turn at the end of the straightaway.

Did it many times (I tried not shifting to 4th but I was bouncing off the rev limiter and was losing time so it was faster to shift to 4th and back to 3rd. I just had to do it very fast.) One time though, I did it a little too fast and accidently shifted into 2nd.
100 mph in 2nd isn't good. Anyway, I was only in 2nd for half a second (quickly put the clutch in and went to third while braking for the turn). I was freaking and quite angry with myself.
Luckily, the car didn't blow anything right there and then.
However, 6 months later one of the piston blew right out of the engine block. 2 years of racing plus that one incident was probably the cause for the engine failure. Those VQ engines are strong but not invincible
Old Feb 26, 2003 | 08:49 AM
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running out of gas not once but twice! not in the same day though.
Old Feb 26, 2003 | 06:59 PM
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My 95, having sex in it for three months, right rear passenger spring was completely worn.
My 99, driving it with a strained neck, I backed up into a cement post.
Old Feb 26, 2003 | 10:16 PM
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Originally posted by JUDE
My 95, having sex in it for three months, right rear passenger spring was completely worn.
My 99, driving it with a strained neck, I backed up into a cement post.
????? :attention
Old Feb 27, 2003 | 03:16 AM
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i never complained about having sex in the max, i think i was enjoying it too much to worry bout the car, but the worst thing i EVER did to my car was let my civic friend convince me into putting those washer nozzle lights on a long time ago, and actually kept them on until i got a summons which finally made me realize why cops gave tickets for them...Violation: Section 348634875 - Making car UGLY!!
Old Feb 27, 2003 | 03:16 AM
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NOZZLE LIGHTS!!!

i never complained about having sex in the max, i think i was enjoying it too much to worry bout the car, but the worst thing i EVER did to my car was let my civic friend convince me into putting those washer nozzle lights on a long time ago, and actually kept them on until i got a summons which finally made me realize why cops gave tickets for them...Violation: Section 348634875 - Making car UGLY!!
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