Josh...lol. A few weeks ago I was performing an oil change and refilled the engine with tranny fluid...fortunatley I caught it as I was throwing the bottles away.

to similar looking bottles.

 

I super tightened the oil filter on my 06 Maxima, somehow when I layed down on the ground and changed my position I just cranked the filter way to tight and thinking hey I loosened it I went more

2 hours later I got the filter off, should of been 20 minutes

 

20 minutes to take a filter off?

 

from start to finish

 

this thread makes me feel smart. i'd like to give thanks to all the stupid people out there. lol j/k.

 

im not all that car savvy, but i did an oil change once and poured oil into the engine but i forgot to put the oil pan screw back in. Spilled the oil all over the street.

 

I installed new brake pads all around a few days ago. went to go work em in and nodiced it wasent stopping near as good as it used to. Didint know what I did wrong, followed my haynes (for backup) and the install was pretty straingt foward. My ebrake was basicly useless. Well turns out some moron put the brake pad lube on the side of the pad\disc. yea so I quietly got a hose and squirt it off and wiped it off as best as I could. Aparently alot of people make this mistake first time changing disc brakes. I felt pretty stupid.

 

I also backed up into what I thought was a driveway, but it turned out to be a high-curb and knocked the muffler off. It was ok since midas had replaced the muffler the year before and there was a lifetime warranty on it.

for midas

 

anything particular you want to share with us that happened in jail which was very bad?? lol jk man

 

making mistakes is the only way to learn. plus you get stories to tell the grandchildren.

 

Well, this was 2-3 yrs ago. My friend had just gotten his MINT condition (in and out) 79 ElCamino. A few weeks later a bunch of friends from the highschool are hanging out at his house playing football. Anyways we take a Gatorade break and some of us are sitting on the tailgate of the ElCamino. After we finished, we try to put the tailgate back up but it wasnt closing all the way for some reason...

So my smart *** decides to do like I do with doors when they dont close all the way and give it a "hip-bang" to shut it. But, instead of hitting it at the sides where the metal is stronger I hit it right at the center, and left a nice 6" round dent on the tailgate. Cracked the paint and everything. . I felt like such a @#$#%^%^*&@#$%%!!!

 

wow

 

That wasn't dumb, maybe your gas struts are shot. Mine are. Even with 25% off, I didn't want to pay based on the list price of over $90 each?????? Supposedly Advance Auto has generic ones for the 4th gen at $20 a pop, but I never got them yet. I replaced my brakes today (pads only) and my hood slammed shut too. Luckily my cap was on and not off to the side or anything. Man those pads are so easy to replace, and I used the hardware kit this time. It's been 4 years, but everything came apart easily and the pistons went in like butter. 2nd pad change at 120k. The pads have about 65k and were 70% gone....

 

went paintballing on the roads shooting at each others car. The dents on my car became an eye sore....

 

I've done that, not in the maxima though

 

I thought I was turning into a Jack in the Box, but I turned in next to some railroad tracks. When I tried to back up and turn around I hit the tracks, busted the end of my muffler and broke the anti sway bar mount. When I got it fixed I also found out Les Schwabb had forgotten to tighten my rear struts all the way when I had them replaced so I'd been driving on loose struts for a year.

 

I also missed a turn on the highway while I was driving at night, I ran off the road into the middle of a wheat field doing 55. Nothing happened except I kept finding pieces of wheat in my engine compartment for about a year

 

taking my maxima back in the woods and getting it stuck... i wish i had my dam camera tehre too! WHO NEEDS 4 WHEEL DRIVE???

 

1. getting a job at nissan.

2.tried to powerslide but i let the handbrake lock and lost control of my i30 ruining some lady's new lawn.

3.buying nismo headrests.

4.using a jack from a benz...left a 2 inch scratch on my driverside.

5.buying an ebay intake.

6.ebay catch tank.

7.hacked airbox.

8.ignored the gum on my shoe.

9.18 inch rims...

10.let people talk me into what to get for my car...stupidest thing anyone could do...its ur car and ur money...impress urself not others.

hahahha!the world turns i learned from each one of my mistakes.

 

1. Buying the damn car.
2. Taking my sweet time in college
3. Buying parts for a couple of years from an expensive dealer.
4. Being born, is that my mistake or somebody elses?

 

Not everyone can afford 20's.......

 

I'd blame the broken rubber