Dumb things you've done while driving.

>Panic response is to destroy gearbox instead of just hit the brakes

>>17201556
Which is why the title is "dumb things you've done" you twat.

>>17201574
That's no just doing something dumb, it's doing something that is completely retarded, pointless, and is the opposite of rational thought, common practice, and basic instinct.

>>17201550
How fucking slow would a 1987 1.3L automatic Corolla be? Holy shit.

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>>17201607

Actually not too slow, it's a 1.6L 4A-C carburetor, still has a decent punch.

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>driving dads auto
>put the car in neutral at a set of lights cause dad sperg rages about economy whenever hes in the car about it
>zone out trying to block my sisters singing out and go full autist an put it into park
>go to take off and go down 1 into reverse
>pissing down and i thought i hit some guy behind me so i jump out confused as fuck
>go to take off so i dont feel as autistic
>lights turn red

this was 6 months ago and i still feel like retard every time i go to drive a autotragic

I was curious what would happen if i would try to go in reverse while driving in a manual. At 120 km/h. Some teeth in the gearbox might be fucked up but all in all it's great.

dumbest thing i've done is swerve to avoid an animal at 110km/h instead of just slamming the brakes. luckily it was a relatively low car so it didn't roll.

>>17201598
Like misreading a title?
Good point,stupid.

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>Battery dead so friend gives me a jumpstart
>Roll the from the parking space onto the middle of the street so the cables can reach
>Car starts
>Go out to thank him and remove the cables
>Doorlock system fucks up and locks the drivers door

>Engine on with only key in the ignition
>Handbrake on
>Radio on full blast
>Car in the middle of the street blocking the road
>Door completely locked

and that is the story of how my rear passenger window accidentally broke

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>>17201598

What you described is literally what the title is you fucking mong

>>17201680
Every few years,for the rest of your life, you will randomly remember that and softly shudder.

>>17201615
Consider yourself lucky. Healthy 1.6 Corollas are rarer than a Jew giving away his money.

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>>17201841
>modern cars
>ever

no thank

>>17201729
Happens in my Miata occassionally. 6th and reverse are pretty close together.

>>17201550
>automatic

>>17201550
I nearly did the same thing, but I couldn't find "park" on my H-shifter, so I just coasted to a stop with the clutch in.

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>>17201841
i was looking at buying a obd1 325i in manual, would you recommend? budget is around 3k +/- 500$
am mechanically inclined and have tools so i should be ok right?

>>17201550
I once forgot I was in 5th and not 3rd, and tried to change up to 4th. Actually put the car into reverse while moving at 40MPH.
Luckily I realised that before lifting the clutch, but I have no idea how it let me do that.

not much, fortunately, closest thing to dumb was not paying attention literally the first time I got to drive my old mans car on my own

>waiting at a junction during rush hour
>finally cars calm down and I can jump in
>stall
>quickly turn everything back on
>start going
>lady in a car appears out of thin fucking air
>OHSHIT.jpg
>brakes screech
>every car in a 100 meter radius stops since we're now blocking the road
>old woman's eyes popped out, like they're about to go take a stroll round the block, looking at me
>I wave
>stall again

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>18th birthday
>driving fast to school, not paying attention
>need to make left turn off of highway
>arrow turns green with 2 or 3 cars waiting
>speed up into turn lane to go through green arrow
>dumbfuck pickup does not go
>FUCK
>brake as fast as I can on balled tires
>losing traction, too late to dodge the pickup
>stop about 2 ft in front of bumper

>>17202410
>balled tires

>be me, age 19
>driving in the snow
>come to downhill turn
>low gears blah blah
>lightly braking through turn
>halfway around the bend
>RELEASE BRAKE DUNNO WHY LOL FUCK ME
>rotation engaged
>smack into curb, frame bent, tires torn
>no profits were had

>during holidays
>out with friends, in the middle of Copenhaguen
>first time taking the car out for a roadtrip
>i live in France btw
>friends are arguing, i'm distracted and have my licence for less than 6 months, barely drove more than 300 km by that point
>take a street that i should not have taken
>stuck in a one way road, there's a car going my cay and I have to do some weird reverse parkour
>by that point i'm sweating
>put the car in reverse, lift the clutch too fast, stall
>start the engine again
>sweating intensifies
>start backing up slowly, trying to not pay attention to the locals mocking me and the other car honking
>hit a first car on my left
>keep going, BAM second car on my right
>dumb friends are laughing to make it easy for me
>one open his door, BAM third car (blew up its right mirror)
>finally this is the end of the street, i'm praying I can just roll out onto the main street and GTFO
>first car that passes, cops
>sweating turns to gagging and almost vomiting (i don't handle pressure well)
>locals are going crazy
>car in front is going crazy
>my friends make me go crazy
>roll out onto the street, park and wait for the cops
>"its okay sir, it's a misleading area for newcomers, just be careful now"
>take a 10 minute break, not even going out to check my car
>starts the car so I can leave
>stall again
>turn the key so strongly I ripped the plastic from it
>leave as fast as I can
I still feel so much shame when I think about it... Plus I fucked up some Audis and Mercedes and never did anything about it, I do regret this and hate myself for it

>>17202475
I'm sorry about your spaghetti anon, that sounds pretty brutal.

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I trump all of you fags with my stupid shit mistake.

>visit grandparents
>get some furniture with mom and grandma while rest stays home
>drive dad's soulles modern car
>get back
>park
>car full of blindspots and rear visibility is wank
>ignore the loud chirping parking sensor and hit towbar of the car behind me
>towbar had no cap and was all rusty so it left a nasty spot on the cheap plastic bumper

Oh well, still a small dimple.

Going 90 in a 40 cause I just did 3 hard pulls in 1st 2nd and 3rd. I could get in so much trouble doing that shit but the speed gives me a huge rush, as well as the sound of a v8 screaming

>>17202490
yeah I fucked up, should have kept my cool (like I do now in any car-given situation), and do the textbook shit : wave, back up real slow and focus on nothing else.
I'm lukcy though, my car was totally unscathed

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>>17202475
I got a strong spaghetti taste in my mouth after reading this. Good job anon.

Hmm, I think I got one
>Do 120mph on the hwy
>it has a posted speed limit of 65mph
>get pulled over by CHP
>get a ticket for exceeding 100mph.

Court date is at the end of June, wish me luck.

>>17202525
ur gunna get yo license taken
you best get a lawyer

>>17202531
I did get a lawyer.

But did I mention I was illegally in the carpool lane?

I was just tired after work and wanted to go home, I generally have pretty good eyes for law enforcement. Then again I am getting old maybe I should just fucking slow down for once.

>>17201866
>you fucking mong
>t. the guy who drives an auto Corolla and shifts inyo park while driving
wew

>>17202473
How does that happen? No winter tyres? Speeding?

>>17202627
No winter tires was definitely mistake #1 (young and broke what u gonna do), but my specific derp was letting go of the brakes too early. My ageing car lurched forward slightly/the center of gravity changed and then all traction was lost.

>>17202475
You should not be driving.

>13 hour night at work
>fuck it I'll be good with a monster
>literally fall asleep on the wheel and go off road
>wake up with a dead car
scariest night of my life

>>17202779
there's a reason truckers do methamphetamine and not pussy energy drinks doofus

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>>17201841
>TRAPLORD
i bet this bmw driver has no idea how gay he is

>>17202787
I'm just glad I didn't crash or die.

>>17202435
I guess I'm still retarded

the gearbox isn't made by toyota.
and it's just the parking pin clicking.

>Rush to find parking spot
>Try to park in a parking spot without room for anyone on driver's side to exit due to present of wall
>Realize this mid-way into spot
>Scratch up some shitbox's door with the right side of my rental car while trying to fit
>SCREEEEEEEEK
>Embarassed as fuck
>Reverse and leave quickly

Fuck.

>>17201550
The only thing I see wrong here is the NSW plates

I was a dumb teenager (18) with 6 of my friends and a new-to-me $800 minivan shitbox.

We went to Wendy's and stole some trays to do some sikk skiddz, then down a dirt road to an abandoned airfield to do some fwd drifts.
I tried to Scandi-flick it around a 140° corner at 35 mph and basically just understeered into and through a big haypile. Could've been a tree or something and killed us all.

Also did some sweet Wendy's tray drifts on government property and got chased off by MP's.
Other than that pretty much just mild speeding or coasting in neutral (illegal in my state).

Riding a motorcycle is pretty stupid I guess, so add that to the list.

>>17201550
>I panicked by putting it into park

American driving "education".

Happened at work when first started turning wrenches.

>Pulled my truck into shop to replace carb that was fucking up.
>Finished bolting up reman and go to start engine.
>Forgot the throttle return spring.
>Engine instantly red lines and I freak out releasing the clutch sending my truck, co-workers tool cart, and a work bench through the back wall of the shop.

Didn't even get fired. Boss just called me a dumn ass.

>>17201550
Alcohol. Blackout. Crash. Jail. 5 passengers injured. More jail. Fuck me.

Sorry stacy, rip.

jk, noone died. Thank god. Im stupid.

>>17204735
Lol that would've been funny to watch desu

>>17204735
Lol. I was like 10 years old when an older freind of mine decided to let me back her car out of the drive way. Due to sheer excitment i wasnt thinking straight and put the car in drive, looked behind me, released the break, and the car went forward heading straight into the closed garage door. I panicked and struggled to find the break as the car casually plowed its way through the door. Finally got the break. Car is halfway in the garage. Door is fucked. Lol.

Picking up friend from city for work
Work as a pizza deliveryman
Obviously not for the city shop because blacks
In upstate new york in december
Snowy and icy road conditions
I use the on highway exit for the city, its a one lane wide left turn with concrete arches and the road is twisted with the turn or whatever its called
In a 2002 2dr echo manual going 15 above recomended speed because fuck it
Start to break when approaching a harder part of the curve
Back end starts to slide, to the right
About a third of the turn left before it merges with another lane to its right
Drop a gear, rev it up and threw the wheel (no power steering) to the right
Overcorrect
Turn it to the left and managed to make it drift left, but i was still heading towards the barrier
The barrier was about to end
Scrape my plastic light cover on the last foot of the barrier, lightly enough to only cause scratching
Pulled over
Its good
Carried on
If this sounds retarded im retarded right now

>>17204961
sup /r/4chan

>>17202525
CHP=colorado highway patrol? I have to drive my brother to traffic court in denver tomorrow.

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>try to get hektik after a solid Florida rain storm in my LS trim '99 Integra
>hit the handbrake a little too hard
>tunnelvision.exe has been launched
>over correct, fishtail and eventually end up turned around
>luckily no one saw it happen
>try to drive away
>weird scraping sound in passenger side rear wheel well
>get out to check it
>see this
>freakout.exe
>try to limp back home which was a good two miles away
>about one mile in tire blows out
>riding on solid rim for a good 10 minutes
>get that shit on jack stands
>almost everything (except brake system) is fucked

Don't get hektik around curbs anons, I learned that the hard way

>>17202525
Tell them that you urgently had to shit and that you were I'll on that day

>>17204961
We used to race deliverymen. Calculate the distance between two pizza places, give the farther one a head start, and tip the guy who go there first 50% (we took the money for the tip and the pizza off the top of bets place) It was a great way to get everyone to actually pay for the fucking pizza and not go "oh nah man I'm good bro, like one slice bro" then finish a pizza and a half. People also got to eat from whichever place they liked, it was loads of fun, and the delivery guy got a fat tip. I recommend every do this.

It's also funny to see two pizza delivery guys from two different pizza places pull up and go to the same door at the same time.

>>17204751
what

>learned to drive in a manual car
>everyone in my family owns a manual car
>drive whoever's car is available until i save up for my own
>buy my own manual car
>my friend lets me drive his auto maxima
>maxima has a foot operated ebrake
>turning at intersection, """change gears""" mid corner
>push what i thought was the clutch in
>accidentally rip an ebrake skid mid corner
>confused for a second, blocking traffic on both sides
>work out how to turn the brake off and get out of there

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>had recently got my license and bought my first car
>automagic since i was still a nervous driver
>had just found out about engine braking
>started using it on a few downhill roads
>4 speed auto so i put it on 3rd
>going about 50mph downhill
>at some point forgot i'd put it in 3rd
>put it down again
>revs shoot up
>VREEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

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>>17203972

4-door 4A-GE Corollas were only available in Australia.

>>17201680
blame your dad for that one. why the fuck would you put the car in anything but drive when you're driving it? you use next to fuel at idle.

>>17206969
next to no*

>guy in front of me at roundabout pulls away
>look to my right to check dat right of way
>crunch
>turns out he pulled away and then stopped

And that's how i lost 2 years off my no claims bonus. Also the little faggot claimed whiplash when i hit him at sub-5mph

oh and the other stupid mistake i made with cars

>purchased a volkswagen

>capatcha - drive pavement

>>17202475
>300 km of experience
>driving in a big city of a foreign country

You deserved everything you got.

>>17201550
>be 18
>parked in front of a calisthenics parks in the countryside
>just finished my routine
>sunset in winter
>two qt just arrived and are stretching
>want to impress them by doing a J turn
>in my mind the parking is just plain dirt
>"crack"
>fullthrottle into the only fucking tree
>get out
>avoid eye contact
>put he bumper in
>get in
>neck hurt for 5 days
>shame still hurts to this day

>>17206969
Neutral is better for transmissions as in driver and park their still working but not able to transfer power
But in neutral nothing's happening

If you get a auto with a engine that bangs around heaps you really feel the difference between park and neutral when stopped

>>17207037
"If I pull this lever, all my girlfriends clothes will fall off!"

>>17206989
I had a similar incident, the lady I hit got out and was either drugged up or drunk, either way she didn't give a fuck.

>>17201574
thats way beyond dumb. Id call it full retard. You shouldve offed yourself for such shamefur dispray

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>cruising one night
>speedingViolations.gif
>overtaking fuckers at 50 over the limit
>some fag in an old corolla (gx hatch or something, nothing cool) sees me coming
>floors it
>straightpipe.wav
>ground clearance delete mod
>chrome mags
>speed match with him
[EUROBEAT INTENSIFIES]
>both floor it
>autotragic maxima fucking destroys that peice of shit
>switching lanes to get around the cunts going 95 in the fastlane
>general bimmer shenanigans
>at one point I decided to find out how fast my car will (really) go
>hit 180km/h before I run out of road
>next week
>get a letter from the police infringement bureau
>so there's this new speeding camera on the on the highway now
>only nailed at 17 km/h over
>$120 fine
Could have been so much worse

taking a midengined car running on shitty almost-worn tyres and a troubled gearbox to time attack.

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>>17207037
>from girls perspecitve
>chilling somewhere with a friend, calm countryside, nothing around
>suddenly, a car jumps out of nowhere and rams the tree
>guy comes out, fixes bumper, gets in, goes away
>the fuck happened
oh god my sides

For some odd reason i wanted to figure out if the brakes would work with the engine turned off.
At first it worked then it completely faded out. Had to pull the handbrake before i slammed into a car in front of me.

>>17207219
go for a walk you fat shit. i take my car down a 10km mountain range with the engine off and brake vacuum completely used up every couple of weeks.
>tfw you get to the bottom and restart the engine then the very next time you brake you almost go through the windscreen

>drive to work
>park next to light pole with concrete base
>it's in front of me on driver's side right behind the windshield support beam thing (blindspot)
>get off work
>tired
>forget all about it
>pull forward
*SSSSCCCCCRRRRUUUUUNNNNNCCHHHHH*
>Fuck.
>laugh at myself for being this retarded
>reverse then drive away

Dumbest shit ever.

>>17207244
props for you

it's very good drill especially if you are racing with a friend. works extremely well for motorcycles, no vacuum/electrical assist

>>17201729
>trying to diagnose a vibration in my 280k mile 245 a few months ago
>start going down hill, put it in neutral (auto) to drop RPM
>get to the bottom, rev match and put back in Drive
>2nd hill do the same thing
>get to the bottom
>instead of pulling the gear select back, depress the button and slot it forward into reverse
>rear wheels lock up at 50mph, back and kicks out at 45*, engine stalls
>counter steer, back to neutral and coast to the side of the road
>great, I just exploded my trans
>restart, put in drive goes forward, reverse works too
>continue the hour + drive home.

the only result was 2-3 slipping slightly, but its gotten better over time.

>>17201598

>Go into a thread titled "Dumb things you've done while driving".
>Complain about someone doing something dumb.

Jesus Christ...

>>17201550
>Usually don't park in gear on level surfaces due to electronic park brake being tighter than orions fist.
>do it when I'm driving the work hilux though
>drive home from site one swing, so I'm in the habit
>jump in my car when i get home
>Park at shops in gear
>go in, come out
>start up car
>take foot off clutch without thinking once engine is running
>JOLT
>stall
>embarrassed as fuck and cringing at the strain I just put everything under
>lie awake at night thinking about it

>>17206219
Drove drunk. Crashed. People got hurt. I did jail time. Stupid decision.

>>17204961
>pizza delivery
>snowy
>echo
Are you me? I'm in Canada and I delivered to a farm but the field was blinding white and I almost rolled my car, was scared for my life.

>teach myself to ride motorcycle
>watch videos about too much front brake = ur ded
>exclusively use rear brake at all times
>wear my rear tire flat in no time
>take MSF course a few months later
>forces to use front brake
>dont die

The stupis hurts to this day

>>17207774
My wife drives auto and I use it for long distance cause it's cheaper, I haven't stalled yet but I know it's coming.

>>17209688
You only do it once. I'm paranoid now. It's so easy to forget that these new ebrakes are still on.

>>17206989
THIS
SHIT
RIGHT
HERE
lost me my job running parts for napa. Some flighty soccer mom decided a *perfectly empty road* was too scary and stopped short. By the time I got to her window to ask if she was okay, she was literally in shock, crying as she said "I need to call someone."
Someone turned out to be 911.
Fire and police and ambulance and everything because my license plate tapped her trailer hitch. Fuck everything, especially terrified little weenies who flip shit at basic-bitch shit.

>coming to stoplight
>slow down and shift to neutral
>Light turns
> about 40mph
>lol shift into second
>drop the clutch
>literal tyres screech as i rev to 5500/8000
>shoot past cars in adjacent lanes
i guess that's why you heel toe

>>17210822

Hopefully a drunk driver T-bones her car and she gets covered in her families organs

>learning to drive with my mom
>stuck in front of left lane waiting to turn but some dipahits have blocked the intersection because they couldn't wait
>traffic means I can't move forward either
>fire truck with sirens blaring speeds a couple cats behind me and those who can slip over into other lanes
>mom tells me to get as far left as possible and listen cause new driver
>fire truck is one car behind me and both him and the guy behind me are smashing their horn.
>panic don't know what to do
>freak out for what feels like an eternity until I decide to turn right cutting off 3 other lanes
>now on tiny near 1 way street where people continue to honk cause wrong way
>still weighs on me if someone might've died cause I couldn't move fast enough

>>17201550
I went hooning in my Mustang a few months ago. We saw a crowd of people and just for kicks one of my m8s said I should try and crash into them. I was going to try and freak them out, but instead I freaked out both of us by getting way too close to them and almost actually hitting someone.

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>>17212051
Hoon responsibly man

I took a turn too fast in my foxbody and slid around a corner. It's my first rwd car so I'm more used to understeer ingredients through corners fast but I've never oversteered like that before

>>17201550
Last week while taking the car out the garage with my dad i didnt check my right mirror and scratched and dented the right side while turning that way, with the bumper of a Ford galaxy, but not badly At least, you can see it if you look closely. I still cant stop feeling like shit and cringing about the fucking retarded thing i did, god fucking dammit

I just dont know what to do and am too afraid of actually lurking to see how much it would cost to repair

Pls console me /o/

>>17203962
I feel ya man

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>doing 45
>car slowly pulls out on me
>brake hard
>clutch in
>rev engine to intimidate
>try to rev match back into gear
>burn clutch bad somehow
>acceleration response becomes garbage
>pull over for 10 seconds
>clutch seems to have cooled off
>everythings fine
>car smells like burnt clutch for 3 days
>fml

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>>17212031
Similar story involved emergency services:
>learning to drive with my mom
>stopped at red light
>light turns green, begin turning right
>cop car comes around corner with lights on, stops
>his arm is out the window and his hand is pointed in my direction
>not sure if he's waving me forward or telling me to stop
>"ANON WHAT ARE YOU DOING"
>I'm just sitting here so I think that means I'm supposed to be moving to get out of the cop's way?
>start moving again
>cop starts yelling at me and making the "stop" gesture as he starts moving too
>mom freaks even harder
>"ANON STOP STOP STOP WHAT ARE YOU DOING"
>I don't know what to do and just sit there in the middle of the intersection until the cop is gone
>someone behind me honks at me

>mfw I remember this every time I'm at that intersection or see a cop car

>>17212601
not your fault. You were a learner, your instructor should have told you what to do.

>learning with mum
AHHHH REEEE WHAT ARE YOU DOING SCREAMING TRIGGERED REE WERE ALL GONNA DIE STOP SPEEDING YOURE GOING TO FAST WHY ARENT YOU BREAKING

>learning with dad
Just break to a stop son, let the police car go past then start going again once its safe.
Good job son.

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>>17201550
hmm

>>17212601

>letting a women teach you how to drive

Instead of actually telling you what to do they expect you to already know and berate and criticize everything you do while flipping the fuck out.

My mom was the same way, told her to fuck off I'll learn myself, just drove my friends car on some back roads for a few hours and got everything down.

>>17202369
I wander what will happen if you had let the clutch out?

>>17202369

Most transmissions reverse has no synchro right? So would this not have BTFO your reverse gear while you were moving at 40mph even with the clutch out. Because the gears were still moving the opposite direction from having just been going forwards 40mph? Is this a sound theory.

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>>17212751
I know it's not my fault, but it still haunts me.
>tfw I'll never be free of this memory

>>17212766
Another story:
>Want to make a left turn but there's no dedicated light or lane
>creep out over crosswalk because I see a gap in traffic
>light turns yellow
>"Guess I'm not gonna make it-"
>light turns red
>mom meltdown
>"ANON STOP YOU'RE RUNNING A RED LIGHT YOU'RE GOING TO HIT SOMEONE"
>say nothing, look out back window and reverse back behind the crosswalk because there's no one behind me
>"YOU CAN'T JUST BACK UP LIKE THAT"

Learning to drive was fucking awful, probably gonna have nightmares about it for decades, just like I do about having finals for classes I didn't even know I was in.

>>17212766
Jesus your mums sound like cunts. Mine taught me most of what I know because dad had PTSD so he would wig out too often. She was always calm and clear.

>bought first manual car got my brother in law to test drive it and my dad to drive it off the lot
>go to a parking lot to practice and stall over and over
>can finally barely get the car moving
>dad decides im ready for the streets
>shit is going shaky af but progressing
>get to a major intersection to make a left people start piling behind me
>light goes green
>stall
>stall again and again
>stall so many times that through the lurching i have stalled myself in the middle of this intersection
>people honking everywhere
>in this intersection so long the light goes back to red
>honking intensifies as i am blocking a semi and three lanes of traffic
>basically having a panic attack and dad is laughing at me
>a minute must have gone by from the start of the green to this
>fight or flight kicks in say fuck it
>rev to 4k and dump the clutch (while giving it gas because im retarded)
>get out of the intersection but smell an extreme aroma of burnt clutch

Car still drives fine to this day, a far cry from that time. Can perfectly revmatch and shift as smooth as an auto now. Amazing how much abuse a shitbox can take.

>>17206989
Had this shit happen to me. Driving manual car only had auto licence (manual test was in 2 days) she left the intersection I look right to check for cars and let the clutch out BANG she's sitting in the lane just stopped in the middle of the road.

Fucking mazda 6 bumper scratch cost me $1600

>twenty-two (still am)
>ethiofag
>riding my '98 suzuki grandvitara whilst smoking
>driver side window was halfway open, had the wheel in my right and was holding the fag on the left
>flick ash out the window
>make its way back in and spoils my shirt
>take my eyes off the road to brush off the ash
>getrekt

thankfully, it was only a minor accident. I damaged my front rail and slightly bent the hood. Car I hit wasn't that damaged either so I payed him the equivalent of $25 before traffic came and we parted ways.
that's one of the many joys of living in a shithole, no traffic cameras, no witnesses (if paid), etc...

>>17202525
I did that as well man. It was stupid cause said cops were tailgating me with 4 empty lanes flashing their high beams less than a car length away from me, and at 1 AM I kinda just panicked and sped up to try to get away. They didn't throw on the disco lights till I was already at 113. Court date is early-mid June.
>Then a month later, I get another one for going 80, which was the speed fucking EVERYONE was going. That one is 8 days after the first. Lawyering up for fucking both.

>6:00am
>driving to uni
>wet
>going 115/100
>see my arch enemy
>traffic lights
>U better not change on me U lil cunt
>maintain speed
>they go yellow
>BrakeOrRunBrakeOrRunBrakeOrRunBrakeOrRun
>brake
>brakes lockup
>abs says to go fuck myself
>don't wanna ease off and risk stopping in the middle of the intersection
>literally slide for 10m
>tires squealing
>stop perfectly, albeit for the back being kicked out a bit.
>wait for light
>continue where I left off

>>17212815
hilarious. Awful, but hilarious.

>>17207046
>park their still working
Uh no, park is like neutral but there is a bit of metal stopping the output shaft from turning

>>17212815
kek. reminds me of when i was a learner

>learning to drive in 1.6 civic VTEC YO
>hill start traffic lights
>stall
>panic
>"give it some more revs" says the instructor
>VTECTH ENGAGETH MY SON
>wheelspin away from lights
>instructor laughing, tells me not quite that much

>>17207174
$130 fuck me dead in Brisbane Australia the cunts gave me a $180 for 67km in a 60

>>17212992
Without being too harsh I am very upset that you are so irresponsible while driving. Smoking, like mobile phones, does not mix with driving.

>>17201550
>at work
>apprentice needs something to learn about vacuum testing on
>sure, use mine, I'm waiting for parts
>grab coffee, catch up on documentation, etc.
>totally forgot about apprentice
>get parts, finish work
>vacuum line disconnected from brake booster, line plugged to maintain vacuum, didn't know
>lower car, remove from hoist, reverse, accelerate hard because I have no fucking patience, press brakes
Fuck, fuck fuck fuck
>Press really hard, grab handbrake pull hard
>too late
Crunch. Just rear ended another bays car backwards.

>>17213025
Traffic lights in a 100 zone? Who thought that was a good idea?

>>17204735
Do 4 wheel pads and rotors on nice Audi.
All done go to start car and back out of the shop
Didn't pump the brakes
Car shoots back and I'm in the parking lot before I can slam he parking brake.
Realise if I wasn't lined up with bay door or if someone was behind me I could have killed them

>>17204751
Kill yourself my man

>>17206280
LOL "Man this is a HEAVY ass clutch"

>>17210822
>women drivers wasn't a meme

>>17202233
Do you mean because they're shit, or for some other reason?

>>17212751
>tfw both my parents were autismos

Dad
>This road here is a 55 but that's dangerous so I'd really do 40
>Okay you're my father you wouldn't lead me wrong
>immediately get tailgated
>car turns left out in front of me
>brake, everyone honking
>did the speed limit and never drove with father again

Mom
>Wants to go somewhere
>Turn there anon
>WHAT THE FUCK THAT WAS THE WRONG TURN CAN'T YOU FOLLOW SIMPLE INSTRUCTIONS
>Just turn up ahead
>FUCK YOU YOU TURNED TOO SOON
>car runs a stopsign
>brake semi hard, ABS doesn't even kick in
>OMG ANON WHAT IS THAT REACTION TIME YOU SHOULD HAVE STOPPED WAY BACK THERE

I also ended up driving a friend's car and teaching myself.

>>17202504
I regularly do 100+ in a 45 past a high school.

>>17201615
Time for a 4age swap, anon

>>17201550
>be me
>buy first manual car
>have no problems driving it
>slight hill on way home
>I don't even think about because it doesn't seem like a big deal
>red light, come to stop
>green light time to go
>stall
>try again
>stall again
>repeat for a few minutes and light cycles before taking it you of gear and realizing it was in 3rd the whole time

Cop coming towards me (oncoming)
All lights on car flashing and siren screaming
Instinctively move to side of road and slow to a crawl
Cop starts waving at me frantically
Looks pissed
Turns out I was blocking a side road
I clue in and the cop makes his left turn

How the fuck are you supposed to tell he wanted to turn left if of his cars lit up like a Christmas tree

>>learn lesson to pay attention and not block driveways/roads

>>17202475
BRAKES WEAK STEERING HEAVY VOMIT IN HIS TANK, ROB SPAGHETTI

>big crash happened on the highway up ahead so i get off on an exit
>make a left onto the a street from the exit
>sirens blaring behind me when im on the street
>get over to the right but the firetruck was going to the highway on-ramp behind me
>ended up blocking the on ramp to the opposite lane of that highway by going to the right

Felt kind of stupid, should have known the truck would have been going to the highway that something just happened on.

>Driving somewhere
>Miss the driveway
>Oh I can just turn around in this driveway
>ipod shuffles to yurobeat as I start turning
>Crash and burn is what my CV joint did It's the master of the pothole fight
I'm going to take potholes more seriously from now on.

>Had my license for two months
>Decide to go on a scenic drive through the local mountains
>Put car in neutral while going 90 down a giant hill for shits and giggles
>Realize I've never rev matched before (autotragic) and it's probably not a great idea to learn while speeding down a giant hill with a giant uphill bit that would be impossible to make with a dead transmission
>Nail it perfectly
Almost ended badly

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>chinese tyres with not the greatest tread depth
>raining out
>very new to driving and to driving manual about two weeks
>getting hektic on a bend that says to do 50km/h on the bend but i was doing a cheeky 60
>side street at the end of this bend
>decide i will make a left turn at the last second for some reason
>second i turn in the car loses all traction and starts understeering like crazy
>slam into a curb at full lock with my front right side going probably 30km/h~ possibly more
>BTFO my wheel, control arm, part of my CV and a wheel bearing

Pretty fucking dumb and never again, i say that and i am using second hand winter tyres in the summer now. Comical how much better these old af winter tires are in everything than those shitty Sailun all seasons. Never have the wheels spun on these besides extreme slush trying to get up my driveway in the dead of winter. Those old Sailuns would spin at like 2k rpm in first gear in the rain and anytime you gave it gas.

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>>17207454
It's a miracle he can read his bus route, isn't it?

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>>17212751
>mfw my mom taught me to drive
>mfw she really tried
>mfw shes exactly how you described

>mfw no dad
>mfw im sad
>mfw driving with my mom is always bad

>>17212031
>driving with moms
NEVER

>>17214711
It'd actually be pretty dope if ALL the lights on the car synced to the turn signal. So, only the left side of the car start flashing. Still super visible and fucking everyone knows you're going left.

Feel free to steal idea.

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>>17202393
>stall again

>be beta
>borrowing friend of friends truck
>built 350/th350
>see fatty I liked
>rip a skid infront of her
>truck stalls
>try to rolling start it
>confused by shift lever, as no colum indicator
>end up putting it in reverse instead of neutral
>grinding grinding grinding
>eventually stop
>park
>restart
>and we're off

>>17215167
>>17212766
>>17212751
>Feels bad man
>Dad passed just before so I learned with my mom instead
> he had a 911 too so I would've gotten some time on that

>>17215679
Why don't you have the car anymore? Don't tell me your mom sold it/took it to Cash 4 Clunkers

I bought a yamaha motorcycle

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>>17214736
>crash and burn is what my CV joint did it's the master of the pothole fight

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>>17201841
>TRAPLORD

>>17202355
Is that the E46? If so, look into fixing the subframe.

>just bought Integra
>trying to get from the far end of my neighborhood to the other end as fast as possible
>feeling like dagumi whipping through my neighborhood at 50 mph, eurobeat blasting
>come up to a roundabout
>of course I can do this
>take roundabout at 50
>flick right, everything going good
>flick left
>car suddenly understeers, hit curb hard as fuck
>try to drive back home
>C O O L V I B R A T I O N S
>turns out tire was bent inwards and was rubbing on control arm
>everything completely fucked
>now take the roundabouts at 30

>>17214736
>Crash and burn is what my CV joint did It's the master of the pothole fight
laughed

>innatruck, going to dump
>dump road is fucked up because the county doesn't own a fucking grader
>whatever, I'll take a backroad around the ass side and dump for free
>doing like 40 down this dirt road like a dipshit, got my van halen up and shit
>WHUMP
>whatever, just a big pothole or a rock or something, don't feel anything wrong
>get home
>A arm popped off it's ball joint (front drivers) and rubbed a groove in the inner sidewall of my tire
>measured it
>a solid 1/8" deep by 1/4" wide groove
>didn't break the tire
>didn't feel it in the ride
even though I found them kinda shit for the rest of my application, I will give general grabbers major props for sidewall thickness.

>just turned 18
>Dad gave me his 99 328i with great suspension mods, pilot super sports, no muffler
>It's my baby
>New job at mechanic shop
>Tired as fug on second day
>Driving home
>Didn't see roads were slick
>Forgot I had crappy all seasons on and not the super sports
>Go around tight corner at like 30mph
>Lightly accelerate as I pass apex
>Back end comes around
>One lane road with guard rail on one side houses on other
>Oh fug
>Overcorrect
>Slide 40ft through a dude's yard
>Go perfectly sideways into gaurdrail
>Call Dad crying that I wrecked Titan
>Mfw

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>>17215962
It didn't fucking put the imagine with it

>>17215962
dad's reaction?

>>17215977
Surprisingly calm. I think he mentally wrote it off once he gave it to me.

>>17215962
>blaming the tires
Good one

>>17215763
My older half brother got it. Still get to ride in it every so often when he visits but still feels bad man

>>17215996
Quote where I blamed the tires.
I forgot I'd didn't have the good tires on and thus I overestimated its abilities.

>Have a convertible, have to have the handbrake pulled to move the top.
>Top down, nice day out, get driving.
>Man, why the hell is it downshifting? It never does this.
>Suddenly, the sound of metal parts blowing up from the rear.
>Realize my mistake, drop the handbrake and drive home.
>Brakes are just fine, oddly enough they don't smell burnt.
>To this day I have no idea what fell off.

>Going to Colorado, driving I-80 the entire way through Nebraska.
>Enter the left lane to pass a semi, there's an onramp with a dumptruck entering.
>Slow down, flash the truck in so the dump can merge.
>Trucker doesn't know that the fuck flashing is, slows down.
>I slow down and continue to flash.
>At this point the dumptruck is on driving on the shoulder and kicking up dust.
>Say fuck it and floor it past the semi.
>Never look back.

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>17 years old
>driving my beat ass '85 Z28 down a bypass
>stop at a light, Charger with big stupid grill on the front pulls right up on my ass
>light turns green
>fucking punch it and "speed" (this car was only fast by 17 year old standards) away
>it's a state patrolman
>pulls me the fuck over
>i was doing 85 in a 50
>counts as reckless driving

Turns out he knew my dad though so I didn't get a ticket B)

>smoking weed while driving while eating and on my phone, speeding down the highway driving with my knees
>a few hit and runs
>ran red lights like 10 times
>almost crashed when getting road head

>>17215827
>car suddenly understeers
>going 50
was that really a sudden understeer?

>cut advanced green to turn left through big intersection late as fuck
>basically got front of car over the crosswalk as it turned red
>scared af i am going to get a running a red ticket
>searched up cameras in my area and that intersection apparently has none

Still fucking scared.

>>17212450
One of my mates did the same thing in his foxbody on a highway offramp. Did a full 180' spin while I was following him. It was weird going from looking at headlights to taillights so quick.

Also
>years ago, just learning to drive
>beat to shit early 90s Chevy S10
>driving home from school with my mother in the passenger seat because lol learners' permit
>pull up to an intersection, go to stop at the stop signs
>breaks don't cooperate all the way, wound up stopped in the intersection with cars coming right at me
>panic and pin the throttle
>rain + rwd + empty truck bed
>completely lose traction, spin a full 360" in an intersection as cars coming from both sides slam on their brakes to avoid hitting me
>mum "lmao nbd try again"

>>17213717
In the states traffic lights are common, even for speed limits of 55-65 mph (88-105km)

>>17202475
I killed myself laughing anon, how did you not just commit sudoku afterwards?

>driving home at 2am from some girls place
>bit tired but still awake enough to drive
>driven this route dozens of times, just enjoying the music
>way up ahead take note of massive 18 wheeler with a house on the back, some construction trucks and a cop or two
>doesn't click right away that this is a 4 lane one way road
>cop heading directly towards me in my lane
>everything clicks, I'm wtf-ing while I pull over to the side of the road
>cop slows down beside me, rolls down his window and starts yelling at me, telling me I'm a fucking idiot and I can't read
>I stutter an apology, absolutely floored from confusion
>He drives off and then the 18 wheeler with the house passes by
I guess there were supposed to be some signs or something or a "road closed" notice or something but I honestly can't recall anything before that point. Maybe I was just too tired to notice.

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>>17218297
Another memorable run in with a cop
>pic related
>turning right across some traffic
>cop turning right as well, his lights and siren are off
>I have right of way so I start turning
>get a third of the way through my turn when he flips his lights and siren on full boar, and starts taking off
>we're on a collision course at the moment, so I kind of swerve away and speed up to clear the intersection
>complete confusion, thinking I'm cut him off or something, worried he's gonna swing around and arrest me
>he burns rubber and speeds off
>takes about 3 minutes to realize I've done nothing wrong

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Tackled a narrow turn at 70km/h while blasting eurobeat in a shitbox not built with that in mind. I regained control at the last second but I could very well have ended up into a ditch. Don't eurobeat and drive, kids

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>>17218715
>i'm running over my daily commute (villages, city outskirts) without eurobeat at around 80kmph
>over 100 with eurobeat
>never even realizing that i'm going faster than usual until i'll see the speedometer
>losing traction a little in corners, having fun
>in fwd shitbox
yep, eurobeat is quite deadly. i stopped listening to it after some guy approached from the other side (outside of the corner) and he tried to avoid me because he thought i'll fall out on his lane. This is kind of shit one shouldn't do on public roads with possibility of other people running around.

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>Be me
>17
>Angry music
>Angry driving
>Tried to corner in an 83 Fairmont
And that is how I snapped an axle.

>need to go to restaurant
>notice car looks lower from the front
>think nothing of it
>drive away, occasionally hear scraping sound
>must be some gravel on the road
>suddenly loud fucking scraping sound
>panic, slam brakes, skid, eventually stop on side of the road
>a piece of plastic shaped like my front bumper just fell off from behind the bumper and scraped the ground
>throw that shit in the back seat and drive off
>never get it fixed

>>17201550
I once sped through the fog at midnight on a superbike whilst on mushrooms.

probably nothing too bad but at the time, I thought it was ok

>learning to drive with instructor of a 3 day practice driving
>drive around town with her
>get to a T intersection, stoplight is red
>think about how it's ok to turn on a red light
>forgot direction is ok on a red light
>turn left assuming it was ok
>instructor freaks out a bit
>cars honk
>next day got a new instructor

>>17218297
>bit tired but still awake enough to drive

>be at work
>been using a towable lift
>towing it back to our place for the owner to pick up
>arrive and decide to park it by reversing to not take up so much space in front
>(keep in mind this lift is long and the car being used to tow it was long as well)
>begin backing up, throw the wheel from side to side to make it go straight backwards
>made it parallell to the wall, now going backwards
>hear shouting coming from a coworker
>look at him confused, stop and go outside
>notice the end of the lift is literally half a metre away from hitting the boss' expensive car

the thought of what could have happened if I wasn't alerted gives me shivers every time

>driving on highway in middle of winter, pretty much at full speed because no snow on roads
>red light ahead
>decide to brake a little early because its winter, might be some slush or something
>ABS says: BZZZZZZZZZZZ
>oh, black ice, it's a good thing I started slowing down early
>ABS: BZZZZZZZZZZZ
>surely I'll find a patch with no ice soon
>ABS: BZZZZZZZZZZZ
>that busy intersection is coming up awfully quick
>ABS: BZZZZZZZZZZZ
>uh-oh
>ABS: BZZZZZZZZZZZ
>shit shit shit SHIT SHIT SH-
>light turns green
>go flying by cars stopped in the other lane at like 45 MPH
>ABS was trying its best to stop for literally a quarter mile or more

Now I always test the road for slick spots using the brakes even further in advance.

>>17220157
good thing you learned from this.

I recommend that you get studded winter tires

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>driving manual car in Uk
>been watching lots of Breaking Bad recently
>remember the scene where walt jr has one foot on gas and the other on brake pedal
>try to drive like that and my feet get confused
>accidentally brake to a screeching halt and stall
>paki family on pavement stare at me

Thank fuck there was nobody driving behind me

>>17220176
>different anon
>from California
What are winter tires?