Cars"Here in my car", said 80s pop hero Gary Numan, "I feel safest of all". He obviously never shared the same stretch of road as me, then. Automotive tales of mirth and woe, please.
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 22 Apr 2010, 12:34)
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DIY car maintainanceI was 17, just passed my test. The folks had just bought a new(ish) car, and as the garage had offered them peanuts for the old motor, they gave it to me.
Trouble was, the brakes squealed a bit. This was irritating, so using my extensive knowledge of engineering related matters and the infallibility of the youthful mind, I figured squeaking car parts required oil. So I oiled the brakes. Specifically the bit that was squeaking, the bit between the brake disc and the brake pads. The bit where the pads had worn away to bare metal. The bit that requires friction, not copious amounts of lubrication, to work effectively.
I shot through the first junction I came through like a stabbed Henri Paul.
(, Thu 22 Apr 2010, 16:17, 2 replies)
you bigdiv
haha.
(, Thu 22 Apr 2010, 16:35, closed)
i can only imagine how scary yourEURECKA moment was
(, Fri 23 Apr 2010, 11:39, closed)
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