Stupid things people do!

[STEALTHY™]

Seeing the thread about the members son having troubles with his rego sticker sticking to the outside of his window (lol) i thought we should have a thread with all the classics people do.


These 2 were by my ex's Aunty.

Pulling up to the petrol bowser (giving her credit it wasn't her car) not knowing the fuel cap was on the other side. After a chuckle, she then drove around the bowser (180 turn) only to face the same problem.

Wanting to light her cigarette, but couldn't find her lighter, thought she'd use the stove. The starter wasn't working, so she went looking for the lighter you'd use for your over, then lit the stove, then lit her cigarette.



Also told a friend that the difference between my 3L VL and my 5L VP was in the VL i could put 3L litres of oil, and 5 in the VP.

[POVRTY]

i watched a guy check his engine oil while the car was running, he must have been confused and thought it was his auto............i wish i had of hung around 2 c if he filled it up!!!

[sganro]

A mate got 2 paper clips and stuck them into a power point. He got booted about 3m backwards and was pretty sore for a while. He thought you had to touch the two paper clips together to get shocked.

[AirStrike]

Any longer term members may remember this one............guy posted on here about flushing the engine block, asking if it was ok to just use the garden hose

[AttaBoy]

Any longer term members may remember this one............guy posted on here about flushing the engine block, asking if it was ok to just use the garden hose

Haha I remember this one!!! GOLD!!!

[AirStrike]

FOUND IT!!!!!!!
wat to flush oil with?
BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!

[Struma]

Don't know if I posted this one before...

When I had just met my ex she rang me to say that her car (83 KB Laser) was low on oil the other day so she had been putting oil in, checking the stick, no change, more oil, no change, and now she was a bit worried because she had put 4 litres in and thought that should have been enough - although she still drove around for a day or so...

Of course she had put 4 litres into the radiator - must of been low on coolant as well...

I rang a mechanic to get his advice about how to deal with this situation, and his response, predictably, was "get a new girlfriend".

BTW he was right - I shoulda right then.

[Not_An_Abba_Fan]

A guy at work here pulled up to the bowser in a brand new cab chassis diesel, and proceded to put petrol in it.

A long winded one,

Where I used to work, we had a young guy that wasn't the full tank. One of the other guys told him that to tell the difference between s/s exhaust tube and mild steel you had to listen to it. While it was on the rack, you put your ear up to the end and s/s sounds like the crowd at a football game. He listened, said he couldn't hear anything, the other guy listened again and told him he could hear it, try again. He tried again and still said he couldn't hear anything, then the other guy says, it must be half time.

[NORTI]

as I said earlier....... lol


http://www.bangingbythebay.com/~mark...20mechanic.mp3

[Grennan]

Cheap ****s and there 2 c petrol vouchers. I hate doing the shopping... Standing behind someone who has 20 dollars worth of items, then they find out they need 30 dollars to get the 2 cent saving off petrol... So they go spend another 10 dollars. I actually worked it out the other day... Say you have a 50 litre tank and you fill up when petrol is about 1.20. If you used your 2 cent saving, you have just saved approx 2.50 off your full tank of petrol... Everytime i hear one of them say "Oh ill go get another 10 dollars worth so i can get my petrol docket" I just wanna drop kick them.

[sircruisealotVS]

i watched a guy check his engine oil while the car was running, he must have been confused and thought it was his auto............i wish i had of hung around 2 c if he filled it up!!!

some people shouldnt be allowed to touch a car, they've just got no clue.
i had this bloke one time come into work asking me what sort of oil he needed for his car....then he tells me he's already put TEN LITRES+ in it already and its still not full yet.
so alarm bells are ringing now, im thinking wtf has this guy done?!?!
so i go out to his car, a mid 90's camry, and he shows me by pulling the dip stick out that "its not up to the top yet" hahahaha....this bloke thought you had to have the WHOLE dipstick covered in oil for it to be at the right level...
so after trying to explain to him what he's just done and how much he's ****ed up he says "ok, well ill just leave it and if it starts to play up ill get it fixed".....MORON!
anyway, i couldnt seem to get through to him that it is NOT a good idea to drive the car and the oil needed to be dumped straight away and refilled to the right level, so i left him be and went inside for a good laugh!

[vs blown]

here is one i told my hand brake to check the oil she said it had none in it so she filled it up untill the rocker cover was full.

[hakhawk]

here is one i told my hand brake to check the oil she said it had none in it so she filled it up untill the rocker cover was full.

your hand brake can talk?

[AttaBoy]

Lol......

[metalfossil]

As I've mentioned here before, I drove trams for twenty years.

As a conductor, I was travelling down Keilor Rd at around midnight in one of the old W class trams. I was booking up my tickets and I caught a movement out of the corner of my eye. My driver had stuck the tram on full opened his offside door and crawled along the side of the tram.

He scared the absolute crap out of me....!!!!

[STEALTHY™]

As I've mentioned here before, I drove trams for twenty years.

As a conductor, I was travelling down Keilor Rd at around midnight in one of the old W class trams. I was booking up my tickets and I caught a movement out of the corner of my eye. My driver had stuck the tram on full opened his offside door and crawled along the side of the tram.

He scared the absolute crap out of me....!!!!

LMAO, the look on your face would've been absolute gold!

[metalfossil]

LMAO, the look on your face would've been absolute gold!

Yes, I reckon it would've been.

This guy also only had two speeds: dead fast and dead stop. I'd swear he could make a tram corner on only one side of it's bogies...

[Low_VX_Taxi]

My mum bought an ol EA-EB Falcon for a daily, she decided to top up the oil (fords seem to drink it like petrol), she filled it up to the cap and then goes oh **** i forgot to check the dipstick! she calls me up a few days later and tells me the story, she ends the story with "Its all good its all burnt off or leaked on my driveway now so its at the right level"

[HoldenMan7]

My mum bought an ol EA-EB Falcon for a daily, she decided to top up the oil (fords seem to drink it like petrol), she filled it up to the cap and then goes oh **** i forgot to check the dipstick! she calls me up a few days later and tells me the story, she ends the story with "Its all good its all burnt off or leaked on my driveway now so its at the right level"

AHAHAHAHHA typical fords lol

[PRH]

Years ago i had a worked Datsun ute and of course the smiths tacho on the dash,at the time i was going with a fair headed young lady,she asked me wots that (the taco) i told it her was a metric clock,OH she says how do ya tell the time though its only got one hand,mind you we didnt last long after that either
Phillip :

[Dayvo]

I remember my first oil change . Drained the sump , changed oil filter, filled her up with new oil . I put about 4 litres in then checked the dip stick , nothing , so walked around to the shop to buy another 4 litres and as i was walking up the driveway there was a nice little river of gold heading towards me . I had forgot to replace the sump plug.

[Greekos]

a new guy went to tighten the rocker cover bolts, used the rattle gun, resulted in breaking all the bolts.

[STEALTHY™]

a new guy went to tighten the rocker cover bolts, used the rattle gun, resulted in breaking all the bolts.

he didn't realize after the first one?

[PRH]

What about undoing the all the wheel nuts on a brand new car with a rattle gun,no worries you say well the apprentice where i worked done this only it had wheel trims on it,stuffed all 4 trims i kid you not
Phillip

[hakhawk]

had one of the car dealerships ring me up at work oneday, said there was a lady coming in to buy a wheelbrace because the car had none and they had none there that fit the wheelnuts.

so, she turns up, i grab a wheelbrace and we go to see if it fits. shes shows me the car, the wheels, and the nuts that wont fit. i then proceed to take the wheeltrim off, and she says i need to take the nuts off first. i asked why, she then informed me, thats what the guy at the dealership was trying to do!! trying to undo the fake wheelnuts on the trims!!!