Ty
Elio Addict
I've heard some odd things... I thought this would be a good place to put those funny anecdotes that don't quite meet the "joke" requirement. Let's keep these to things you've actually seen or heard. You can include stories told TO you but the person telling the story should have BEEN there. Let's keep away from the "I heard this from an uncle who knew a guy who was on a trip and saw someone telling a story about another guy..." kind of things.
"Make them check the carburetor. That way, you'll look like you know what you are talking about"
- in reference to a newer vehicle that had NO chance of actually having a carburetor.
"I filled the car with oil and now it won't start."
- Friend thought his car was low on oil because he couldn't see any in the fill hole... so, he filled it to the top of the valve cover.
At that same Air Force assignment, another kid was told his car was a quart low on oil. He bought the right oil and went home and put it promptly in his radiator.
I cut the top off of a 1974 Audi Fox in about 1985 and welded the doors shut. There was a big 50 yard by 20 yard depression in the back of our field that we used to ride motorcycles in and jump out. Well, the car didn't quite do a nice jump. It landed bumper first but maintained an upright position. I parked it, cleaned out the bumper, and no one was the wiser (I was 15 at the time). Well, that car made an awful buzzing sound in reverse thereafter. It was never going to be roadworthy as there was something wrong with the rear axle that Dad never fully explained. I Do know that it over-headed and locked up on his way home one day. He put a 1/2 breaker bar on the main pulley and by jumping up and down on it, broke the motor free. He put water in the radiator, cranked it up, and drove it home where it sat... till some kid cut the top off of it and welded the doors shut...
"Make them check the carburetor. That way, you'll look like you know what you are talking about"
- in reference to a newer vehicle that had NO chance of actually having a carburetor.
"I filled the car with oil and now it won't start."
- Friend thought his car was low on oil because he couldn't see any in the fill hole... so, he filled it to the top of the valve cover.
At that same Air Force assignment, another kid was told his car was a quart low on oil. He bought the right oil and went home and put it promptly in his radiator.
I cut the top off of a 1974 Audi Fox in about 1985 and welded the doors shut. There was a big 50 yard by 20 yard depression in the back of our field that we used to ride motorcycles in and jump out. Well, the car didn't quite do a nice jump. It landed bumper first but maintained an upright position. I parked it, cleaned out the bumper, and no one was the wiser (I was 15 at the time). Well, that car made an awful buzzing sound in reverse thereafter. It was never going to be roadworthy as there was something wrong with the rear axle that Dad never fully explained. I Do know that it over-headed and locked up on his way home one day. He put a 1/2 breaker bar on the main pulley and by jumping up and down on it, broke the motor free. He put water in the radiator, cranked it up, and drove it home where it sat... till some kid cut the top off of it and welded the doors shut...