Why do we do it

bone-yard-racing · Post by **bone-yard-racing** » Fri Oct 24, 2008 6:35 pm

Im not sure if it was this forum or not but you guys may know that I messed up my back pretty good about 2 weeks ago, it was/is to the point that I have hardly been able to get out of bed. Knowing this I still regestered for the auto-x this weekend even with the car sitting on jackstands as of yesterday. I made all the small battery stuff and threw that in also got the fuel pump done(3/4 tank of fuel landing on your chest hurts) any way as I lay here with my vicodin wearing off it has just hit me that this is going to be a bad weekend. Oh and its raining tomorrow with high winds. So my question is am I the only one who it this bad? What poor decisions have you guys made while under the infulance of car (or pain killers

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03wingswestR/T · Post by **03wingswestR/T** » Fri Oct 24, 2008 8:08 pm

do it all the time! haha

kornholio788 · Post by **kornholio788** » Fri Oct 24, 2008 8:28 pm

bone-yard-racing wrote: What poor decisions have you guys made while under the infulance of car (or pain killers )

That would be daily driving a air ride equipped show car and constantly showing off to hotties while not being single. So much action I could have gotten this summer lol

TheRandom1 · Post by **TheRandom1** » Fri Oct 24, 2008 9:24 pm

Stupid things we've done? Well, I bought my car with a ridiculously high interest loan (19%) because as soon as I saw it I had to have it...

Yeah, that's my worst ATM, I'm sure I'll come up with more.

Fuzzyneon · Post by **Fuzzyneon** » Sat Oct 25, 2008 11:46 am

being drunk with a fever doing my coilovers! that was a fun day and they came out good lol

blue demon02 · Post by **blue demon02** » Sat Oct 25, 2008 4:36 pm

Wow this list is a long one for me if I can remember all the dumb crap I have done.

1. Changing drum breaks on a honda civic with no heat in 30 degree weather.
2. removing an engine with no engine hoist. And then re-installing it with out one by yourself
3. traded in my first neon that had over $5,000 worth of mods on it for a WRX then trading the wrx for a tribeca.

4. doing a headgasket on a mazda protege in the parking lot of my apartment complex. with only a craftsman 72 piece ratchet set.
5. driving from AZ to KS in a 1ST gen ACR with a 2.4 that had bad piston rings, bad TPS, bad Spark plugs, and a lose fuel filter. Nearly got stranded I don't know how many times. Oh and all I had for tools was a 32 piece Stanley ratchet set. Did it in order to buy the damn car.

There is more but thats what I can think of at the moment.

bone-yard-racing · Post by **bone-yard-racing** » Sat Oct 25, 2008 6:47 pm

My happy area has been soaked since like 9am, I being beaten like I stole something in my own car by someone who has never driven it before and I had a big, slow, un-recoverable spin on my last run. In other words today kicked ass

Swordfish2Cowboy · Post by **Swordfish2Cowboy** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 12:26 am

bone-yard-racing wrote:My happy area has been soaked since like 9am, I being beaten like I stole something in my own car by someone who has never driven it before and I had a big, slow, un-recoverable spin on my last run. In other words today kicked ass

Huh?

Also, don't they allow piss breaks?

bone-yard-racing · Post by **bone-yard-racing** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 3:03 pm

I was raining all day and as Mark Geoff and I are the go to guys for about everything I didnt do the smart thing and hide in the car until it was race time.

Adionik · Post by **Adionik** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 5:18 pm

I did my lower control arm bushings alone.

That is enough.

Maddog · Post by **Maddog** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 11:20 am

I had 2 kids...

j/k! Wouldn't trade them for anything!

The most recent dumb thing I have done? Hmmmm...in my '97 ACR, doing 105 in a 45 (back road), and getting caught

(Dec '06). Could have easily lost him because of the huge lead I had, but didn't want to end up the subject of an article in the local newspaper. Plus, the cop already knew my car and where I live - not from previous trouble, but because the village cop-shop is just down the street from me.
The judge also informed me that I hold the record in my town

I'm just glad he didn't clock me 300m up the road, when I had the speedo pegged for a good 5-7 seconds, while still accelerating.

Danteneon · Post by **Danteneon** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 11:57 am

There isn't enough time to list the stupid things I have done. The problem is, most of them have been for other people.

One that stands out is doing a timing chain job on my friend's 1974 Satellite Sebring Plus. The car had a 318 in it with A/C. If you are familiar with it, it isn't a fun job. It was my first time doing one. I had a crappy selection of hand tools. It was done in a parking lot. No jack available. It was 40 degrees out. It was raining. It had to be done so he could go to work. It took me 6 or 7 hours to do it. I was 19 iirc. My back still hurts to this day because of that job. I didn't charge him anything for the work.

The things I do for friends

Maddog · Post by **Maddog** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 12:02 pm

Danteneon wrote:There isn't enough time to list the stupid things I have done. The problem is, most of them have been for other people.

One that stands out is doing a timing chain job on my friend's 1974 Satellite Sebring Plus. The car had a 318 in it with A/C. If you are familiar with it, it isn't a fun job. It was my first time doing one.

Been there, done that ('75 Cordoba w/318 and a/c)...

Danteneon · Post by **Danteneon** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 12:54 pm

Sucks don't it?

TheRandom1 · Post by **TheRandom1** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 2:10 pm

Danteneon wrote: 1974 Satellite Sebring Plus.

Danteneon wrote: I was 19 iirc.

Wasn't it still under warranty?

Danteneon · Post by **Danteneon** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 2:21 pm

You suck Sean. It was 6 months out of warranty thankyouverymuch!

I'm not that old!

TheRandom1 · Post by **TheRandom1** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 2:24 pm

Leave yourself open for a comment like that and I will be there my friend!

TeckNeon · Post by **TeckNeon** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 2:39 pm

TheRandom1 wrote:
Danteneon wrote: 1974 Satellite Sebring Plus.
Danteneon wrote: I was 19 iirc.

Wasn't it still under warranty?

I don't know either of you but that was a funny ass post.

Danteneon · Post by **Danteneon** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 2:44 pm

TheRandom1 wrote:Leave yourself open for a comment like that and I will be there my friend!

I knew I could count on you sir

TeckNeon wrote:I don't know either of you but that was a funny ass post.

We aim to please

TheRandom1 · Post by **TheRandom1** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 2:57 pm

Dante and I are cool, we can make jokes like that about each other and know it's only a joke!

Danteneon · Post by **Danteneon** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 3:19 pm

dblsg · Post by **dblsg** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 3:53 pm

TeckNeon wrote:
TheRandom1 wrote:
Danteneon wrote: 1974 Satellite Sebring Plus.
Danteneon wrote: I was 19 iirc.

Wasn't it still under warranty?
I don't know either of you but that was a funny ass post.

i lol'd

Mopar_Korean · Post by **Mopar_Korean** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 12:50 am

I have done do many stupid things for my cars. Lets see what I have...

- I (along with most of you guys prolly) have gone into debt buying things for my car.

- Slept in my first car when I got it home the first day.

- Haven't had a girlfriend in over a year so I can pay off the 2gn.

- My 1st apartment was a small 2 bedroom POS, and I had the 2nd room filled with car parts. I had an extra DOHC engine, 2 sets of wheels 3 sets of tires, random body parts, lights, a welder, and a "paint booth"

- My bath tub was a parts washer

- I took a 12 hour road trip the day I bought the 2gn just so we could "get to know each other"

- I think Ive shortened my life by 5 years with the amount of chemicals my body has absorbed/inhaled.

But at least I haven't done what this guy did...http://jalopnik.com/5069251/exclusive-i ... e-basement

MoxHair · Post by **MoxHair** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 12:15 pm

flippin' Holiday ad set this weekend, I'm going to miss the Autocross event this weekend. So pissed.

Mr Josh Zombie · Post by **Mr Josh Zombie** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 12:22 pm

The stupidest thing I've ever done?

-Rolled over negative equity onto two loans now. 2k negative from cavalier to neon, 4k from neon to cobalt.

-Did my entire air ride set up, myself, with no clue WTF i was doing, in a non-heated garage, in the dead of winter

-Dropped 9k in a neon... then trading in said neon for 4.5k (all parts sold thankfull)

-Sold my perfectly running Festiva

-Fried 2 alternators and 50% of the stock wiring in said festiva with a WAY to fucking big sound system and 40+ neon rice lights

2GN.ORG

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