lol this thread rocks..i want more stories

 

honestly i have no idea, i wouldn't even consider it a hard break...maybe it was my luck?

 

I had my G35 for about two weeks before I tried out the navigation system. It worked great, but the guidance volume was too loud. The next day I get to work, turned the car off, then pushed the ignition switch to ACC so I could adjust the volume. Locked the car and went to work. At 9:30 I go out and my car won't start, no headlights, map lights were flickering. Dead battery. I realized I forgot to push the switch back to OFF. (This is my first car with keyless ignition.) I had to call roadside assistance and the guy left the first time since I wasn't at the car (I was in a structure and was waiting at a gate to let him in; somehow he got in through another gate) so I had to call again and they had to send another guy out. I didn't get my car started until after midnight. I felt like a total idiot, but it was a good lesson and that's won't happen again.

 

Fortunately I got all of the really stupid car stuff out of my system in HS so I haven't done anything too stupid in my G.

I think the dumbest thing I've done is accidentally NOT turning VDC off and then hitting it hard from first to second, causing just enough spin to get VDC to intervene like the Hand of God (cutting throttle, applying brakes), bogging the car like whoa and practically throwing me into the steering wheel. Oh, and not to mention making everyone near the intersection look at me like I couldn't drive for $hit.

Yeah, I hate VDC.

 

^ haha holy ****, that's exactly what happened to me the other day, I keep forgetting that the VDC will interfere when accelerating hard and on uneven surfaces. The way you describe the feeling of you being pushed back and fourth is exactly what happens

 

Drove in sand up north and got stuck! Then i left the window down as i reversed. Filled the whole interior with sand and some of it got down by the window and crap! Took me the whole day to clean that ish!

 

some dumb things i did (a few times) like turn Virgin Driver Control off and do donuts at the nearby middle school & high school parking lots (at night of course )

and also at GMR did so many donuts at the top that my VDC was retarded for a while and wouldnt turn back on and the SLIP light wouldnt shut off...

hmm also at GMR went into a corner a bit too fast and understeered until i felt the ABS

at a local park, i drove on the grass with VDC turned off...stupid move but it was a funny feeling...the G never felt so slide-able before


and finally, the DUMBEST thing i ever did was try to SAVE GAS IN MY G. As much as i tried, it can't be done

 

Forgetting how low my car is and scraping that got damn bumper in parking lots.

 

+111111
OH YEA i forgot about the ride height

yup i always underestimate those dips especially when im in a hurry

 

keepin' this one short but i will never let a friend/anyone claim they know how to drive stick drive my car. Let just say if he was still in the area i would test out my suppressor on my HK.

The burnt smell from the scorch flywheel/clutch lasted for weeks. He gave me the $$ for a new cluth and fly wheel both OEM plus labor, PITA and such a hassle. Stupidiest sh*t i've ever done w/ my car was let **** drive my G.

 

Dumbest thin I ever did.... Let one of my homeboys drive it... He started drifting in it... NEVER again lol

 

i have not done to many dumb things in the car yet

i got alot of that out when i had my mr2 in highschool

 

Some good stories here, many remind me of my younger years. I still continue to rack up dumb moves, just not AS dumb. =)

In my G, probably the week I got it, I went to pass a Tiburon that was screwing with me. A fricking Tiburon! Gay *** chick car, with a couple of dudes in it; he sped up and was trying to block me for no reason whatsoever. I was annoyed and tried to punch it around him (he was in the fast lane) and a semi-truck (in the middle lane) and use the slow lane to pass. I was in MM in 4th and punched it, getting close to needing to shift up, but I shifted down to 3rd instead. My stereo was louder than it should've been (no engines sounds whatsoever) so it took a split second to ascertain WTF was happening. The car started to studder; I must have really exceeded red line and some sort of rev-limiter was kicking in or it was getting ready to explode or something. I quickly got it back in the right gear and, fortunately, there didn't seem to be any lasting damage, but damn...I was mad at myself for a bit. Needless to say, my powerful G35 performance maneuver was not pulled off with as much gusto as I was hoping for. It was a bit humiliating.

One of my dumber driving moves, from my younger years (I have LOTS) was getting busted for driving one of those airport courtesy golf cart things down the terminal. I was picking up a buddy back when you could meet people at the gates. We stopped for a drink at one of the airport bars and had a few too many. We were on our way back from the ticket counter after being greatly disappointed that we couldn't buy tickets to the Bahamas. It was going to be a long walk back to the bar to get my wife (now ex), and there happen to be an empty shuttle just sitting there. There was no "do not drive" signs. =) The airport guy got really mad at us when we kept driving and swerving to avoid him while he was chasing after us. We both spent the night in the drunk tank. The next morning when we pled; the judge and both attorneys were laughing about the whole thing. We paid our fines, and were released that morning. Not a "true" driving story, but most of my others are too long for the forums.

 

went off roading and jumped it :P, naw , but burning out i guess, waste of tires :P

 

Burn outs, donuts, and power slides occasionally. When it rains / snows.

Got stuck during snow storm in a hillside neighborhood. Used reverse action FWD for about a mile.

Let nubs drive it