Imperfect Timing of A Car Breakdown

[SonicX11212]

This evening, I went with a friend from school and her friend from California who had been staying with her and saw Oz the Great and Powerful (Side note: great movie, typical predictable Disney; 7/10). Before I describe how the night went, let me describe to you the condition of my car. I drive a 2001 Ford Mustang. Red, sleek, beautiful...but old. This thing has a list of problems that we have been steadily fixing ever since we got it. Recently, the starter went out so when I went to go start the car that morning, nothing would happen. After we got that fixed, everything worked fine and I was able to drive without (much) worry. Now lets skip ahead to what happened tonight at the movies; On the way to pick the two girls up, everything was fine as well as on the way to the theater. After the movie, we walked out and got in but when I turned the key, Lo and Behold...!, Nothing happened. As I sat there, embarrassed, I called my brother in law who is a phenomenal mechanic and asked him to come help me out of this unfortunate turn of events. When he got there he literally just wiggled a wire and it started right up. So, not only have I entertained my two friends for the night (no innuendos intended), I also had the "honor" of adding yet another problem to the list of my car. Its an old car but its mine and I love it <3. (Nuke, Don't you dare say 'Its because its a Ford!'...You either Anni.)

Anyways, my point here is has anyone else had something similar to this happen to them and are willing to share? I bet you guys have some pretty good stories (Those of you that drive).

 

[chili dude96]

I used to have a 2000 ford contour with 133xxx miles. It ran great. No problems at all. For a 12 year old car it was great. Only issue was that my dad had scraped paint off of the bumpers at all four corners and my grandmother scraped a huge line of paint off the side of the car pulling out of her garage.

Basically, it was a total beater. But it was an awesome car.

 

[AlphaZER0]

Jeez, what a crappy turn of events. Especially in the company of ladies you're trying to impress. Glad it all worked out in the end for you, though. Thank the higher power for the brother in laws.

I took this dental hygienist out to a bar on the beach once. I drove a bench seat 2001 Dodge Ram with pizza cutter tires. When I saw pizza cutter... I mean deadly thin. Small and almost no tread left. Anyhow, it was packed that night at this bar. The only parking left was in the loose sand just past the parking lot. Well, I tried to head into the sand. Boom, instantly stuck. The entire porch of the bar, twenty plus people, had to push my truck out of the sand in front of my date. It was horrendous, so I definitely feel for you.

 

[Predator Lark]

I dont have a story about my car breaking down...but I have one about fourwheeler drag races I have entered in. So we have an ATV rodeo every year and I enter my 2003 Polaris Predator 500(with a few mods) each year. Well needless to say I raced all day winning each race in my bracket all the way to the finals...Line up at the starting line to the finals and if you have ever drag raced head to head you know how jittery you get especially when there are a couple hundred people staring at you. The tree starts it hits green I dump the clutch and stalled it right there at the line..talk about embarrassing! And I lost the $200 first place prize...

 

[FluffyTDestroyer]

AlphaZero, I feel for you. I once had to have neighbors pull my car out when I innocently got it stuck in mud up to the axles... It took 2 different vehicles, and 3 different sets of chains to pull me out. What made it worse was how they were cracking up. Deets probably has a totally different version of that story. But he lies. Pathologically. So does KillerDucky.

Deets and I have what seems like too many car horror stories. We've had lemons, we've broken down. We've met some really interesting people on the road. But one thing holds true: If you get stranded with friends, at least you're in good company.

 

[Dr.Compton]

AlphaZero, I feel for you. I once had to have neighbors pull my car out when I innocently got it stuck in mud up to the axles... It took 2 different vehicles, and 3 different sets of chains to pull me out. What made it worse was how they were cracking up. Deets probably has a totally different version of that story. But he lies. Pathologically. So does KillerDucky.

Deets and I have what seems like too many car horror stories. We've had lemons, we've broken down. We've met some really interesting people on the road. But one thing holds true: If you get stranded with friends, at least you're in good company.

So far my favorite story with Deets and yourself and a interesting car ride involves a hitch hiker,Deets' coffee, and one of your knives.


I never had any problems with my 2000 Dodge Durango when I drove the monster, but Im just a terrible driver in general. Before my friends would always complain about how they had to give me rides to things when I didnt have my car, I drove them each once afterwards and I was offered rides the rest of high school.

Then one of my lady friends found out my secret when I had to drive her some where and was actually decent at driving. Not only did i earn brownie points by sayng, "Oh I only drive good when I have precious cargo" (Works 50% of the time, 100% of the time.) I also told her to keep my secret because I actually do hate to drive.

 

[General Specific]

I'm still waiting for ford to bring back the thunderbird.

 

[Swayne]

You saying a 2001 is an old car makes me feel old

On a side note, my first car was a '65 Mustang. The state I lived in didn't even require it to have seat-belts.:blink:

 

[I SURVIVED LONDON BLITZ]

You will have to learn how to wiggles wires, or buy a Suzuki, lol

 

[Immortal Technique]

Trbslation: I went to da movies with two chixx

Response: my mannnn

 

[Annihilator]

I can't even begin to tell you the stories over the years of quirky issues I have had with cars. I just don't have the time!

 

[chili dude96]

I can't even begin to tell you the stories over the years of quirky issues I have had with cars. I just don't have the time!

 

[SonicX11212]

trbslation: I went to da movies with two chixx

response: My mannnn

lOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL

 

[Immortal Technique]

lOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL

I'm glad you enjoyed that friend

 

[Nuclear Cowboy]

I have gotten stuck in the mountains in Colorado (in a FORD). I had an Acura Integra (not a FORD) that had 17" wheels. I had so many flat tires with those dang low profile tires... I also nearly got arrested by the Scottsdale Police because of the Integra. Luckily, the guy was new and I talked him out of it. Had to drive an untold number of hours across Texas to pick up my dad (he was in a FORD) because of a broken water pump on a holiday weekend.

I also limped a FORD Focus from Scottsdale to Fort Worth, in the middle of the night, missing on one or two cylinders. I drove it pretty much strait to the dealership and asked what they would give me for it on trade-in. Gave me non-broken car price, then the engine finally crapped out after they owned it and I drove away in a new car.

 

[OuChTrOnX]

Wow ...some great stories here.

My car once broke down from overheating on the Pontchartrain bridge due to a crushed catalytic converter from running over a truck tire tread at three in the morning in mississippi en route to New Orleans. It was great, the outside temp was 107, but in my car it was 120.

 

[Q-tip]

I once bought a truck from a good ol' country boy in North Carolina. He sold it to me for $500. It came equipped with a coon dog box in the back. Thats right, a box for your dogs when you go raccoon hunting. He asked if I wanted him to leave it in there. 'no thanks, you can keep it'. Then he told me that there was a space in between something underneath, that he had soldered a quarter in there to fill the gap. Well, lets just say that 3 days later, this thing was worth exactly 25 cents, as it threw a rod and blew a hole in the side of the engine block, in rush hour traffic in Washington D.C. I was stranded there for 2 days, it was crappy.

I had my headlights go out on our 73 subaru wagon, while i was driving down a freaking mountainside. THAT was the most I had ever sweat behind the wheel of a car. I turned on the hazards, and crept along at 1 mph using the flash of the hazards to locate the reflectors on the middle stripes. It took me 2 hours to go a few miles. That car went to the junkyard after that, as that was the straw that broke the camel's back. Got $50 bucks for her, bought some beer and a bottle of rum, and toasted a 'used to be great' car.

 

[Simon]

Worst thing that happened to me was at the shop I was working in... we locked the keys in a Chevy 3500 dually. Then we broke in. Only to find out the keys were not in the car. With the alarm going off we popped the hood and took out the horn fuse, and the battery eventually wore down. A few hours later we had keys and just needed a little jump start.

 

[Ravage]

I feel terrible everybody here has horrible car stories...the only problem I've had with my 2004 Jeep Liberty is I finally had to replace my 9 year old tires late last year (my car only has 65,000 miles on it). Well a tree did recently fall on my car but she survived with only a few dings here and there...sadly that tree really screwed up my driver's side mirror...I'll never get it back to the way it was! :crying: