I saw two of them.

Years ago when I was working weekends at Napa Auto Parts, a guy came in and asked if we had a radiator hose in stock for a Saab. Sure enough we did. The guy said "thank god, I've driven all over town looking for one." Didn't think much of the comment until he came back in and said his car wouldn't start. Out in the parking lot was a nice new Saab with a seized engine complete with cracked block.

Number two was a young college girl changing a flat tire on her BMW. The bumper jack was hooked under the fender next to the front tire. She couldn't get the tire off the car with the jack in the way. I don't know what her problem was, she bent the fender enough there should have been plenty of room to work.

What is the worst you have seen?

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1983 300SD "Guderian"
1987 MR2
2015 Camry
2015 Chevy Spark
2006 Hyundai Tucson

Any Corvette owner.......and some Porsche owners.......

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'06 E320 CDI
'17 Corvette Stingray Vert

I knew a fellow once who oiled his fan belt to stop the squeaking.

Tom W

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

we had of all things a college professor come in my dads shop one october day and ask us to activate his anti-freeze for winter!

A former coworker owned a VW Golf that had a manual transmission. He took the car to a quick oil change place and upon leaving his clutch began to smoke and deteriorate very rapidly. He limped the car back to the oil change place to find that the 'tech' who 'serviced' the car saw a plastic cap near the transmission. He removed the cap and for whatever reason thought that some sort of fluid must need to go into the opening. The cap was an inspection hole for the clutch........the idiot dumped a bunch of brake fluid in the hole. It got a bit ugly with the manager, but the guy got a new clutch in the car at the expense of the oil change business. That is enough to keep me out of those places.

Who was the stupidest car owner I ever seen?

Sometimes when I look in the mirror; after breaking something while "repairing" my car.

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"Our Lady of Blessed Acceleration...
don't Fail Us Now"

Me.



When I passed on my Dad's offer of a '68 Galaxy (in '73), in favor of the $250 '68 Toyota with 110K miles, which I sold for $25 6 months (and much aggravation) later. My first car.


More dumbness to follow (too numerous to count), but that's the easiest.

Well, I'm a mechanic so...

This week alone has had:

Cust (1996 C220) "My car is lacking power and not accelerating, it won't kickdown."

Us (after having spent over an hour driving the car on two seperate occasions and observing no problems at all) "Are you pushing the pedal all the way to the floor and engaging the kickdown switch?"

Cust "No"

As well as:

Cust (BMW E36) "My taillights keep going out, the bulbs burn out, or don't work or something. I keep putting bulbs in, but they don't work."

Us (after examining the rear lamps and assemblies) "These are the wrong bulbs"

Cust "Yeah... But they don't when I put them in..."

I'm sure I can come up with better, but that's just this week. And it's been a holiday week. And a slow one at that.

MV

I know a kid who's car wouldn't start due to a bad battery one night, and he told his dad he thought it was out of starting fluid.

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1984 300SD Orient Red/ Palomino
1989 560SEC
2016 Mazda 6 6 speed manual
1995 Ford F-150 reg cab 4.9 5speed manual

Is this a trick question? Can we name more than "just one?"

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"It's normal for these things to empty your wallet and break your heart in the process."
2012 SLK 350
1987 420 SEL

Helped a guy jump start his BMW one wintry morning. Upon inspection of his battery terminals, I had noticed that about an inch from the negative terminal, the ground strap slowly morphed into duct tape, and then a 24-gauge lamp cord emerged from the other end of the duct tape!!! That end was loosely wrapped around a chassis bolt in the engine compartment.

I noted to the owner that the telltale cooked insulation on the homemade ground lead was an indication that an impending engine fire would result if not dealt with immediately. He actually balked at the $6 quote I gave him for a new ground strap!!!

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2009 ML350 (106K) - Family vehicle
2001 CLK430 Cabriolet (80K) - Wife's car
2005 BMW 645CI (138K) - My daily driver
2016 Mustang (32K) - Daughter's car

What a Tard. I get customers like that who will shop around for the best price on wall plates wich cost a whopping .24 cents.

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1984 300SD Orient Red/ Palomino
1989 560SEC
2016 Mazda 6 6 speed manual
1995 Ford F-150 reg cab 4.9 5speed manual

I knew a girl who waxed her new Mustang with rubbing compound.

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1985 380SE Blue/Blue - 230,000 miles
2012 Subaru Forester 5-speed
2005 Toyota Sienna
2004 Chrysler Sebring convertible
1999 Toyota Tacoma

The PO of my VW is a girl, not to be sexest but girls seem to trash cars...

Anyway lets see, she ran the drivers side into a building because she sucks at driving, body shop fixed it, ran the passanger side into something, body shop fixed, ran the drivers side into something again, father said I'm done paying for repairs just drive it.

All 4 wheels are bent/have chunks missing, every time she parked the thing she must have rammed it into a curb.

Maintenance whats that? She just turned the key until that didn't work anymore.

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2016 Corvette Stingray 2LT
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

I was visiting the corporate motherland in Maynard, MA heading to Logan airport during the mid 80's. This was on the Mass Pike when the speed limit was still 55. I'm in the left lane doing 70 trying to catch a flight on Friday afternoon. I see a state trooper coming up behind me - fast. I merge into the center lane, trying not to be noticed. The trooper flies by, probably 85-90 mph.

Right on his bumper is a '70 Buick Electra 225, all 30' of it, tailgating a Trooper at speed limit +30 or better. They were both on the side of the road talking about it 2 miles up the road.

Chuck