I seem to have horrible luck with our cars. Sorry its so long, but I have a bunch of great stories. Any one else have good car related stories to tell?
My rebuilt transmission just went out. This last one was a rebuilt unit to replace the origional, but it should still be under warrenty. This will be the 3rd tranny in my car.
My engine has been rebuilt twice, so thats 3 engines in the time I have owned it. The first time, it was a turbo NA running great.... until the vacume line popped of the FPR. went lean, broke some rings. Then, I rebuilt it. Somethine went wrong... dunno what, but one of the cylinders was way big, so I rebuilt it again with .030 over with diamonds.
I am teased by my family whenever I drive the 90 aerostar. Maybe thats because I am the only person to cetch air with it. We were on a vacation and I was driving through Illinois. We came to a construction zone and I saw a sign the said "bump". Alright, I slow to well under the limit in the zone, and it turns out to be a huge 12" ramp up to a bridge. We still beleive the back wheels came off the ground when I hit it that bump.
Then, while driving home with some of my family in the aerostar, a dog wanders into traffic going 75-80mph. People slam on their brakes, so I see this and do the same. Seeing cars getting closer, I start pushing the brake with all my might (6'0, 200lbs, lots of force). I already had the weight transfer, and with the pathetic brakes that van had, I barely manage to lock the right front tire, but got I it unlocked and slowed in time. I then see the person that was behind me FLY by on the shoulder with the brakes on hard. WOW, I somehow made it through that, and continue on my way. I later tap the brakes to slow down for an onramp and to my horror, there is very little resistance in the pedal as it slides to near the floor. I had scrubbed enough speed at that point such that the corner wasn't an issue, but I decided it was time to get a tow home. I downshifted through the gears and with my a hand on the parking brake, brought the van safely to a stop in a parking lot. Upon later inspection, I blew the caliper hose right off the hardline on the right front when I was braking hard.
I have had the throttle stick in 2 different cars for 2 different reasons, both while still learning to drive. I learned to drive a stick on a taurus SHO. Something was wrong with it, and it would never want to easily go into first. I somehow managed to get the car started in 3rd gear, which is quite a feat considering it was only a 3.0 in a heavy family sedan.
I had a wheel fall off at 75mph in my car. The clowns at Goodyear didn't properly torque the wheel down, and it fell off before I even got 100miles on it. I was driving home that morning with a well deserved headack from the nights fun. I felt a wobble and decided to check things out at the next exit, but never made it. The left rear tire came flying off. I tapped the brakes, and came to a safe stop on the shoulder with my wheel in a creek 1/4mile up the road. The wheel and tire had crossed the median, went into traffic and rolled into a ditch. Luckily, the only damage was to my pride, the wheel and the rear rotor from scraping on the pavement.
Then, there was the incident with my dads car. I took his 97 GT to run an errand with. I got on it in first, then quickly found second, looked in the rear view mirror and I am horrified to see a huge cloud of white smoke following me. At that point, I got a sinking feeling that I was a dead man. I parked it immidiatly in a parking lot and opened the hood to find a coolant mess everywhere. I called him up, and he came with some water and hobbled the poor car home. We later found that the upper intake manifold was made of plastic and had coolant flowing through it. The plastic split, spraying coolant everywhere. Luckily, we discovered that ford had a recall out for this and it was replaced free of charge.
I'm only 22, but this seems like quite a list of misfortunes. Anyone else agree that I shouldn't be allowed near a car?
Any one else have good stories to tell?
My rebuilt transmission just went out. This last one was a rebuilt unit to replace the origional, but it should still be under warrenty. This will be the 3rd tranny in my car.
My engine has been rebuilt twice, so thats 3 engines in the time I have owned it. The first time, it was a turbo NA running great.... until the vacume line popped of the FPR. went lean, broke some rings. Then, I rebuilt it. Somethine went wrong... dunno what, but one of the cylinders was way big, so I rebuilt it again with .030 over with diamonds.
I am teased by my family whenever I drive the 90 aerostar. Maybe thats because I am the only person to cetch air with it. We were on a vacation and I was driving through Illinois. We came to a construction zone and I saw a sign the said "bump". Alright, I slow to well under the limit in the zone, and it turns out to be a huge 12" ramp up to a bridge. We still beleive the back wheels came off the ground when I hit it that bump.
Then, while driving home with some of my family in the aerostar, a dog wanders into traffic going 75-80mph. People slam on their brakes, so I see this and do the same. Seeing cars getting closer, I start pushing the brake with all my might (6'0, 200lbs, lots of force). I already had the weight transfer, and with the pathetic brakes that van had, I barely manage to lock the right front tire, but got I it unlocked and slowed in time. I then see the person that was behind me FLY by on the shoulder with the brakes on hard. WOW, I somehow made it through that, and continue on my way. I later tap the brakes to slow down for an onramp and to my horror, there is very little resistance in the pedal as it slides to near the floor. I had scrubbed enough speed at that point such that the corner wasn't an issue, but I decided it was time to get a tow home. I downshifted through the gears and with my a hand on the parking brake, brought the van safely to a stop in a parking lot. Upon later inspection, I blew the caliper hose right off the hardline on the right front when I was braking hard.
I have had the throttle stick in 2 different cars for 2 different reasons, both while still learning to drive. I learned to drive a stick on a taurus SHO. Something was wrong with it, and it would never want to easily go into first. I somehow managed to get the car started in 3rd gear, which is quite a feat considering it was only a 3.0 in a heavy family sedan.
I had a wheel fall off at 75mph in my car. The clowns at Goodyear didn't properly torque the wheel down, and it fell off before I even got 100miles on it. I was driving home that morning with a well deserved headack from the nights fun. I felt a wobble and decided to check things out at the next exit, but never made it. The left rear tire came flying off. I tapped the brakes, and came to a safe stop on the shoulder with my wheel in a creek 1/4mile up the road. The wheel and tire had crossed the median, went into traffic and rolled into a ditch. Luckily, the only damage was to my pride, the wheel and the rear rotor from scraping on the pavement.
Then, there was the incident with my dads car. I took his 97 GT to run an errand with. I got on it in first, then quickly found second, looked in the rear view mirror and I am horrified to see a huge cloud of white smoke following me. At that point, I got a sinking feeling that I was a dead man. I parked it immidiatly in a parking lot and opened the hood to find a coolant mess everywhere. I called him up, and he came with some water and hobbled the poor car home. We later found that the upper intake manifold was made of plastic and had coolant flowing through it. The plastic split, spraying coolant everywhere. Luckily, we discovered that ford had a recall out for this and it was replaced free of charge.
I'm only 22, but this seems like quite a list of misfortunes. Anyone else agree that I shouldn't be allowed near a car?
Any one else have good stories to tell?