Most embarassing driving situations!!!!

[chad1200]

i'd like to hear some other embarassing driving driving stories just to make myself feel better....

i was at a stop light next to a mustang gt (i know 300 hp, but what the hell, right). the light turned green and we were OFF!!!! i was doing us proud until i shifted into what i thought was 2nd in manual mode.... IT WAS NEUTRAL! i wasn't in manual mode!!!! i f'd up.

pretty sad, i know.

anybody else?!?!?!

btw i meant to say "most embarassing driving stories." not sure where the "i thought" came from.

gwhiz, can you help me out with that?!?!

[Gimli G35]

hope you let off the gas right away or else that would of been somewhat bad ,

i know most people are like hmm this kid is 16 years old .. he making bs up .. well im not

my most embarrising was when i was going down my neighborhood street and then i was about to hit the breaks to turn into the drive way , when somehow i hit the gas and almost hit the mail box , glad i have quick reflexes and was going like 20-30 MPH lol , other than that ive never actually had any Uh-Ohs

Ps , that was my first time driving a G

[jlo0109]

I was at a light and then a Integra pulls right next to me. He looked at me I looked him, it was sort of a sign of racing. So we both started reving our engine ready to take off, I was like alright its time to embarass another integra lover. Soon is the light turns green, I let go my clutch without gasing.. and I stalled.. I have no clue what I was thinking.. but I was just like... wow

[SVTCOBRA]

Back in the day when the ink was still wet on my license. Back before my first mustang. Even before I purchased my Craig Powerplay 8 track unit with 24 WATTS per channel!!! Yes, it was a few years ago.Anyway, I was rolling up to a stop light in my mother's 1972 Gran Torino stationwagon (now, I did white letter the letters on the black walls and flip the aircleaner top over, so I wasn't a total loser). Like I was saying, I was rolling up to the light and reaching for my smokes up in the sun visor. Actually, I thought I had stopped. My foot was on the brake but apparently not enough. I hit the guy in front of me. It was a State Patrol!!!! I looked down in time to see him bouncing in his seat with his hat on. Can still picture it. He got out, looked at my license and told me 'Boy, don't you know I'm the wrong person to be hitting!' There was no damage, so he let me go.......

[zozoka1212]

Man,

That's anawesome story.

I have one for you guys also. It happened back in Europe. You have to know who you race with. I pulled to the redlight. Guy right beside me kind of look at me with evil smile on his face. Anyways..light turned green we took off. When I put it in 2nd gear...I heard a massive bang. Cut it shortI killed my clutch. I stopped,he stopped too. He comes over asking if I need help. I said I have to call my Dad to pick me up. He asked the Phone #. So I told him. He went back his car grabbed his cb radio called the dispatch to leave a message to my dad. Yeap.... he was an off duty cop. Before he left that evil smile came back on his face when he came to me. He said I won't tell anybody.

Zozoka

[04G356MT]

Heres a good one, a couple years back when i had my RSXS i was with the girl i was with at the time taking her home it was like 2am so the steets were totally empty when this POS looking v6 mustang pulls up next to me and starts reving. Well the girl i was with LOVED when I would race it turned her on so me trying to be a hard *** decided i was going to whip the hell out of this V6 and were cruising in 6th at about 70ish and he drops down a gear and takes off then slows back so I drop down to what i thought was 4th and let out of the clutch and slam on the gas to find out i threw it into 2nd. I think the nose of the car touched the highway. my heart stopped, and i told the girl to shut the hell up lol. so yea... it went ugly lol i babied her home the rest of the way with no music or ac lol just to listen for ticks lol

Also I remember another time I was at a double red light going under the highway at a intersection when this really hot girl pulled up in a good looking RSX and we started to rev and I was watching the light and the 2nd light not the one i was at turned green and i launched then realized what i did and stopped at the 2nd light that was green

[SVTCOBRA]

yeah, loosing your clutch was more than enough, that guy was evil!

[zozoka1212]

Yeah evil

To finish the whole story. I saw the car couple of months after the first met. Car was parking front of the coffee place in downtown Vienna. I told my body to park right beside the car. He parked on the right side I parked on the left. We parked soooo close so he won't be able to get in his car without we let him in. To make sure he can't see us we went to the other side of the street in the pub...... several minutes later see him around his car scratching his forehead. We waited 4-5 more minutes than walked out. Evil smile on my face just like he had last time. I asked. Do you have a problem to get in your car? When he turned he realized what this is about. "Oh the clutch guy" he said. He told me now we are equal can he go? I said sure. My body gave me his beer to hold on. He pulled out and let the guy out then pulled back with the car. The cop instead of going he stopped and came to me. You know I could of charge your friend with drinking and driving. But he says I am a nice guy I let him go this time.Evil smile again on his face. In Austria that time there was 0 tolerance for blood alcohol. I've seen the car several months later again. I wasn't even think to stop just slowed down and waved to him. Soon he seen my face that good damn evil smile came back on his face. I think it was funny tho wasn't realy embarrassing only thing was bad about it I could not have my revenge....Since that I see people with that evil smile, that guys face pops in my head. Maaan.

Zozoka

[Gimli G35]

lol looks like Karma wont let you get revenge

[zozoka1212]

Got to be something like that.

Zozoka

[SVTCOBRA]

yeah, I would stay clear of that guy!

I got pulled one night leaving a bar. We were going down a main artery of Charlotte that was a four laner with a concrete medium. I asked barnie why he pulled me. He said that I 'crossed the center line'......Now, how was I going to do that without busting my rims!! I didn't say anything, just performed the tests.....I had had only 1 beer at the bar since I was the DD. He let me go of course, but I was I think he pulled me cause I was in a 69 Mach 1 with glass paks.

[G_whizz]

Not really a driving story...I don't think I have one

But , I was in the mall parking lot getting ready to leave, saw some hotties checking out my car. Started her up, was still in 1st with the parking brake on and for some stupid reason I just let off my clutch as if it was in neutral. Yeah well that launched the car a whole 3 inches and stalled it. That was VERY embarrassing, I never looked up, just started her again a drove away.

What a tool..

[SVTCOBRA]

Oh, I've got another 'I'm a tool' story.I was 14. My cousin & I borrowed my grandfather's 61 push-button trans. Dodge to go hunting at my cousin's uncle's place. After hunting, I convinced my cus to let me drive it down the 1/4 mile dirt drive. I had watched WAY too much Starsky & Hutch's. So, I floored it and it got loose side to side, blew out a retread and went down in the only ditch the drive had and hit a tree.My cus had to call his uncle to come home from work, cut down the tree, and drag the car out with his tractor.. My grandpa's 61 Dodge that didn't used to have a scratch, now had a dented hood and leaky grill.

[joe603]

I've got one...I was stationed in Italy and had my 97 Formula. I had just got it shipped from the states (it takes forever). Anyway, I was driving to my apartment, and I noticed that there was something on the inside of the windshield. I went to scratch it off...while driving. I was going home during lunch for something with my house, I normally didn't go that way at that time of day. There is an intersection with stop signs for one way, and normal right of way no-stopping for the other way. At the last minute, as I'm focused on scraping off the junk on the windshield, I noticed a cop directing traffic in the middle of the intersection!! I slammed on the brakes, and came inches from the scared poop-less cop with nice white gloves. He pointed for me to pull over...Of course he knew I was American...and let me go after I showed him the engine lol!

I felt like a total dork!

Ohh, and at the same intersection about a year later, I was on the stop-sign side, going strait. I thought it would be cool to punch it, and do a little burnout

....Only there was a cop (not the same guy) sitting just out of view on the other side...got a 100mil ($80) ticket for that one! do'ohh

[bone_stock_240]

Not really a driving story...I don't think I have one

But , I was in the mall parking lot getting ready to leave, saw some hotties checking out my car. Started her up, was still in 1st with the parking brake on and for some stupid reason I just let off my clutch as if it was in neutral. Yeah well that launched the car a whole 3 inches and stalled it. That was VERY embarrassing, I never looked up, just started her again a drove away.

What a tool..

Oh man, I did pretty much the same thing. I was downtown, and was checking out this super hot chick that standing near my car as I was walking up to it. I gave her a smile, and she smiled back. I was like "daaayyyaaaammm son. I am such a pimp." So I go in the car, put my foot on the clutch, and start it up. I was so impressed with myself, that I had forgotten that I had the car in gear, so I took my foot off the clutch, lurched forward and stalled.

G_whizz, we are such pimps.

[zozoka1212]

I love both of the stories. I guess we al do stupid stuff.

I know it is not my story but my mom. My father used to renovate old cars. One summer we worked on car from late 1950. We finished it, everything was original factory on it from A to Z.Got the factory paint too a day before this happened. Cut it short my father parked it at the front of the terrace facing the car to the terrace. My mom used to take out the cars for a ride also. She asked my dad if she can take that out also. My father said sure. She jumps in the car put it in gear and turn her body to see where she backs and gas. Man that car had the reverse gear on the same spot where the first gear on her car. Bang she hit the terrace. The new paint gone hood is destroyed,etc. I know I shouldn't but I started to laughing my balls off.My sister was punching my shoulder to stop laughing. My father jumped in his car he took off for 2 days to cool down(before I never seen him angry, he was the most calmed guy ever). My poor mother just cried for days. She knew how much effort we put in that car. She never ask my dad to drove his car again.

Zozoka

[SVTCOBRA]

OUCH!!!!

[zozoka1212]

I know I kept apologizing to my poor Mom because I was a donkey and could not stop laughing. But every time I brought it up. I've seen tears in her eyes. Man she thought she screwed it up so bad. My father came home 2 days later, he was ok and calmed as normal. I asked him how far had gone. He drove 16+ hours stopped and slept in the motel and came back. He said it took him to come back 6 hours longer then get there. Man he was flying there. I bet he hit the top speed several times. He took the SLK500. WooHoo

Zozoka

[AZhitman]

OK, I'll share mine, although there's more than I want to count....

Living in Tucson, attending U of A, early 90's. I'm riding an '87 V-Max (fastest production vehicle in the WORLD at the time).

SO, I'm cruising down Speedway Blvd, heading over to meet up with a chick I had met the prior weekend... Rolling along, 2 girls in a droptop Rabbit, super-hot. One waves, I wave back. NOTE: I'm wearing a helmet, so she can't tell I'm ugly, haha, just a long-haired dude on a bad bike.

Pull up to the stoplight, side-by-side. I'm gonna chat 'em up, get some digits, and see if I can pull a "two-fer".

As I coast to a stop, I go to put my right foot down. It's stuck. I tip over, HARD, right at the driver's door.

They drive off, laughing hysterically, while the engine roasts my leg and I curse my shoestring for wwrapping around the brake pedal bracket.

[chad1200]

OUCH!!!! (your leg and pride)

well, i feel better about myself! Those are awesome!

[G_whizz]

LMAO @ Two fer!!

G_whizz, we are such pimps.

That how we roll bro! lol

[i30daretodif]

This happened to my friend who was driving, while I was in the car. We were in a rented car in Michigan. The car was rented to his mom, so I'm not sure he should have been driving it in the first place.

Anyways, we're on a 2 lane road and a pickup truck is in front of us. With some encouragement from me, he decides to pass the truck. As we pass it at some speed, I notice a big star on the side, and the words "Conservation Officer." Neither of us knew what that meant. A few seconds later, he lights us up like a Christmas tree! He told us "it's not very smart to pass a marked police vehicle." He goes on to tell us that he has full police authority. I think he felt sorry for our stupidity, so he let us go, after we asked him for some directions.. good times.

[zozoka1212]

HaHaHAThat was a good one.

zozoka

[ugaexploder]

rear ended a park car looking at a girl

[Meat-Eater]

I was cut off by someone in a small econobox whole driving around downtown Annapois during the morning commute. I'm not a morning person, and I flicked the guy off. Next thing I know, the guy stops his car in the middle of both lanes and gets out of his car, turns out he was about twice my size and was strolling up to me. I only drive stick, and I was so stunned that I let my truck drift into the car behind me. As soon as I turned around to see the scratched Integra, the guy walking towards me got back in his car and drove away. Wouldn't be so embarrasing if it hadn't happened right in front of this Catholic school before the doors opened, and activity at the school had pretty much stopped so they could take it in.

[SVTCOBRA]

rear ended a park car looking at a girl

Nice! I like that kind of dedication!!!

I was walking at lunch in downtown Charlotte with a buddy who walked into a no parking sign while doing the same.

[smockers83]

He told us "it's not very smart to pass a marked police vehicle." He goes on to tell us that he has full police authority.

That must have happened pretty recently because up until 2000, they didn't have that power. Those DNR boys think they are the **** now that they can pull people over. I'd consider yourself lucky because they'll do pretty much anything they can to pull someone over.

[smockers83]

You think hitting other cars or stalling with hot girls around is funny, listen to this one. Now I'm a small town guy (4000 people) so when I first came to school in Ann Arbor, pedestrian traffic multiplied basically by infinity. Not only that but getting used to the fact that people in the city like to cross a road at their own convenience without thinking much took awhile to get used to (my friends and I came up with a point system if we hypothetically hit someone, and what happened to the stop, look, and listen that was taught in kindergarten?). Anywho, I was at a stop sign downtown on campus trying to turn right with a couple of my buddies. So I'm looking to my left, the last car to have traffic clear starts going by so I start pulling out. Before I know it a loud scream comes from in front of me, and of course a couple of hot (most likely sorority) girls are right in front of me, one with her hands on the hood and the other picking up her cell phone...didn't even notice em since they were walking from my right. So embarrassing...I just gave them the Yeah, I'm sorry, you may continue wave and peeled the corner. My 2 buddies had a good laugh for the next 15 minutes saying I could have killed or injured one of them in every way possible.

[zozoka1212]

Nice! I like that kind of dedication!!!

I was walking at lunch in downtown Charlotte with a buddy who walked into a no parking sign while doing the same.

That's got to be painful.

zozoka

[AddictionG35]

So recently I had my exhaust installed after I drove home and began installing my Z tube and pop charger myself. Before I knew it, it was getting late and dark so my buddy (being from Texas as I am) brought out his flood light. Then it starts dying so he asks me if I mind if he charges it. Not thinking I say, "yeah sure, whatever dude, I just need light." I finish the install get the cover back on the plenum and go to crank it and it does the flickering thing but starts. Not thinking I say, "WTF?!" and turn it off so I can see if it does it again. Well, it did but this time didn't start. So my buddy tries to give me a jump... no go. And again and again... no joy. We give up and I post to the forums asking advice and I am furious and assuming the worst. Some kind of electrical problem.

Next day, I call my insurance company and they call my Roadside Assistance. The wrecker comes and the guy A) admires my car, drools, complements and flatters me on how nice it is and how much he loves it and 2) asks "what's the matter? Won't start?"

"Nope"

"What's it doing"

"Clicking and flickering"

"Sounds like the battery"

"Yup, but it won't jump"

"Mind if I try to jump you"

"Nope"

So he jumps me and it starts on the first try with out any hesitation or sign of strain. I then sigh the hugest sigh of relief.

"Guess it was the battery"

"Yup"

So he then explains that there is a plastic lip that goes around the positive terminal and that all the numerous times we tried to jump it the cable clips were touching the plastic and that will not give you a good jump, explaining why it wouldn't jump, and why he jumped it so easily. Lesson to be learned, don't let people plug stuff into your cigarette lighter outlets, especially a giant spotlight that you can feel the heat from when he shines it on your face in the middle of the day half way across a parking lot. "Doh! "