CheapFuneral
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I don't think they are actually allowed to do this. I would have fought it.
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What's the dumbest/most dangerous thing you have done involving a motor vehicle?
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I don't think they are actually allowed to do this. I would have fought it.
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It was absolutely entrapment. My buddy did pull over when the cop flipped on his lights, but told me right then that he won't be getting a ticket. The cop walked up all badass like, but ended up not giving him a ticket. My buddy told him that it was textbook entrapment and he'd be happy to have his witness (me) explain that to the judge.
BSD
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Ha, did the same thing with my genius friend in his Cherokee only it was snow. Took us forever to get that thing out. We saw the torn up grass later that summer and busted out laughing.
CheapFuneral said:He was running slicks in the back. We pulled up to the light near our house and his gf and our other room mate pulled up next to us. She was in an s2000 and he was in an eclipse.
Your friend has good taste.
BSD
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I remember when I was stupid and 15 and my even more stupid friend who was 16 decided it would be a great idea to drive his mom's camry over some train tracks going 90. He lost control and hit the car in front of us then bounced off a parked snowplow truck which caused us to spin. The back end impacted into a tree. I remember looking afterwards and seeing the back passenger tire touching the back of my seat. One of the fireman said that hitting that snowplow truck probably saved our lives.
Oh, and the kids we hit got busted for having pot. I felt bad about that...
Oh, and the kids we hit got busted for having pot. I felt bad about that...
Fantom Blu
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I wouldn't call these activities dumb/dangerous unless you consider the vehicle used.
I took my 1998 Mercury Sable on a road trip with my brother to Michigan for a Taurus club meet. One of the events was at Gingerman raceway in South Haven, Michigan. We each took the car on the track. Ended up destroying the brakes to the point that there was smoke coming from them.
The other thing I did was take the Sable on a dragstrip. I still have the time slips.
Run 1: 18.175 @ 76.92
Run 2: 17.673 @ 79.10
Run 3: 17.810 @ 78.78
Run 4: 18.128 @ 76.78
Run 5: 17.728 @ 78.60
Run 6: 17.624 @ 79.09
Average: 17.856 @ 78.21
The dragstrip was back in 2008, not bad for a 10 year old car.
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I took my 1998 Mercury Sable on a road trip with my brother to Michigan for a Taurus club meet. One of the events was at Gingerman raceway in South Haven, Michigan. We each took the car on the track. Ended up destroying the brakes to the point that there was smoke coming from them.
The other thing I did was take the Sable on a dragstrip. I still have the time slips.
Run 1: 18.175 @ 76.92
Run 2: 17.673 @ 79.10
Run 3: 17.810 @ 78.78
Run 4: 18.128 @ 76.78
Run 5: 17.728 @ 78.60
Run 6: 17.624 @ 79.09
Average: 17.856 @ 78.21
The dragstrip was back in 2008, not bad for a 10 year old car.
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Brad Ferrell
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I used to street race but I won't be doing that again. "Race partner" wrecked, left the scene of the crime drunk and then threw me under the bus after to cops located him, telling them my name and that we had been drinking ( I had one drink 2 hrs. earlier). RECKLESS DRIVING on my record now and $6000.00 poorer. Oh, minus one best friend too.
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BSD
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What a piece of shi--. If he managed to leave the scene drunk all he had to do was keep his fuc-ing mouth shut when the cops showed up. Idiot.
mja
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Dumbest - A friend's mid-90's Ford Festiva, high school. He bought it used for 500$ and ragged it out for a few years. It was time for it to go, so we crammed a bunch of guys in it and took it out on some wooded trails to see how far out it could go. Offroading was pretty fun, got some air a few times, the car bottomed out in deep mud. Was hard to open the doors after it was submerged halfway up in muck. We walked back a few miles to where our other cars were parked. ... I wonder if the car's still there.
Most dangerous + dumb - after a bad breakup with a girlfriend when I was younger, moved out of her apartment and loaded up my pickup with all my shiz, couch, tv, fridge, etc. Hauled ass down the freeway home at 110 mph. Was pulled over and the cop asked me what the situation was. I explained it to him. After waiting for 10 minutes I was sure I was about to get some hefty fines and tickets, but he let me off and told me to never let a situation with any female get to me emotionally, and how I could've killed a thousand people etc. Drove home the rest of the way more carefully. Coolest cop I've ever encountered.
Most dangerous + dumb - after a bad breakup with a girlfriend when I was younger, moved out of her apartment and loaded up my pickup with all my shiz, couch, tv, fridge, etc. Hauled ass down the freeway home at 110 mph. Was pulled over and the cop asked me what the situation was. I explained it to him. After waiting for 10 minutes I was sure I was about to get some hefty fines and tickets, but he let me off and told me to never let a situation with any female get to me emotionally, and how I could've killed a thousand people etc. Drove home the rest of the way more carefully. Coolest cop I've ever encountered.
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ChicksHateMe
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Cool thread.
I have so many, I think I should put them up for vote. I'll keep the ones I remember short. There are more, but most are more common, dumb things many have done like drove too fast with bald tires or bad brakes because couldn't afford to fix them. Or driving after a few too many. All back when I was young, stupid and thought I was invincible. When the cops would pull you over, take your keys, and make you walk or drive you home. But looking back now, knowing how dangerous it all really was.
Here are my contenders for the Darwin Award.
1. I was about 18. Doing brakes on my Fiat Spyder. It was so light I could lift front end myself. Any way. I got them all done, and wanted to test them, so me and a friend jumped in and a backed out and took off hard down the road. Slammed them on and they worked great. Pulled a U'y and drove hard home. Pulled in and stopped. Perfect Job. Except when I got out I saw all the lug nuts for all 4 wheels still sitting in the hub caps. Freaked my friend out, thought he'd kill me LOL. I think if I hadn't driven it so hard for the test, the wheels would have come off.
2. Crawled out the passenger side of the car while doing about 45. Crawled across roof and into the rear driver side window.
3. Went on a vacation about 3 hours from home in "Jean", my boat (Tan Chevy Impala). Lost keys somewhere and had no spare key. Was away from everything and only had a tire iron (Straight one, not the cross). It took me over 3 hours using that tire iron to chisel and pry that damn key hole open. It was so wide open I could use the sharp end of the Tire Iron to start the car. So we drove home. - I had the car for another year or so and never fixed the key hole. You should have seen some of the faces of people when I'd pick up the tire iron to start my car every day LOL.
4. Just had a daughter in 81' and was taken out by friends to celebrate. I got drunk and was stubborn, and I wouldn't stay over. Fought to drive home. I fell asleep and when I came to, I was driving on a sand bank between the road and an ocean/marsh area. Luckily I was able to keep driving and get it slowly out of the sand and back on the road. Also I was lucky because the Telephone poles had just crossed to other side of road, and I was approaching where they were crossing back to my side. I got out, got some fresh air to wake up and thought "I don't want my Daughter growing up without a dad". Never drove drunk again. Hardly ever really drank again and Never kept booze in my house as the kids grew up.
I have so many, I think I should put them up for vote. I'll keep the ones I remember short. There are more, but most are more common, dumb things many have done like drove too fast with bald tires or bad brakes because couldn't afford to fix them. Or driving after a few too many. All back when I was young, stupid and thought I was invincible. When the cops would pull you over, take your keys, and make you walk or drive you home. But looking back now, knowing how dangerous it all really was.
Here are my contenders for the Darwin Award.
1. I was about 18. Doing brakes on my Fiat Spyder. It was so light I could lift front end myself. Any way. I got them all done, and wanted to test them, so me and a friend jumped in and a backed out and took off hard down the road. Slammed them on and they worked great. Pulled a U'y and drove hard home. Pulled in and stopped. Perfect Job. Except when I got out I saw all the lug nuts for all 4 wheels still sitting in the hub caps. Freaked my friend out, thought he'd kill me LOL. I think if I hadn't driven it so hard for the test, the wheels would have come off.
2. Crawled out the passenger side of the car while doing about 45. Crawled across roof and into the rear driver side window.
3. Went on a vacation about 3 hours from home in "Jean", my boat (Tan Chevy Impala). Lost keys somewhere and had no spare key. Was away from everything and only had a tire iron (Straight one, not the cross). It took me over 3 hours using that tire iron to chisel and pry that damn key hole open. It was so wide open I could use the sharp end of the Tire Iron to start the car. So we drove home. - I had the car for another year or so and never fixed the key hole. You should have seen some of the faces of people when I'd pick up the tire iron to start my car every day LOL.
4. Just had a daughter in 81' and was taken out by friends to celebrate. I got drunk and was stubborn, and I wouldn't stay over. Fought to drive home. I fell asleep and when I came to, I was driving on a sand bank between the road and an ocean/marsh area. Luckily I was able to keep driving and get it slowly out of the sand and back on the road. Also I was lucky because the Telephone poles had just crossed to other side of road, and I was approaching where they were crossing back to my side. I got out, got some fresh air to wake up and thought "I don't want my Daughter growing up without a dad". Never drove drunk again. Hardly ever really drank again and Never kept booze in my house as the kids grew up.
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AndrewGS
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The dumbest thing I did was take my year-old 2000 GMC Sonoma with the ZQ8 sport suspension and sticky street tires out on Galveston's East Beach in the pitch blackness of night with the tide coming in. I got off in some loose sand and got stuck. Luckily my brain kicked in and told me to use the floor mats to get traction. It worked and I escaped certain death.
ChicksHateMe
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Similar thing happened to a friend of mine in his Dodge Dart back around 75. Senior year of HS. Cop egged him on on the highway, Got him doing about 75 in a 55, then pulled him over. He ended up losing a lot of money in fines, court fees and insurance plus he lost his license for a while. Forgot how long, but at least 90 days.
That really sucked because he was the only one in the our group who had a car and a brother who'd buy beer for us...
ChicksHateMe
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One more....
On my 23rd Birthday, all my friends at the club said I had to have 23 drinks!! I am not sure I made it to 23 drinks, but at the end of the night I was ready to drive home, so I thought....
I go looking for my keys, and there's my friend holding them with a big grin on his face, like "Gotcha".
So, I go out the the car any ways, and I go in my glove compartment to get my spare keys. He's still standing there with a chit eatin grin, arms folded. But then I start my car and his jaw dropped.
I quickly drove away.... With 7 cylinders. HAHA....
He thought he covered all the bases by pulling the distributor cap wire, when all he did was pop off one of the spark plug wires hahaha.
I don't know how, but I made it home... Someone was watching out for me....
Years later I stopped drinking after an incident around the time my Daughter was born (mentioned earlier).
Gawd I was stupid when I was young. I don't feel so invincible anymore...
On my 23rd Birthday, all my friends at the club said I had to have 23 drinks!! I am not sure I made it to 23 drinks, but at the end of the night I was ready to drive home, so I thought....
I go looking for my keys, and there's my friend holding them with a big grin on his face, like "Gotcha".
So, I go out the the car any ways, and I go in my glove compartment to get my spare keys. He's still standing there with a chit eatin grin, arms folded. But then I start my car and his jaw dropped.
I quickly drove away.... With 7 cylinders. HAHA....
He thought he covered all the bases by pulling the distributor cap wire, when all he did was pop off one of the spark plug wires hahaha.
I don't know how, but I made it home... Someone was watching out for me....
Years later I stopped drinking after an incident around the time my Daughter was born (mentioned earlier).
Gawd I was stupid when I was young. I don't feel so invincible anymore...
when i was 17.. so around the time of last ice age.. going across a lake with an old K-car wagon, riding on the roof with the buddies (also on the roof) , driving laying on roof holding steering wheel.... and cruise control.. (car had hand controls for disabled person so throttle and brake were easily accessible) argh.. The police was waiting for me after the fact.. well deserved punishment... but they actually was good with me since I had put no one else but ourselves in danger.. just had to follow up on the complaint... the wrath from parents was enough, and the officer knew that..
Portusteve
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in my early 20's I had a ninja 750. I decided that before I sold it I was going to open her up and see how fast I could go, just once. I rode fast at times but never full send.
Rode north of the city. Found a nice, smooth, quiet, long stretch of road and just floored it.
I got to 230KpH ( I think thats almost 150MpH ). The crazy part is I felt like the bike had more to give. I could have hit 250 but chickened out at 230.
Another time I raced a dude in a 350z and accidentally did a wheelie after giving too much throttle after a shift. At the next red light he was like "HOLY **** THAT WAS AWESOME!" and I played it off like I did it all the time, but on the inside I was ****ting myself.
Rode north of the city. Found a nice, smooth, quiet, long stretch of road and just floored it.
I got to 230KpH ( I think thats almost 150MpH ). The crazy part is I felt like the bike had more to give. I could have hit 250 but chickened out at 230.
Another time I raced a dude in a 350z and accidentally did a wheelie after giving too much throttle after a shift. At the next red light he was like "HOLY **** THAT WAS AWESOME!" and I played it off like I did it all the time, but on the inside I was ****ting myself.
