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Doh! The stupid mistakes thread - things you wish you’d never done . . .
- Thread starter Marlon
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ronk said:
Now I feel a bit better - I was going backwards in my E46 when I carried on going ignoring the constant beeping! :headbang:
But my most stupid mistake was probably on a motorbike!
I got a great deal on a 1977 Yamaha RD250D in 1978, as my then girlfriend worked for the importer!
I decided to find out how effective the front disc brake was - very effective was the answer!
But a "stoppy" only works if the bike is in a straight line, and mine wasn't when I did my experiment! :headbang: So it landed on it's side - like I did! Oops
the air was blue and still insisted it wasn’t her fault same story as the last time think I need to get her a tank 
:rofl:ronk said:kis said:When reversing with PDC you hear the flatline but it can go a bit further. I overestimated this and ended up bumping into the crash barrier!
I’ve done that , albeit going forwards !
I should add to my stupid going forward flat line beep - that I did a similar stunt in mrs k s 335 - the parking area was tight and I reversed into some loose shrubbery while the beepers were going silly - BUMP! There was a outward opened gate - now I’ve got a small crease in the bumper and a smug look on her face!
Changing the coolant on my zed. Had it up on axel stands on the front. Put the car in gear as the handbrake is a bit poop. Finished the coolant and went to start car to bleed the system totally forgetting it was in gear. I crapped myself as the car launched forward coming off the stands, luckily the stands were cheap ones from halford so they bent and not the car!
That’s something I’ve definitely learned from!
That’s something I’ve definitely learned from!
There’s plenty of things I regret,
Many years ago I was in a local village pub, it was a hot evening and a fella who looked a bit down on his luck came in and asked for a glass of tap water - the land lord ushered him out - saying no no no we are a public house who sells drinks!!!
I was somewhat taken aback as it all seemed to happen so quickly- to this day I still regret not saying “ I’ll buy the fellas drink”
We stopped going to that pub!
Many years ago I was in a local village pub, it was a hot evening and a fella who looked a bit down on his luck came in and asked for a glass of tap water - the land lord ushered him out - saying no no no we are a public house who sells drinks!!!
I was somewhat taken aback as it all seemed to happen so quickly- to this day I still regret not saying “ I’ll buy the fellas drink”
We stopped going to that pub!
drilling out a tensioning bolt from an mg altenator I made the executive decision to steady said alternator using my foot.
Alternator tensioning bolts are quite hard. So when I decided to apply more pressure, the drill simply slipped off the alternator...
..Into my big toe. Didn't think much of it, thought I'd just slammed the body of the drill into the toe, until I noticed a) there was a drill hole in the wooden floor b) my to was bleeding c) on both sides. Clean through the toe :rofl:
I'm not sure if the regret was drilling through the toe or owning so many MGs
Alternator tensioning bolts are quite hard. So when I decided to apply more pressure, the drill simply slipped off the alternator...
..Into my big toe. Didn't think much of it, thought I'd just slammed the body of the drill into the toe, until I noticed a) there was a drill hole in the wooden floor b) my to was bleeding c) on both sides. Clean through the toe :rofl:
I'm not sure if the regret was drilling through the toe or owning so many MGs
