WHOOPS!!

So I am driving to work Wed and it had just rained pretty hard but was clearing, streets still wet and slick. City streets, where I am in the right lane with another car in the left lane, and a Shelby Cobra 427 behind him. The guy to my left eases over into the far left lane leaving the middle lane open. The guy in the Cobra decides to pull between us and get >VERY RAPIDLY< ahead of us. I'm thinking.. "Hey, this is cool. Don't get to see a Cobra every day." Well, just as he is between us he drops it into 2nd from 3rd I guess, and screeches ahead. You guessed it - he breaks the rear loose on wet concrete and look out sister!! :eek: Rear end swerves into the left lane in front of the car in the far left lane and he is almost...

I wanted to share my story in hopes of saving someone else the trouble we had. While driving to the beach (200 miles from home) my gas meter showed 12 miles. This car has always been extremely accurate. I was pulling off the exit to get gas and I lost the gas pedal and began to lose speed. My loss of oil pressure light started flashing in red and the oil light came on. My first thought was the oil change we had the evening before we left on our trip. The car gentle glides to a stop and I turned it off. We checked the oil, again expecting them to have left the filter loose or something but it's perfectly fine. No sign of a leak...and dip stick reads full. It has the push button start...it will not do anything. We unhook the...

Just bought a 2014 Polaris Sportsman, had it for 9 hours and took her out after dinner for a run after dark. I figured I was out on my lake, knew it well, what could it hurt?? Well, I ran into a soft area with a spring......18" of slush. -12°. Took 2 days of prying and lifting to get her out. When I hit the slush, both front 1/2 shafts sheered, so I lost my 4wd. I pulled her in Reverse to the boat landing with my snowmobile.

so today I set out to change my rear exhaust section as my muffler had blew. had a bit of trouble getting it off so I took it to a shop. They removed the old exhaust but then couldn't get the new one on so after paying £20 to have the old one removed, I now have had to take it to a second garage to have the new one put in place... what a load of bs....

So for about a 2 months now my neighbor has complained that his driver's side windshield wiper didn't work very well. He told me he had tried several different brands of blades with no improvement. The last one he purchased was a very expensive blade, costing nearly $20. I asked if he'd tried cleaning the glass well, as perhaps it had oil or wax on it and that was contaminating the blade. He said he'd try that, then later reported still no improvement. This went on for about 2 months (I never actually saw the vehicle). Then one day I ran into him at the store and while we were talking in the parking lot, I happened to notice that his driver's side windshield wiper blade wasn't even touching the glass. The arm was bent and the blade was...

No destruction, sorry, but i had to admit by moment of boneheadery. I just loaded up the X with a bunch of cardboard boxes and such to go to recycling, hit the lock button inside the hatch, and closed it. ..sept it didnt close properly. No biggie... unlock the drivers door (hatch key lock is screwey) and hit the power lock button. Hmm... hatch won't open. Tried pressing it closed and turning the handle, no love. tried pulling and turning.... nope. Tried kicking it at one point... no love. Spent about ten minutes sweating, swearing, and being generally unhappy. ... then realized i'd hit "lock" instead of "unlock" on the power lock switch. :shifty_ey

Hello, so as the title states I had to install a new rack. Mine was leaking, so I added stop leak to make it last a couple more months. As always, it worked for a month or so, and came back with a vengeance. I went from 1 bottle of fluid a month before the stop leak, to 1 a week. Eventually I couldn't drive to and from work without adding a bottle of steering fluid. Time for a new rack. I order the rack from NAPA. Everything is looking good. I buy a couple tools I'm missing for the steering lines, etc. I can't get the old rack out due to passenger side bushing at the bottom. I take a sawzall and cut it and it comes out. Same issue going in with the new one, except I messed around with it until I could get it past that point. I could...

My son decided to let his mind wander and rear ended a Tahoe with the 2003 Sport Trac we got him and his sister to use. The grill, hood, battery, power steering reservoir, wheel well liners, hood hinges, left front fender, serpentine belt and more are toast. The repair estimate is almost $6000 and could go higher. Vehicle value is $5300. Needless to say its totaled. We were hoping to fix it but at that price its not worth it. Fortunately comprehensive wasn't too expensive so we'll get some money to cover the loss. The 2003 had only 86k miles on it. A quick glance at other used ones in the $5300 range (actually less since we have to reserve some for tax, title and registration) shows most have well over 100k. But we're not...

Pretty self explanatory. That did way more damage than I would have thought.. http://www.reddit.com/r/Justrolledintotheshop/comments/2tc0x0/this_just_literally_rolled_into_the_shop/

Hello from Russian Ford Explorer club ! One of the guys working in a repair shop posted these pictures on our forum. Unfortunately, the truck was towed to shop. Exp failed to get there on it's own. P.S. Sorry for big pictures - couldn't find a way to make a smaller preview.

I live in Brooklyn, NY. I am always loath to climb under a jacked-up truck on a city street - you just never know… Consequently, I occasionally visit a mechanic for work that I would ordinarily do myself. On this particular occasion, we needed a routine starter replacement. The mechanic was going to install it while I waited - 15 minute job! As the lift raised my beloved '93 to just above my head, a strong wind hit the side of the truck. The lift shook and without notice the vehicle lurched. I reflexively stepped back away back and not a second too soon!! It immediately crashed onto it's side to the ground at my feet!! My first concern was for the lift operator who had been standing closer than I! A panicked scan revealed...

Too much Nitrous on my SVT Focus.

With a pressure washer.. On the inside..

I met many EF members during the two Ouray, CO CCR's that I attended (2007 & 2008), so I wanted to pass this along in hopes that no one here ever gets into this situation: http://denver.cbslocal.com/2014/09/01/none-injured-in-rollover-on-mountain-pass/ It was the Jeep in front of me. I was the next vehicle behind them as we were descending... We stopped at the stairs to give them room, so I didn't see it roll, but I came up on it after it had just settled. I helped the driver and passenger scramble back up and we helped them haul out their stuff. Really nice guy. Don't think that JKUR had 5k miles on it yet. Went too far left, flopped right, momentum carried him over the edge. This was right after the water crossing, before the...

A little ways south of me in WV. http://www.wowktv.com/story/26344732/interstate-79-closed-chickens-and-ammo-to-blame