What are some funny mistakes you've made with your car?
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From: OH
Vehicle: 2000 Yellow Tib
What are some funny mistakes you've made with your car?
I bought one of those ebay resistor "chips" when I first got my car thinking it would give it the 20 WHP as advertised. 
Also took my center console and gauge plastic off to paint it and forgot how to put it all back together. Took me a couple of days to figure it out.
Also took my center console and gauge plastic off to paint it and forgot how to put it all back together. Took me a couple of days to figure it out.
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From: Pflugerville, TX
Vehicle: 2000 Elantra
Better backwards than forwards though.
I just wish I'd kept more of the spare parts from my parts car instead of selling them. And maybe it would have been ok if I had adjusted the brake pedal after the manual conversion so the brakes weren't applied 100% of the time for the first few miles.
I just wish I'd kept more of the spare parts from my parts car instead of selling them. And maybe it would have been ok if I had adjusted the brake pedal after the manual conversion so the brakes weren't applied 100% of the time for the first few miles.
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Vehicle: 1999 Hyundai Tiburon
When I installed my Airram, I put rags in the intake ports of the head to prevent any nuts or washers inadvertently falling in the engine. Got it all back together and the damn car would just not run AT all. Tried everything. Worked on it till about 11PM. Woke up from a dead sleep at 2AM realizing I left the damn rags in the engine!!! I couldnt sleep, so I got up at 2:30 AM and pulled the Airram off and sure enough, there were the rags! Pulled them out, got her back together, and she fired right up! 
