- :
- '13 CWP MS3 & '16 Mazda6 GT
lol I do that w/ the P5 Shae...especially after switching from one to the other...
Most embarassing moment while operating a vehicle??
- Thread starter ZoominMX-5
- Start date
zoomzoom02
Member
- :
- Protege ES
Lets see, I have quite a few.
Background: This was nearly 5 years ago, Protege was a few months from brand new. I transferred to a new public highschool from a private one across the street my junior year. This new highschool has a really crowded parking lot, I mean you can barely back up without hitting the cars on the other side. This occurs in my first few weeks there.
I would get back from lunch for my last class, weight training, so I would park in front of the weight room (along with the rest of the 'tuners'). We would be let out about 10 minutes early so we could go to the locker rooms, but weren't allowed to leave until the bell rang. We would all crowd around our cars (a few 240s, eclipse with 'drags' on 24/7 lol, 'tricked' new monte carlo, neons, civics) and talk about the next time we were going to the track, or about 'turbonators' people put on their cars and how they worked. The bell rang, and I was the first to fire up my car so I could show everyone how badass it sounded. I slam it in reverse and back up rather quickly. BAM! I hit somthing. Bewildered I look back, only to see that it is security in their brand new nifty golf cart (those fully plastic and fiberglass ones). Annhilated the front end of it. Of course everyone saw it and gave me s***, even the security gaurds for the remainder of my term.
Fast forward to the next week. SAME THING HAPPENS. I should know better, but I fire up my car, slam it into reverse....BAM! This time it was one of those girls that everyone wanted to just get the chance talk to...I got my chance
. Believe it or not, I even got a few dates out of it! After paying out about $1500 to fix the rear door and fender of her new blue jetta.
I still get s*** when I see those kids that were in my class. "Hey remember when you hit 2 people in a week?!" "Don't get behind Clay when he backs up!". Good times though. I have more but I will wait.
Background: This was nearly 5 years ago, Protege was a few months from brand new. I transferred to a new public highschool from a private one across the street my junior year. This new highschool has a really crowded parking lot, I mean you can barely back up without hitting the cars on the other side. This occurs in my first few weeks there.
I would get back from lunch for my last class, weight training, so I would park in front of the weight room (along with the rest of the 'tuners'). We would be let out about 10 minutes early so we could go to the locker rooms, but weren't allowed to leave until the bell rang. We would all crowd around our cars (a few 240s, eclipse with 'drags' on 24/7 lol, 'tricked' new monte carlo, neons, civics) and talk about the next time we were going to the track, or about 'turbonators' people put on their cars and how they worked. The bell rang, and I was the first to fire up my car so I could show everyone how badass it sounded. I slam it in reverse and back up rather quickly. BAM! I hit somthing. Bewildered I look back, only to see that it is security in their brand new nifty golf cart (those fully plastic and fiberglass ones). Annhilated the front end of it. Of course everyone saw it and gave me s***, even the security gaurds for the remainder of my term.
Fast forward to the next week. SAME THING HAPPENS. I should know better, but I fire up my car, slam it into reverse....BAM! This time it was one of those girls that everyone wanted to just get the chance talk to...I got my chance
. Believe it or not, I even got a few dates out of it! After paying out about $1500 to fix the rear door and fender of her new blue jetta.I still get s*** when I see those kids that were in my class. "Hey remember when you hit 2 people in a week?!" "Don't get behind Clay when he backs up!". Good times though. I have more but I will wait.
Last edited:
SpeedBeaver
Member
- :
- Mazdaspeed Protege
Wow, I never tought hitting a girl's car could end with a date... I'll have to try it sometime 
Rotary_Powered
Member
- :
- Mazda RX7 '87' & Hyundai Tiburon GT '05'
I stalled the MS6 3 times at zoom zoom live, and had to shamefully drive the auto. Though had perfectly driven the RX-8 just before.
The only upside it that I smashed the lap times that my two friends had set. I did a better time than both of them with the Mazda6 FWD V6 auto, when they had the MS6's AWD 6sp, Torque & HP advantage. That was a some consilation.
The only upside it that I smashed the lap times that my two friends had set. I did a better time than both of them with the Mazda6 FWD V6 auto, when they had the MS6's AWD 6sp, Torque & HP advantage. That was a some consilation.
Last edited:
On a nice sunny day I was out, and while parking, I shifted into reverse to back into the space. When I lifted my hand from the shifter to the wheel I hit the wiper stalk and the wipers started going at full speed while I was backing up, with a bunch of people standing there and staring.
Protege2886
Member
- :
- '99 Protege
clicknext said:
Been there - Done that - It's great when you do that and as you go to palm the wheel you honk too. Now you look like a REAL knob.
Right after I got my car my friend wanted to see how fast he was off the line compared to me (he has a honda crotch rocket) stupid me I don't put it in gear before I start reving. Light turns green and I try to throw it into first and my revs are too high so nothing happens.
The guy in the car behind me honked and flashed his highbeams at me twice...
MP3Performance
Member
- :
- Mazda MP3
Mine is kinda a combination of what FI_FSDE and clicknext posted. At zz live I was also driving the MS6. I was going pretty awsome for my first run until the last two turns. I was going too fast into the turns and tried to turn the wheel two directions too fast. I ended up hitting the windsheld wipers on and honking the horn on the car twice, and if that weren't enough I hit 3 cones AFTER the finish line. My time wasn't too bad though, only .7 sec off the time to beat.
- :
- 03.5 Titanium MSP #1451
Is it the time I ran a stopsign and t-boned a teacher on the way to school? It was my first car, an '83 Pontiac Grand Prix. Had three people with me and there were friends in a car that saw the whole thing from across the intersection. Totalled both cars.
Is it the time I totalled the '84 Mustang I had when I ass-ended the lady passed out in her truck in the middle of the highway with her lights off at 2:30 in the morning? Again, both vehicles totalled. Oh, did I mention I only had a work permit 'cuz my license was suspended at the time? A little embarassing going to jail (again). By the way, my parents watched me get taken away. Had to suck for them.
Is it the time I was trying to race some jetta in my '99 civic and tried to take a corner too fast and the ass swung out on me, so I hopped the curb with the left side of the car before straightening out back onto the crowded street? DUH
Oh, one more but it wasn't in a car. I lost my license AGAIN last year and when I was riding the new bike I got from WalMart, I thought I could hop a curb like i used to back in grade school and i crashed on the median of a BUSY city street. Flipped right over the handlebars. I would say there were anywhere from a dozen cars on up that saw that as they drove by.
But I'm a much better driver now!!!(first)
Only grinded second a couple times doing a burnout in front of a friend in the MSP.
Is it the time I totalled the '84 Mustang I had when I ass-ended the lady passed out in her truck in the middle of the highway with her lights off at 2:30 in the morning? Again, both vehicles totalled. Oh, did I mention I only had a work permit 'cuz my license was suspended at the time? A little embarassing going to jail (again). By the way, my parents watched me get taken away. Had to suck for them.
Is it the time I was trying to race some jetta in my '99 civic and tried to take a corner too fast and the ass swung out on me, so I hopped the curb with the left side of the car before straightening out back onto the crowded street? DUH
Oh, one more but it wasn't in a car. I lost my license AGAIN last year and when I was riding the new bike I got from WalMart, I thought I could hop a curb like i used to back in grade school and i crashed on the median of a BUSY city street. Flipped right over the handlebars. I would say there were anywhere from a dozen cars on up that saw that as they drove by.
But I'm a much better driver now!!!(first)
Only grinded second a couple times doing a burnout in front of a friend in the MSP.
most embarassing moment in a car? hmm.. that would have to be the time I locked my keys in my car on a ferry boat. they had to divert the cars around until state patrol arived with a lock pick. were docked on an island so we had to go back to the mainland to pick up the state trooper.
Protege2886
Member
- :
- '99 Protege
BadKarma said:
:S Road head + Fast bumps = ghetto vasectomy.
-----
Slayer4U - Don't feel too bad. I was out delivering update notices for a construction project for this one road. The mailboxes for each house were on the opposite side of the road from the house (silly back country) I pulled up to this one house and there was a little old lady sitting on her porch. I decide to be a nice guy and hand her the flyer. Get back to my car...*jiggle...jiggle* AH SON OF A.....worst part was that my cell phone was in the car too - I only had my ear piece on. So I walk back to the lady and ask if I can borrow a hanger. I force my passenger side window down a bit more (it was open a crack because I had the beacon on my roof) and put the power windows down with the hanger and I scratch my tint just slightly in the process.
To add to my frustration - 20 minutes later I get a flat tire. Needless to say I took the afternoon off
NoRotorNoMotor
Member
- :
- 2003.5 Black Protege5
Dumbest thing I think I have ever done was take the top off my Del Sol and drive from Phoenix to Albuquerque in the middle of summer with my t-shirt off
I had one of the worst burns of my life and my friends made fun of me for weeks because the burn followed the rolls on my stomach when i sat down
Other than that getting BJ's in the Del Sol with the top off while driving down the highway. It is hard to keep the speed limit when you can't concentrate so many truckers and even a school bus one time passed us over the course of the years I owned the car. For some reason doing that in the car with the top off made her really horny and she did it alot
I had one of the worst burns of my life and my friends made fun of me for weeks because the burn followed the rolls on my stomach when i sat down
Other than that getting BJ's in the Del Sol with the top off while driving down the highway. It is hard to keep the speed limit when you can't concentrate so many truckers and even a school bus one time passed us over the course of the years I owned the car. For some reason doing that in the car with the top off made her really horny and she did it alot
