Worst break down stories

Every fucking one said "oh wouldn't happen if you bought a yj or xj"

So I bought a 79 k5 insted

Nope thought they would see the truck easier from a chopper and find me I was on the nearest road

Maybe buy a paper map too while you are at it?
Jesus christ bro. Still a three hour drive would be a day or so walk. If it was winter in a shiddy place you'd be dead.

Note to self: next time i go advbiking bring a small paper map, compass, and tell someone where the fuck i'm going.

my friends new where I was going.

And ya should have bought a map

It was august in arizona hot as fuck and cold as shit at night

>driving back to Rochester, NY from Columbus, OH
>6 hour drive
>had $30 to my name for gas home, spend all my money in Columbus at MLG, had a paycheck waiting for me at home
>3 hours in cross the NY border
>it's 10pm, dark, snowing pretty good
>lights start to dim, battery light comes on
>alternator going out, well fuck, gotta try and get home, meeting guy to sell this truck in like 10 hours
>about 40 minutes later lights are completely dead
>try to keep going, eventually engine dies
>roll to the side of the road, flashers don't even work in blizzard at night
>have been sleeping in my truck all weekend, have 20F sleeping bag
>figure I'll have a friend bring me an alternator in the morning because a tow home is $400
>lol nope, cop shows up, bitches me out for no flashers, calls tow truck
>tow truck drops me off at nearest fuel station off of the interstate, doesn't charge because I have AAA Basic
>dad comes and picks me up at 1am, leave truck at station
>realize I dropped my keys in the snow while assisting tow truck guy
>have work the next night, can't go fix truck
>so two days later now, go buy alternator and new belt, roommate drives me back 2.5 hours to station
>call locksmith to make me new truck key, $200 because fucking chipped
>locksmith does his thing while we spend a couple hours changing the alternator in 15F temps, luckily not snowing anymore
>meet guy as soon as I get it home and he buys the truck there on the spot

if only the alternator had given me one more day
only other time

>riding friend's first motorcycle home for him from 2 hours away
>dumbass kid he bought it from never tightened the countershaft nut or put the lock plate on it
>front sprocket flies off while I'm doing 70 down the interstate
>dad comes an hour out and picks the bike up in the rain

Ya fuck snow

CHECKING

I've only been stranded once, ran out of gas in a car with a bad starter. It was literally right across the street from where I needed to go, so it wasn't that bad.

>tried to push start this shitbox by myself for like an hour
>a guy in a Wrangler drove by and tried to help, still didn't start
>about to miss my train
>had to leave it at a construction site parking lot over the weekend

>be driving home late in my acura integra from second job. About 3am. Home is 40 miles away
>cruising in far left lane doing 80 mph
>suddenly blow tire
>keep control of vehicle and just let go of gas pedal to slow down while merging over (auto tragic)
>had a whole set of 4 wheels in my hatch I was going to put on my teg figured I'll use one as a spare
>no tire iron no Jack
>literally had spare wheels to be used as spares but no tools.
>call friend he's s few miles away from me says he will meet me on the side of the highway but he only has tire iron. No Jack.
>say okay and I call other friend with Jack.
>both are en route
>pop 2 road flares and turn flashers on so people can see me and so I can signal my friends.
>friend pulls up in his fcT2 we wait for other friend.
>other friend shows up in civic hatch we change wheel I hand civic bro 20$ cause he my nigga
Rx7 guy didn't get shit because he talks shit on us and Honda all the time. All he did was stand there and we didn't even use his tire iron.

checked.

Happened yesterday

>stall in traffic
>carburetor so no ecu
>leave my accessories on
>cranking for 10+seconds
>oh lol
>shut everything down
>car fires up
>wot to punish the engine for being a bitch

>buy jetta used at end of winter
>drive to friends party and park in the sun
>come back 5 minutes later and run to store for meat rub
>drive back
>chill for 5 hours, leave mk3 parked in sun
>come back at 5 and try to leave
>nocrank.tiff
>get towed home 2 hours later

Apparently my car won't start if I leave it parked in the sun. Starts strong at night. The best part is that this is a semi common problem for mk3 and 4 jettas.

Further proof Germans are inherently evil

It's a beauty though. Still have it?
I really love the supra wheels on this car, best combination there is.

some paranormal shit right there. legends confirmed.

>3 hour drive at most a day or so walk
If OP did 30 mph average, he would be 90 miles out. Average human walking speed is 3.1 mph, not accounting for the amount of water he would be carrying plus weapons and ammo. It would be about 30 hrs time hiking, so more like 2 and a half days to 3 days.

That's some math problem shit right there

thanks m8

I sold it about a year ago, worst decision of my life. I'm going to be like 80 years old and still regret not keeping it.

The feels are real.
I did the opposite and am waiting for mine to arrive.
If you're lucky, you might find one for sale and undo your mistake. It's not the exact same one, but it'll be a good substitute.

My worst fear OP, my friends give me shit for taking a fuckload of food and water on a 1-2 night camping/fishing trip but I'm preparing for the worst, where I go there is no phone reception and if it suddenly rains even 4WD's just slide off the clay roads and get stuck. if you're lucky you may see 1 person every 3 days to help you if you're up shit creek.

I honestly would not wish that anyone user. Worst experience of my life

I can imagine, at least you got home eventually.

>go on fishing trip, friend is driving
>we go to a fairly popular National Park
>friend decides drive another hour and half to the very end of the park to camp
>Long ways away from anybody
>he has the footy match blaring on the radio all night, keep telling him he's gonna flatten the battery but he insists it's fine
>next day we pack up to leave
>hop in car and try and start it
>RRRRRRR RRRrrrrrrrrr rrrrrrr
>you fucking retard
>can't push start it because lol EFI, we still tried though
>spent an hour walking back up the track
>just happened to come across people driving to our exact spot and got a jumpstart

Lucky because the nearest other campers were at least another hour walk away and it was due to rain a lot later that day.

Yep thankfully

you can push start EFI, I've push started my Miata a few times.

>can't push start it because lol EFI
are you retarded?

Do you cunt's not know how EFI works? Maybe you could do it in 90's models for some reason but it's impossible in newer cars.

>supernatural quints
>checked as fuck and witnessed riding, shining and chrome, on the highways of valhalla

> be me driving my beat to fuck and rusted jeep tj, first car
>didn't know anything about cars at the time
>it's leaking from power steering gear box a little but never cared
>driving home 75mph on 5 freeway when wheel starts jerking left and right
>think "oh shit the PS is out! No big deal"
>suddenly it locks up and SLAMS immediatley hard right almost straight into the concrete barrier
>pump brakes, brake pedal has almost no pressure
>muscle it left to correct steering with all my might (6'3 250lbs)
>assume my brake on my right front wheel is shot or locked or something
>don't pull over because I'm a retard
>limp it home 6 miles with extremely low brake pressure and the steering pulling right hard as fuck
>pull into neighborhood, artifical lake on my left and right, school bus directly in front with stop sign and light on, lots of children crossing the street and generally everywhere
>try to slam on brakes, pedal goes to the floor and doesn't engage (hand brake never worked since I got the car btw)
>guess I'm crashing into the lake then, I'd rather kill myself than a kid with his whole life ahead of him
>miraculously brake engage and everyone crosses safely.
> park and try to take wheel off to inspect
>Jack jeep up and wheel goes sideways almost snapped off
>broken hub bearing assembly ruined brakes and rotors too plus axle U Joint, studs and even lugs. It was grinding the entire time and basically all welded itself together
>tow to dads friends shop
>250 bucks total to fix
>could have cause a huge accident on the 5 freeway or slammed into a bunch of children in a residential area.

Thats not quite right. You can push start most anything new, however the battery needs to have atleast some charge to turn on the ecu, fuel pump, ignition component's, etc. I've done it in my 2006, and my buddies 2009.

Jesus christ user.

After that day I started learning how to do everything and I fixed that heap into road safe condition mostly, then sold it

My Volvo 240 had a bad in-tank fuel pump that would cause the car to vapor lock when the temperature was above 70 degrees.

I had to get my car inspected in Philadelphia (lick n' stick) so I drove all the way down from Allentown, PA in the dead of summer. If the car is driving, it's perfectly fine, it gets fuel, but as soon as you get to a stop and the fuel mixture leans out, it starts to buckle and hesitate like a fucking bronco and stalls out. You then have to wait 5 minutes for the vapor to clear from the fuel lines and try to start again. Repeat about 100 times and that was my trip.

Mien Got...

Fucking checked and witnessed.

holy shit nice supernatural quints

Good quints

Nope the fuck out of there
Literally yell "nope" repeatedly until I get to safety

U-joint flew a part at 60mph. Truck started shaking like mad luckily made it to a gas station and happened to have an old one in my tool box

> ITT, and especially OPs, stories that never happened

Ey fuc u mane my jetta is a real wonder of automotive fuckery

I have push started my 2003 Tacoma several times when the battery was flat. Not even a click out of the starter or the faintest light from the dashboard.

My 99 ford can get low enough to where it will crank over, but the ecu will not trigger. It will also not just flat out die with a low battery either.

>on the back roads looking for trails
>find one that turns into a field
>bomb around for a bit
>finally lock hubs to get out
>few toads toss me around a bit
>find a sandy rarely traveled one
>get halfway down and decide to take a break for a few hoots and check how the engine is doing
>see pic related
>wonder how long I was running like like that
>fuck
>have a few hoots and think
>went garage sailing a few days before
>bought a toolbox with random shit in it and never really looked
>bought my truck with no speakers but had wires going to the back
>rip the fuckers out and strip what I can
>terminal clamp is cracked
>spend at least an hour wiring with primitive shit to finally get it to start
>still to this day I'm amazed I made it home

raining heavy
dad took my car to shit spic mechanics
waiting until tomorrow to take it to a real mechanic
forget that it was put together by shit spic mechanics
driving on the highway at about 55-60 mph
forget that tires are almost bald
rear right wheel starts coming loose
tire pops, now i have a flat
car wobbles and i hydroplane
never hydroplaned before, video game instincts kick in
i narrowly avoid swerving into a concrete brick wall and a huge metal pole
avoid flipping over
my car gets suck in the deep mud
its pouring still
have to get rocks to put under my tires and back out
then i get enough speed to make it up this shit hill and slowly drive back to the gas station

The road and the land around it have gained notoriety over the years as an area rife with many legends of paranormal occurrences such as sightings of ghosts, strange creatures and gatherings of witches, Satanists and the Ku Klux Klan.

I heard the same thing from a couple different people about Angela's Crest (Los Angeles). Both spooky noises coming from the bushes, as well as the devil worshippers and KKK members thing.

>plate on the dash
that's retarded. You might as well just not have one at all.

>buy a ford bronco from craigslist
>somewhat high miles but in good shape, runs fine
>eventually out in the middle of nowhere with gf driving home
>suddely makes an absolutely horrific rattling noise and can't get above 15 mph
>quarter mile from a gas station in a tiny town
>pull in there
>truck wont run or move from the parking lot
>too poor for AAA, have to call an ungodly expensive local towing company for a tow
>unbelivably pissed off
>gf actually takes a picture of me watching it get towed

it later turned out to be a cracked head that caused more damage and needed an engine swap

pic related, me getting cucked

Nice mustang.

>en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clinton_Road_(New_Jersey)

Hoo boy I'm in Morris county NJ, I should check this place out

also checked, some /x/ shit right there

War is over, hippie. Cut your hair.