by "Cash Rewards" (cashrewards)
Published 11/29/2017 at 15:51
by "Cash Rewards" (cashrewards)
Published 11/29/2017 at 15:51
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STARS: 7
So my wife was on the phone and walked into the kitchen, where I was eating lunch. She quickly stopped the conversation, got my attention, and pointed out the window at my car rolling down the street. Unoccupied. Apparently, my dumb ass forgot both the parking brake and to leave it in gear (manual), and off it went. Thankfully, I caught up to it before it went too far or did any damage. Idiot.
"Poor_Sh" (ar4x)
11/29/2017 at 15:55, STARS: 1
I parked (I really swear I engaged the E-brake) and went inside once only to come back out and see the ass-end of my car against the fence surrounding my apartment complex.. OOPS. Got a tiny scratch, a lesson to never do that again, and a sigh of relief that nobody seemed to have seen or been inconvenienced by it haha
(Sh)It happens.
"WilliamsSW" (williamssw)
11/29/2017 at 15:56, STARS: 1
I haven’t done this (yet), but this is my biggest fear with my m/t car.
"PartyPooper2012" (PartyPooper2012)
11/29/2017 at 15:58, STARS: 1
I honestly cannot remember if this happened in real life if it was a nightmare I had that is now tattooed in my mind...
My first manual car. I was 19ish. I worked in a supermarket. Parked my car in the lot which was sloped away from the store and towards a very busy street.
I walked out after work to find my car in the brush separating the parking lot and the busy street...
I really think it was a dream... I would have remembered digging it out of the brush, but I don’t
"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
11/29/2017 at 16:00, STARS: 1
In grad school, I stayed up all night to do a project then drove to Kinko’s to make a copy of it. I parked in the sloping parking lot, jumped out, made my copies, then came outside to leave. My car, a 1988 VW Fox wagon, was gone. I was perplexed. Then I saw my car sitting in the middle of the street where it had rolled after I parked. I hadn’t set the brake and left it out of gear. Fortunately, it didn’t hit anything or anybody. But during the day, that was a very busy street, and surely would have.
"Future next gen S2000 owner" (future-next-gen-s2000-owner)
11/29/2017 at 16:02, STARS: 1
I was mowing the grass at my brothers house, ~15 years ago - wow, and I make a round to see my dad’s truck rolling into the street all by itself. I swore I put the parking brake on. Run, jump in, and stop it. Drive it back to its spot.
Nothing to see here. Move along.
"haveacarortwoorthree2" (haveacarortwoorthree2)
11/29/2017 at 16:03, STARS: 1
Had a car (if you can call a Mustang II that) travel down the street on its own and hit another car. But that’s only because while being towed, another car ran a red light, hit the Mustang and knocked it off the tow truck, and the Mustang proceeded to roll down the hill into some poor unsuspecting bastard who was just trying to go home. At least it hit the other car flush and stopped instead of glancing off it and continuing the carnage.
"Party-vi" (party-vi)
11/29/2017 at 16:06, STARS: 5
oh my god this reference is so old it can vote.
"MarquetteLa" (marquettela)
11/29/2017 at 16:07, STARS: 1
Shortly after getting my Miata, my first manual, I parked at a gas station in front of the store itself and forgot to set the handbrake. Came back out to the car rolled back a car length or two, and had somehow stopped before rolling back into the pumps. Big lesson learned that day, thankfully with no explosions or other damage involved.
"Urambo Tauro" (urambotauro)
11/29/2017 at 16:07, STARS: 0
That happened to me I did that, once. I couldn’t figure out how then, and it’s still a mystery that baffles me now. Did I set the parking brake one click too loose? Did I not engage the shifter all the way into gear? BOTH? (and what are the odds of that)
It hasn’t happened again, and it probably never will . Fo rtunately, all it did on t hat day was roll back a couple of feet onto the grass. It didn’t touch anything .
"Roadster Man" (roadsterman)
11/29/2017 at 16:07, STARS: 2
Lucky you. The day after I quit a terrible job that I hated, My miata slipped out of reverse and I didn’t pull the e-brake, so she rolled down my very steep driveway, through the garage door, and destroyed my ping pong table that I had set up in the garage. I was way too embarrassed to make an insurance claim.
"$kaycog" (skaycog)
11/29/2017 at 16:18, STARS: 0
Dayum! You were so lucky to catch it.
"CRider" (crider)
11/29/2017 at 16:26, STARS: 0
Heart click
"Party-vi" (party-vi)
11/29/2017 at 16:30, STARS: 1
It kills me that we don’t get heart clicks or stars any more.
"HondoyotaE38: A Japanese and German Collab...wait a minute" (hondoyota)
11/29/2017 at 16:35, STARS: 0
Hey, well I have a story similar to this. You’re gonna want to hear it. Get some popcorn. So for a week my friend’s( let’s call him Homer) parents weren’t gonna be home because they had to attend a funeral. What does Homer do, being the high schooler he is? He decides to take the keys and drive his parents car while they’re gone. And have parties every day. Yup, he’s an idiot.
So anyways, the very first day they were gone, I come home from school and go to his house. As in walking I see him and another friend (let’s call this dumbass Richard) running back and forth to his mailbox and to his driveway, where the car resides. I run up to them and see hammers and wax and paint. I put two and two together and realized one of them shitheads managed to let the car roll into the mailbox, knocking it off its post. Now this wouldn’t really be a big deal (yeah it would, but you know what I mean) but the mailbox was owned by the county and was (emphasis on was) attached to the neighbor’s mailbox until Richard’s dumbass got in, started it, and “reversed it” into the mailbox. He didn’t know you had to keep your foot on the brake and he also was giving it gas too. On top of it all—you’re gonna get a kick out of this— the car was an automatic. A FUCKING AUTOMATIC. It wasnt even a stick and his dumbass (remember, he’s in high school he should know at least this) still manages to roll it into that. Right before there was impact, he jumped out of the car GTA-style and then it hit. It only gets better from here. He then gets back in the car, floors it to get up the driveway but forgets he had it in reverse. So now the mailbox is beyond repair. And all the while, Homer just stands by watching and yes, he was eating. Fucking. Popcorn. So if you listened to me and got some popcorn, throw it in spite of these fag bags. Anyways, I ended up helping then repaint the shit and drill the mailbox back into place and duct tape it together, and saved Homer and Richard’s asses from certain death. But hey, at least they both paid me $100 in desperate apology money so I’m not really complaining. Freshman year isn’t even halfway done and I already know it’s gonna be fun.
(BTW: Homer and Richard are 2 massive dumbasses from different cartoons. Can you guess which ones?)
"Cash Rewards" (cashrewards)
11/29/2017 at 16:40, STARS: 0
Every now and then I’ll have reason to hunt down an article I remember, and I notice the year published, and how long I’ve been reading/lurking/commenting, and dear god I’m old
"SpeedSix" (speedsix)
11/29/2017 at 16:41, STARS: 1
Since you’re still young, here’s some advice you could probably use - never host a party at your own place, there’s always a dumbass stupid enough to host it at theirs.
"Cash Rewards" (cashrewards)
11/29/2017 at 16:42, STARS: 0
Unfortunately my wife was the one who noticed, so I never had a chance to pretend
"Cash Rewards" (cashrewards)
11/29/2017 at 16:43, STARS: 0
Right!? How did I forget/screw up both? What the hell?
"Cash Rewards" (cashrewards)
11/29/2017 at 16:44, STARS: 0
Manuals for 19 years, and it was a first.
"Cash Rewards" (cashrewards)
11/29/2017 at 16:45, STARS: 1
It was just entering the cross street intersection too. It’s a T, so hopefully the curb would’ve stopped it. If not, down an embankment, into marsh, and tow truck time.
"HondoyotaE38: A Japanese and German Collab...wait a minute" (hondoyota)
11/29/2017 at 16:45, STARS: 0
I’ve learned that much. From “Homer”.
"$kaycog" (skaycog)
11/29/2017 at 16:46, STARS: 0
I bet you never do that again!
"TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts." (thebloody)
11/29/2017 at 16:48, STARS: 0
Seriously, I miss all of that :(.
"TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts." (thebloody)
11/29/2017 at 16:49, STARS: 1
I own Land Rovers so they tend to try wander off on their own. Doesn’t matter if the handbrake is up.
"Die-Trying" (die-trying)
11/29/2017 at 17:38, STARS: 2
"Cash Rewards" (cashrewards)
11/29/2017 at 17:49, STARS: 0
I love that comic
"Die-Trying" (die-trying)
11/29/2017 at 18:06, STARS: 0
its funny how Hobbes was always seeming to be the voice of reason....
all the fun you could have with a cardboard box too....
"pip bip - choose Corrour" (hhgttg69)
11/30/2017 at 05:33, STARS: 1
DOH!
"Cash Rewards" (cashrewards)
11/30/2017 at 11:11, STARS: 1
http://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/1987/09/13
My favorite, and the same thing. Hobbes as voice of reason, Calvin hearing what he wants to hear. Perfect.
"Die-Trying" (die-trying)
11/30/2017 at 17:30, STARS: 1
that IS a good one. this one is my all time favorite
i found it one day, quite by accident, and a lot of stuff just made sense.....
