What is your stupidest car superstition?

I heard from several guys that green cars were unlucky, and never buy one. Just recently I learned that according to car insurance statistics green cars are involved in more accidents than any other colour car. It is thought that colour blindness of drivers has has something to do with it.
The colour of my cars? 38 dlx coupe... Green
35 pickup... Green
36 flatbed... Maroon, don't anyone tell me maroon cars are bad luck.

 

How about Jeff in the movie "Used Cars" - "A RED CHARIOT TO TAKE MY *** STRAIGHT TO HELL" !!!!

His red car phobia.........

 

I swear they hear you when you mention selling them. Never mention stuff like that near the car!

 

Since this occured many years ago, I have always let the broken left headlight in place until it was nonfunctional. I have always used hella or Bosch flat lense H-4 type headlights with removable bulbs in my cars. The last one that got holed in the Plymouth (ten years ago or so) stayed in place for so long that it filled with water when our monsoons hit, leaving me with the wierdest headlight illumination pattern that you can imagine. Think flashlight through a fish bowl! But believe me all those miles were covered on a heightened sense careful! Supers***ions are nothing to be trifeled with! As far as chicks - they seem okay with my scars, but the car's have been a deal breaker sometimes!!!

 

I watched my '60 Plymouth "walk" off jackstands... by itself when my brother-in-law mentioned that it could be the ugliest car he'd ever seen.

 

Always to beep the horn in a tunnel. Not many of those around here, except one that goes through a railroad embankment. And I got so I like to pat the dash and say thanks every time the odometer rolls off another hundred miles. Don't know if that does any good but the current beater's gone 5000+ miles reliably, except for a new PS leak (looks like the line's got an old, cobbed up repair to it).

I see above that's close to the car's "******" and never knew it all this time.

Funny, that movie was on Encore last night, first time I've seen it without the cussing bleeped out of it. So I sat down and watched it - fortunately missed the painful scenes with the '57 Chevy though.

 

i never mutter to myself, or think to myself, how much it would **** if "such and such happens". twice i've done that and twice it's happened within 10 minutes.

the first time it happened, i was living in g-ville fla, still in high school, driving my parents brand new car (not more than 3 months old) and thought to myself, "man it would **** to have an accident in this car" 10 minutes later i ran a red light and got t-boned. the car was repaired, but never drove the same after that.

the second time it happened, i was living in jacksonville fla, driving my dads car, with my mom riding shotgun. i thought to myself "man it would **** and be embar***ing to lock the keys in the car at a gas station". well, lo and behold, the gas light came on about 5 minutes later, so i pulled in the nearest gas station. i got out to start pumping the gas and left the keys in the ignition thinking my mom was gonna stay in the car (this was before the days of pre-pay). well she got out to get a drink, leaving her purse int he car and locked the doors without telling me. finished pumping the gas and soon found out that we were screwed. took 45 minutes to get someone to come by and help.

moral of these stories is, never wonder how much it would ****.

 

None, supers***ions are dumb.

 

Here's another one... I pulled into the gas station the other day with my Cutl*** aka "Vanna" ( I call her Vanna because she's old, yet she's still pretty ***y).... Well I go into get a pop, come back out and there's a few guys standing around lookin' at her.

One of the guys asks if that's my car, I say she sure is... She got quite a few compliments, get in her... and tell her she's an attention *****... Go to fire her up, drop her in reverse and the old girl dies... She did that six times before I could get out of the stall... I get her warmed up, pull out on to the street, tell her I'm sorry and she procedes to roast 'em to the stop light... *****.

Another day, I was goin' around a corner (may have took it a little fast) and I here a couple of thuds in the trunk...and then a big SMACK! I pull off into a parking lot, open the trunk and my tool box is over on the drivers side of the trunk (It usually sits down in the spare tire well on the p***. side and never moves, well it moved) I look and notice a little of the sealer on the inside of the drivers quarter is cracked a bit... Look on the other side and there's a dime sized dent in the quarter where the tool box hit... Ol' Vanna didn't wanna start for me when I got back in... because the keys were locked in the trunk..

The star bit to take the rear seat out was back there too...

My car has a soul...

 

never use a part off a totalled car no matter how choice or cheap it is .... not one part .. they all go to the crusher in my mind....

 

Only take apart brakes on one side of the car at a time. I've had them apart hundreds of times but still only one side at a time. If I screw something up going back together I have something to reference to.

I don't put much into the green thing. Our shoebox is to get green paint when it gets that far. Green on race cars is **** too. Ask John Force how many Wally's he's got. Bobby Labonte had a green car when he won his championship. Just my opinion though..

 

Never fails, if I bust my *** to get my coupe ready for a show it will break down on me on the way there. However, I think the curse is broken. Last Saturday I took it out to El Mirage (430 mile round trip) with no trouble whatsoever.

 

This one is kinda off topic, but if I'm in one of my cars with a digital radio. The volume always has to be an even number, I flip a *** if it isn't. I dk why, it's just been that way

 

I have found that I must intimidate the car with a few cuss words upon first application of a wrench. You must let her know that yes, this is going to happen one way or another. You then can sweet talk them as it goes back together and give back some self esteem.

 

I think its bad luck to be supers***ious!!!

 

Now THAT's a new one!

I'm not supers***ious at all......................knock on wood!

 

made me think of another buddies supers***ion well earned; never rebuild a truely "wrecked" car. He bought a then current year Corvette with substantial damage, but savable, barely. spent six months off and on rebuilding it to new condition. Test driving it first time out within three blocks of his shop it gets hit by a UPS truck. He fixes it again, repaints and enjoys his still current year Corvette for about a month. He's sitting in a left turn lane minding his own business when a giant roadgrader runs over the entire p***enger side and damn near kills him. Larry is gone now, but for the last ten years he was alive if you talked about late model rebuilders he would leave the room! There has got to be something to all of this...

 

I cuss and freak out. Never throw anything and allways reaffirm to the darling that I'm not mad at her. I have multiple projects and refer to the line as "Death Row" they know its all in good fun. The 57 Ranch Wagon did bite me last year though. One of those " Look how pure the door closes" things and she got me. I couldnt get the other hand on the handle and I was stuck. Probably coulda after the dance of the fire gods but I was glad my friend was there to free me.
I promised she's next in the operating room.

 

I am gonna have to agree on the never buy parts off a total loss car or a totaled car. I had an ot car that had a salvaged rebuilders ***le and the car ran good but the first 3 months the hood flew open dented the roof and the hood so I fixed it and about a month later someone reversed into me on the interstate and totaled the car.

 

If something is running funny or not right. Make sure you fix everything before you wash it. I don't know. Sounds funny when I actually hear myself say it.

 

you cant get a race car driver to drive a green car with the number 13 on it

 

That happened to me yesterday!

 

I had the same problem in the past, now I take a picture of it before I take it apart. I print the picture out and tape it to the fender above the wheel,
Cheezy but it helps a bunch.

 

I remember seeing a sprint car painted green with the number 13 and a black cat painted on the hood. I don't remember it winning any races, I think those guys used the car as an excuse to party!!! It's not always about winning.

 

I agree on this one. Anytime I have ever talked about how reliable or especially how fast one of my rides is, and then go to prove it, it will run like complete **** while the listener is still on hand. Then always goes back to normal later.

 

When I'm not driving, I ALWAYS carry my keys in my right pocket. No matter what's already in there.

 

I'm crew chief on a nostalgia funny car and I direct John (the driver) to the line after the burnout. I absolutly have to be on the drivers side of the car while directing him. We are part of the new IHRA Prostalgia funny car deal, if you are close to an IHRA track we will probably be there this year with 7 other nitro funny cars (all pre 73 bodies), come and say hi.

 

ok, that's not supers***ious, that's OCD. i have the same problem.

 

While driving home...NEVER SAY,

"Car's running great! Looks like we'll make it home!"

You'll get jinxed everytime,haha!

 

I think there are the******s for that!