What is your stupidest car superstition?

nice to know most of the car guys are like me and that I am not alone in my nutziness about thinking some cars have souls too.

 

Forget Green, it's screwdrivers! Ever notice how whenever something goes wrong, you've had a screwdriver in your hand or in your toolbox within the last three days or the next three days. And don't get me started on screwdrivers with green handles!!!

 

I remember when Grandma traded in her always-running '73 Duster for a new '79 Mustang, it sprung a water pump leak right there on the dealer's lot. Crying? Hmmmmmmmm.........

 

X2 on the unwashed car thing. I had a '68 Chevy I was using to tow my race car back and forth to the track. I had ran it through a real dirty mud puddle with this ungodly thick batch of mud in it. One side of the car had 100% coverage on it. I didn't bother to wash it, only cleaned off the windows and door handles. It didn't rain for a few weeks and after taking a lot of **** in the pits at Islip, I washed it one Sunday. I no sooner pull out of the car wash and someone runs into me!

The other one was with my wife's (green) Olds Cutl***. It was a bit dirty from a road trip, so we ran it through the car wash and got it cleaned inside and out. That was on a Sunday, by Monday evening the car got totalled out by a dirtbag with no insurance.

Bob

 

Dabirdguy - That's the stuff man! That's what I was looking for - tales of unexplained destruction due to nonrational reasons! Man, for your sake I HOPE it's not cursed! I know my little problems with my broken headlight that started this thread has bothered me enough that sleep has been tough the last couple of nights. I don't consider myself a supers***ious person, but right now that policy is under review! Yes polecat, It is re***uring that some of the rest of us are just as screwed up as us! Quick P.S. Dabirdguy I've already related your earlier post to a couple of friends about scratching the dashboard and a cars ****** to tons of laughs all around!

 

That's not a supers***ion, that's just common sense. I had a floor jack (quality brand name) fail and drop my car when I had it lifted up to put jack stands under the front end. All it cost me was an oil pan and a jack repair ... I figured I got off cheap.

 

hell, i'd rather just have pills for that.

 

Might be more fun!

 

Death should be fun for you.

 

Stop saying it then, Mr. Flatbed

 

I get freaked out when my cars aren't parked in the garage straight....bugs the hell out of me!! JOKER JASON.

 

I'm with you pal.

 

I consider myself as agnostic as well, but have always had a healthy respect for "old wives tales", curses and supers***ions. Some things in life just can't be explained!

 

I had a 73 mustang that didn't like compliments I has on the highway and hit the gas she slammed me back in my seat she was cornering great then I stopped at a gas station and told the car how great she was running then the back of the drivers seat broke so it was resting on the back seat and she wouldn't start back up.

 

Before every p*** I used to flip down the visor of my cuda to look at the photo of Freddy Kruger and give it a thumbs up, til someone stole the picture. Now I give it a slap on the dash and go "OK big fella, its showtime'.

 

Never let the customer know their car is ready, until it truly IS ready. Even giving them a 10-minute head start to pick it up will lead to disaster!

 

Never, ever brag on never having had a ticket in a particular car, because the automotive gods shall immediately curse you with one.

The collorary to that is to say "I've never had a wreck!", because you know one is waiting with your name on it.

I get irritated if I do not get my vehicles parked straight in the shop, and if I park my hauler crooked, that bugs me, too! Don't know why.

Tires and wheels...I like to have the valve stem indexed on the tire, meaning all four tires and wheels look the same. Example - even on a blackwall or www, the tire brand is still relatively visable. I like the stem to be in the middle of the brand name on all four tires. This is especially important on a set of white-letter tires (my O/T cars/trucks have them).

 

no fried chicken in my rod--makes the brake pedal slippery!

 

It's alive!!!!

 

I agree with the Silver thing, I had painted my 52 Merc silver in 99 wanting to get away from the black satin that had been there for 10 years, well I bet I had about 7 close calls in traffic in a month before I covered it with flames with the help of Yosemite Sam. Once that was done it didnt happen too often after maybe 3 times in the last 10 years, but its all for not... I redid it in black satin this year....

 

everytime i get in my car,i have to rub my wife's ***ties..it brings me good luck.

 

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Tires and wheels...I like to have the valve stem indexed on the tire, meaning all four tires and wheels look the same. Example - even on a blackwall or www, the tire brand is still relatively visable. I like the stem to be in the middle of the brand name on all four tires. This is especially important on a set of white-letter tires (my O/T cars/trucks have them).[/QUOTE]

Man, I thought I was ****. Now I have to go get all my tires remounted. Thanks alot.

 

Green cars especially Mopars. Its my favorite color but I never bought another after I demolished a big old Chrysler in 1976. I walked away the car was totaled. Oh and never call your car names @$^*>*%!!@$# they don't like it.

People would call the Chevy green but I had to remind them it was Tropical Turquoise. I think it was part ofthe phobia.

 

wow, strange coincidence- before every session i used to flip open my medicine cabinet and give a photo of patrick swayze a big thumbs up, until some girl stole the picture. now i just give myself a slap on the *** and go "OK big fella, its showtime"

 

errrrrr......... Aaahhhhhh....... O...o.k.!!!???

 

I'm inspired to change mine now, before every p*** I wanna give hotrod-Linkin's wife's ***ties a rub.

 

Never put two quail hounds in the back of your SUV unless you are damn sure the ***** isn't in heat.

 

Honk when crossing the TEXAS/Louisiana border. My old man is from Louisiana, so we have travelled back and forth my whole life. My grandad, dad, mom, wife, brothers, we all do it for some reason. The only time I ever broke down was a trip I forgot to honk. Cosmic...

 

That's funny right there!

 

It would be either the color brown cars that break down completely or automatic transmissions which like to burn up.