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Old 20 Jan 2009, 05:25 pm
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What's the dumbest thing you've done to you're PT's.
The set up to my story:
It's been extermely cold here in southwest North Dakota, and we've gotten way more than average snowfall. I've got piles of snow right next to my driveway going back to my garage. Temperature on given night is 28 degrees F below zero air temp with a 20 mile per hour wind, giving a windchill of about -40 degrees F.

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Coming home from grocery store with 9 year old daughter in back seat, I head up the icy driveway towards the garage. Due to all of the snow, I'm hugging the side of the house and clip the vinyl siding corner post with the rear fender of the car.

Outcome:
1. Vinyl siding corner posts don't do well from a car rub when temperature is 28 degrees below zero.
2. Paint on fender of PT chips and cracks really easy at 28 degrees below zero.
3. 9 year old daughter can't wait to tell Mom what Dad did to the house and my poor PT!
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Old 20 Jan 2009, 06:12 pm
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Instead of starting my 2002, I decided to just push it back in the driveway. Well, it rolled back to far and hit the support for the carport, bent it and warped the door. Had to replace the support and later traded the 2002 in for the 2006.
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a burnout on the main strip in myrtle beach
with like 200 people watchin may be naturall aspirated but shell sure smoke =]
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Trying to drift as if I was professional.

Hmm by the way pt cruisers are alot different than mustangs.

No damage just a bit more cautious haha
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Old 21 Jan 2009, 10:17 pm
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Instead of starting my 2002, I decided to just push it back in the driveway. Well, it rolled back to far and hit the support for the carport, bent it and warped the door. Had to replace the support and later traded the 2002 in for the 2006.
That sounds almost like what I did. Car was in the garage. Daughter and I got in and she wanted to see the neon lights I had just installed under the seats. I turned them on for just a minute. Then I started the car and proceeded to back up. Only problem is that I never raised the garage door. Bent the garage door panel. Panel not made anymore; had to replace the whole door plus the one on the other side of the garage. Also cracked the clear coat on the bumper.
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soonercruiser...Brand new, goes to the shop at the end of the first month....$2,500 custom OU logo paint job, Pteazer front end and grill....comes out of shop....2days later I got to vote and pull right up to the curb..NO....INTO THE CURB...OUCH!
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What's the dumbest thing you've done to you're PT's.
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