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Old Sep 26, 2012 | 01:23 PM
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Default Can we please have an Epic Fail section?

There has been much epic fail by our many members.

I think it would be fantastic if we had a section that immortalized those posts. I can think of many posts and events i reas about here that had so much sadness
Old Sep 26, 2012 | 01:33 PM
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You want like a gallery for all pics like this one?

Old Sep 26, 2012 | 01:34 PM
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I'd have to move every post of yours into it, Min, and that would be a lot of effort.
Old Sep 26, 2012 | 01:39 PM
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Originally Posted by triple88a
You want like a gallery for all pics like this one?

"hmm, instructions say to remove some material from the frame rail..."



"looks good to me."
Old Sep 26, 2012 | 01:49 PM
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I was going to link his thread......too late
Old Sep 26, 2012 | 01:54 PM
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Old Sep 26, 2012 | 02:01 PM
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i'd contribute.
almost every single thing i did to my previous car would fall under the "fail" umbrella.
Old Sep 26, 2012 | 02:23 PM
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I do miss the Fail Factor section of which I was a mod for a day. That was so much fun but Rick thought we'd get sued. That meant it was REAL good.
Old Sep 26, 2012 | 04:07 PM
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Old Sep 26, 2012 | 04:39 PM
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Two warnings in a week. Im gonna end up like your aids encrusted *** Jake
Old Sep 26, 2012 | 04:58 PM
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Old Sep 26, 2012 | 06:35 PM
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Originally Posted by triple88a
You want like a gallery for all pics like this one?

Originally Posted by Braineack
I'd have to move every post of yours into it, Min, and that would be a lot of effort.
Yes please and include the pics of your car totalled while driving backwards
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Old Sep 26, 2012 | 06:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Faeflora
Yes please and include the pics of your car totalled while driving backwards
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Old Sep 26, 2012 | 08:53 PM
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Props Fae, that was a good one.
Old Sep 26, 2012 | 11:37 PM
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I'll contribute on 2manyhobyz behalf. I blew his car up 3 weeks ago.
Old Sep 27, 2012 | 01:22 AM
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lol What were you guys doing?
Old Sep 27, 2012 | 08:50 AM
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I drove my boosted miata to work this week 3 times.

am I doing the fail thread right?
Old Sep 27, 2012 | 10:35 AM
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i watched a friend strip a fuel pump bolt head (torx or inverted torx, don't recall) and take a dremel to his engine bay.
not quite a sawzall, but definitely worthy of a laugh.
this was in an ms6 with an in-tank pump as well as a high pressure pump in the engine bay.

i've had my hp fuel pump seize on me and had to drive almost 40 miles on 50psi of fuel pressure instead of 400-1700 (depending on load)
Old Sep 27, 2012 | 11:27 AM
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I have had too much fail to specify



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