Transportation: Today, I pulled over to help a girl with her car. I thought my...

By edhalen - 23/04/2009 07:47 - United States

Today, I pulled over to help a girl with her car. I thought my limited mechanic skills would help look like a hero. She only needed her coolant cap unscrewed. With top down, shirt off, I was confident as I got out of my car. 10 minutes later I left because I couldn't unscrew the f***ing thing. FML

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By Joey - 24/07/2012 05:04 - United States - Tampa

Today, on my way to work, I noticed a woman on the side of the road waving for help, her car appearing to be broken down. I pulled over, stepped out of my car, went over to her car, lifted the hood, and checked it. When I looked up to tell her what was wrong, she and my car were gone. FML

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By stuck - 17/06/2009 03:42 - United States

Today, I was working as a service writer in an auto service shop. A really cute girl came in to buy a headlight, I offered to install the bulb for her. My hand got stuck behind the headlight, she had to ask one of our mechanics to come remove the air box from her car to get my hand out. FML

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By thoughtcrimeno1 - 06/07/2011 05:27 - United States

Today, I helped an elderly lady unscrew the cooling tank's cap from her smoking car. My reward? A scalding shower of toxic, pungent antifreeze that erupted moments after removing said cap. She didn't even thank me. FML

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By cartrouble - 25/11/2010 03:52 - United States

Today, my car broke down. My boyfriend, who is not too handy, insisted on fixing it. He called me outside and said he was done and started the engine. Moments after rejoicing, it burst into flames. FML

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By Anonymous - 30/11/2009 07:27 - United States

Today, I pulled over to help an attractive girl on the highway in the middle of nowhere. When I asked if she needed help she told me she was going to try starting her car one more time. She then started to make fake engine noises and told me that she was good to go and that I should be on my way. FML

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By Jeff Again - 03/09/2023 00:02 - United States

Today, I thought I'd be a suave gentleman by opening the car door for my date. The handle came off in my hand, and I had to spend the next 15 minutes pretending I was doing an impromptu repair on my piece of shit car, when I had no idea what I was doing. FML

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By defectivesuperhero - 26/10/2018 13:30

Today, I couldn't get my car hood to open to check the fluids. A few miles down the highway, though, it popped right open. FML

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By leaannec30 - 10/07/2016 18:52 - Canada - Hamilton

Today, I thought my car was overheating. I then thought it was wise to put my hand close to my muffler to feel the heat. Needless to say, I stuck my entire hand on my muffler then had to drive around with the only cold thing in my car. A cold beer from my cooler. Yes, I got pulled over. FML

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By clop clop clopping all the way - 20/06/2013 21:13 - United States

Today, a guy's car broke down in my street, so I helped him push it into my driveway, checked his car out, and gave it a jump start. He thanked me, then as he went to pull out, he instead smashed straight into my car. FML

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By "syd_the_kidd_9707" - 25/02/2019 00:00

Today, I went in my car to a very important job interview. I was out of gas, so I had to get some on the way. When i was done pumping, I went to get back in and the door handle broke off on the driver's side. Then I blew a tire on a piece of metal. Needless to say, I lost my chance. FML

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blazin_b 0

Thursday 23 April 2009 16:04

Push down and turn.

eighthchord 0

Thursday 23 April 2009 16:06

You took your shirt off to help a girl with her car? Or was it already off? Why? Oh you were riding in your convertible. Still....why?

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noName123456 0

Friday 24 April 2009 1:19

#8 is the ******* man

Theos_fml 0

Friday 24 April 2009 1:34

Good Plan #32 #66-you do not beat something with a wrench to get it to loosen up. That could break it and that would be a bad thing! #73-maybe that was someone else. Only one girl was mentioned, and people have car problems all the time. How can we know you were the girl? There's no proof. (sorry if I sound a little rude) Coolant caps are tight because coolant absorbs heat and increases in pressure. Just a small increase in pressure makes it a lot harder seeing as the cap doesn't have much space to move and reduce pressure* It was never mentioned whose shirt was off* Good mechanics use logic and know a bit about physics (even if they never did good in school)* It should come off when you turn it counter-clockwise* You must increase the pressure on the outside to make it equal to the pressure inside to facilitate the unscrewing of the cap-lean on it fatty* #8 made a good pun*

babawaba 0

Friday 24 April 2009 3:50

@#63: Ya he obviously had good intentions. Enjoy being treated like an object by tools.

TheSmirkster 0

Friday 24 April 2009 4:02

Yeah, if the car was hot and had fluid, you could have gotten your shirtless chest covered in burn, then you'd be a complete douche.

lunchmeat317 0

Friday 24 April 2009 5:39

I was going to comment but #80 beat me to it. Well said.

the2belo 0

Friday 24 April 2009 6:00

Yeah, you really unscrewed the pooch with that one, buddy.

xroflmaoxd 0

Friday 24 April 2009 7:25

So what if you're a hero. It's not like because if that you're suddenly going to sleep with her. Unless you're being nice, you still fail.

kimjoypop 0

Friday 24 April 2009 7:52

what a hero hahahaha

mdh6173 0

Friday 24 April 2009 7:57

Good thing your cockiness didn't prevail...if you removed the radiator cap before it cooled you would have burned your skin off from the steam it released!