Today, I bought a new $10,000 car since my old one broke down. Today, I also found out the old one wasn’t starting because i never had it in park. FML
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Today, I finally got enough money to buy the car I wanted for a year now. It was stolen today too. I had my car for 4 hours. FML
Today, my car broke down. Yesterday, my husband mentioned he found my dream car for sale, but I'd insisted my car had a lot of miles left and we should save money. They sold my dream car this morning. Now I'm carless. FML
Today, I got woken up by my parents telling me I had to go buy a car so they could have transportation. Neither of their cars work, so I was letting them use mine, and then they wrecked it. It needs nearly a thousand bucks in repairs to be drivable again, but since it was my car, I have to replace it now to appease them. FML
Today, my car was totaled. It was so new, I haven't even made the first payment on it yet. FML
Today, on Christmas Eve, as I was getting my car loaded for the holiday rounds to the in-laws and parents, my car decided now was the time to break down. I recently put in over $1000 fixing it. FML
Today, I bought my very first car that I spent years saving for. A few hours after I signed all the papers, I let my boyfriend go for a test drive. He totaled it. FML
Today, I bought a car. Made a down payment and everything. Have the papers saying it’s mine, only to find out a few hours later it was sold right before I bought it. FML
Today, I paid $2300 to a mechanic for fixing my car. It's also the day I got into an accident and totalled said car. FML
Today, I bought a different car because I was having to constantly repair my old one. On the way home from the dealer, the check engine light came on. FML
Today, I financed my first car. I also made my first call to AAA when it broke down. It barely had any miles on it and I wasn't even home yet. FML
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BurnInDemonFire 39
So you're bad with money, and cars. Did you ask someone to help work out what was wrong with your old car, or did you give up after one attempt?
OnReceivingEnd 18
How did you manage to pass a driver's test? Unless you're driving a stick shift, YOU ALWAYS PUT IT IN "PARK" WHEN YOU PARK. That's why they call it "PARK"!
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Comments (34)
RichardPencil 32
The car would have never started if you never put it in Park. For $10,000, your “new car” is either not new or it’s not a car.
MidnaLink 35
For that first one, it shouldn’t even turn OFF when not in park, much less turn on. How they got around that is beyond me. For the second one, sometimes, new simply means “new to me”, not “brand spankin’ new off the lot”.
raven_of_azarath 35
Older cars can turn off without being in park. My 2002 F-150 did it. Newer cars won’t let you though.
TumblrweedPasses 11
People like you shouldn't be on the road anyway tbh
Taurus_ChicKa 37
I just can't even fathom how anyone can be this inept. Just... wow. YDI so much.
shady80 4
if this were true, not likely, id ask you do not reproduce
core01 30
We stopped to help a motorist stranded on the road. She said her car stalled and wouldn't start. Then, amazingly, her car starts right up. Lady never had it in Park. She'd sat there for 30 minutes like that. All she had to do was put it in Park and turn the key.
BurnInDemonFire 39
At least it only cost her 30 minutes, and a little bit of her dignity. It cost John Q. Dumbass here $10,000, and then he announced his stupidity on the ******* internet. He didn't just lose his dignity, he gave it away with a pat on the head, like a dad sending his only son off to college.
Nhayaa 21
What's that "park" thingy ? Is it something on automatic cars ?
raven_of_azarath 35
I drive a standard, and just moved back in with my mom. The new house’s driveway is uphill, so my mom, forgetting I don’t have an automatic, told me that I was going to have to start using the parking brake so I don’t roll back down. I gave her this “are you serious look” and reminded her I always have to use it.
Nhayaa 21
lol thx I see what it is now (we don't have a lot of automatic cars in France so I was confused)
wanted_2_want 40
OP: “mommy, my car broke down. I want a new one” Mother: “yes baby. Let’s go get you a better one”. “Your father just paid my alimony...”
Charlie Given 28
Wait is this the girl from Utube that locked herself in a car and called 911 for help 😂😂
KingAdrock 16
YDI for apparently not even taking your car to a ******* MECHANIC before buying a new car. Secondly you now have two functioning cars. So suck it up buttercup, shit could be worse. There's no FML here.
jodz11 8
Who buys a new car when theirs ‘breaks down’ without taking the first car to a mechanic first? Smh.