Today, I was driving home with my dad after buying a new truck. We were on the freeway and the engine wasn't revving up very much. My dad thought that something was wrong with my transmission, so he reached over to change gears. Most cars won't go into reverse at high speeds. Mine does. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I found out the real reason my dad bought a new car and generously gave me his old one. He knew the engine was about to fail and didn't want it to be his problem when it finally did. It blew out while I was driving at high speed on the motorway. Just my luck. FML
Today, while stuck in a traffic jam, my son silently changed my gear to reverse. FML
Today, I borrowed my dad's car to run a quick errand, which he never lets me do. I thought I’d got away with it until he got home and started yelling. I forgot, dad always reverses into driveways, while I prefer to drive straight in, and I'd parked his car facing the wrong way. FML
Today, I sold my wife's old car because I bought her a newer and nicer one. On the way back home from the sale, the transmission went out in her new one. FML
Today, the transmission on my brand new car went out. I bought it last month when the transmission on my old car went out. FML
Today, I was driving in my very own car that I bought and paid for myself, when I stopped at a stop light. Then I noticed the truck in front of me turn on his reverse lights. I honked desperately. He hits me, looks out the window and says, "I see no damage" and drives away. FML
Today, my dad brought home a used hunk of junk from someone he knew. It was covered in rust and dents, and the engine was making weird noises. Thinking he was being generous, he said to me, "When you get your license, you'll be driving it!" It then died with a loud bang and black smoke from under the hood. FML
Today, I was driving my rented car on the highway at 60 mph when I realized that the brakes had gone. FML
Today, I drove my new car with a manual transmission for the first time by myself. I was at a stoplight and saw a cute guy in the car next to me. He looked my way and gave me "the nod". The light turned green and I tried to go but I stalled out, lurching my car forward right into the car next to me. FML
Today, I drove my truck into the garage for a couple of minor repairs. It was returned on a flatbed with a blown engine. FML
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HappyPickles 11
Geez dude! 1. get a new Dad! 2. get a new truck - I presume something broke (or crashed) when Mr synapse changed gears for you? - For those asking, my take is: * the truck is (was) an auto; * it was revving low because it has a higher top gear than OP's Dad is used to (could easily be - truck is new - could have a 5 speed gearbox or Overdrive); * dipstick Dad decides truck must be in the wrong gear (FAIL - that would really only be a problem if the engine were revving too HIGH); * so dipstick Dad tries to shift to a higher gear; * instead of going from 4th to 5th, he goes from 5th to Reverse (via Neutral - I'm impressed...); * truck engine and/or gearbox puke 3 shades of brown and/or truck spins or rolls
piepieburger 0
and also if you go more than 88 mph you will travel into the past
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Comments (60)
hedgerow 0
YDI for purchasing a truck.
TheIrishJaneDoe 9
Ha!
saxman45 0
well, if there wasn't something wrong with the transmission before there definitely is now
TheIrishJaneDoe 9
You didn't exercise the #1 rule for owning a truck: No one gets *in* the truck, till you know they'll *respect* the truck. What's the point of having a smaller passenger capacity if you're not going to practice selective seating?! On another note, this FML makes me miss ImaginaryFoe. *sigh* Now I have no one to say "MotherTruckers: Unite!" with me. :[
alex112094 5
Hey, I'm Irish to...
Dagon8 0
FAKE! They tried this on Mythbusters. You can't mesh the reverse gear while the car is traveling forward, especially at freeway speeds (or even half of freeway speeds).
j5p332 6
was that an auto or manual trans on MB? autos use hydraulic clutch packs to engage the speed ranges, so if the fluid flows, it should shift
Vampyric 0
Get your dad too pay for a new transmission.
juwood 7
The real confusing thing, though, is at the beginning of OP's post, the vehicle is a "truck", but then is referred to as a "car" near the end. Lame sauce...OP fails at consistency lol
MagnaV30 0
Unfortunately some people call their trucks cars. Same with their SUV's. OP, sounds like dumbass daddy is buying you a new transmission huh?
530boy 0
crack , crack, crack, WTF dad?! lmao
dougierocks 13
if you are going the right speed, who cares how "revved up" it sounds?