Today, while on my way to work, I had a tire blowout. I got the car towed and borrowed my mom’s so that I could still get to work. Her car seized and died on the expressway ramp. It’s not in any tow truck’s jurisdiction. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, my car broke down. I pulled to the side of the road to call a tow truck. After waiting what seemed like hours, the tow truck showed up, and then ran into the back of my car. FML
Today, my car broke down on the highway, and I had to call for a tow truck. It finally showed up, only to break down too less than a mile later. Cue nearly freezing to death while we waited for help to arrive for the both of us. FML
Today, my car broke down dead in the middle of the highway. As I was unable to get it out of the road, it was impounded, and my insurance won't help. Now I'm further in debt and struggling to get to work. FML
Today, my car crapped out in the middle of the road, after over a year of only being able to find short contract jobs, all while juggling the grief of the back to back deaths of my mother and grandfather. FML
Today, I ran out of gas while driving, and had to call a tow truck. I drive a tow truck. FML
Today, I had the lovely experience of witnessing a tow truck cause a couple thousand dollars' worth of damage to my broken-down car. FML
Today, my car was towed. After taking a cab all the way to the lot for $45 and paying the $250 fee to get my car back, my car broke down in the impound lot and needed to be towed to the nearest shop, where it took another $200 to fix, and $50 for the towing. I still have a 3-hour drive home. FML
Today, my daughter called me panicking that her car died in the middle of the road. I had to FaceTime her to talk her through calling a tow truck. Turns out she ignored the warning lights telling her that the tank was low and drove it until the tank was empty. I had to pay for that, plus the tow fees. FML
Today, on my way for a vacation, my car started misfiring, so I called a tow truck. Forty minutes later, the tow truck arrived. He then said that he had just gotten another priority call, so he was leaving, and someone would be back in another hour to get us. FML
Today, my fiancée wrecked my car so I had to use my other car to pick her up. Ten minutes after I did, my other car broke down in the middle of the road and I had to get it towed. My insurance covers none of these incidents. FML
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Top comments
Allie614032 34
That'll be hard to explain to your boss... you might need some proof to show that you really had two car failures and didn't just oversleep or something ;D
SPCZippo 6
It's a sign from the Automotive Gods. Find better mechanics.
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Comments (15)
SPCZippo 6
It's a sign from the Automotive Gods. Find better mechanics.
RichardPencil 32
That’s wheely unfortunate! You auto get a bicycle, because you have car-ibble luck! (I never tire of puns!)
gobiteme2 34
Tired of bad ones
sambmjmdjj 9
You're not as punny as you think.
Allie614032 34
That'll be hard to explain to your boss... you might need some proof to show that you really had two car failures and didn't just oversleep or something ;D
Morgan Barrett 13
Why not just change the tire on your car? You should always have a spare...
Lobby_Bee 18
The spare tire is quite pointless nowadays. Nobody knows how to change them and tow truck companies would rather tow you to a mechanic than to offer to replace them for you, they make more money towing you.
OrchidKitten 21
I didn't know all cars were large enough to fit a tire or 2. Hint: They're not.
Late For Breakfast 19
Even the Fiat Bambino had a spare.... But yeah no room
chosha_fml 27
What are you talking about? Every driver should know how to change a tyre. And a tow driver might want to tow, but roadside assist change tyres all the time.
Will Herel 9
unless they didn't have a jack in the car... makes it difficult
kazekai8 11
Try buying a lottery because what are the odds that two cars fails while you are trying to get to work XD
bigdaddyeric 37
Don’t you know how to change a tire and avoid all this drama?
Seymore Collins 7
Have you considered it may be the way you're driving?
Warmonger_Smurf 29
What the hell is a tow truck “jurisdiction”?