I take good care of my Coop- you have to really with a car like this. But relatively early on during Coop ownership it was a bit different.

When I first got mine, in order to 'show off' the sound to someone, I turned on the cold engine, revved it like a madman and then immediately turned it off!!

Also, once out of sheer laziness, I didn't check the oil for like 6 weeks! When I did check it, the dipstick was bone dry!

Anyone else here done any crazy things?

Note to self, do not buy jkd's coupe

Don't worry, I'm never selling it!

What I was thinking! Haha.

I havent done bad things on purpose.... besides right before I changed my tyres I did an epic wheel spin when some traffic lights went green

My 16v got hit by a stairs banister that my Dad was carrying into the garage.... Let's just say even though I went out and told him to mind the car, when he hit it, i had a bit of a bitch fit!!

I got the front bumper on the current one stuck on a curb i didnt know was there! Luckily no damage!!!

After a fishing trip I left a box half full of maggots in the boot for about 2 weeks, yes they hatched

I ripped the exhaust off mine backing into my in-laws driveway less than a month after i bought it. Still managed the 500 mile drive home without missing a beat with the exhaust wired together though.

thrown it off a hill side in wales and hit 2 trees in the process

Punched the bonnet in a fit of rage when yet something else broke! Silly, but made me feel better at the time.

Let mine do a dreamy slow-motion skid into a wall last winter

Freewheeled down a mountain in France to save petrol, burnt out the pads and warped the discs…DUH, idiot.

When I bought my first coupe, I didn't check my oil for months until the oil pressure light came on going round a corner.

Wheel Kerbie on a factory fresh Alloy

Smashed straight into the side of a Seat Ibiza

Worked out well for me in the end, but very close to being written off, just two weeks after owning it

Not my fault btw, the Seat driver pulled out in front of me

I tried to use aerosols to conceal a 3cm scratch on my Steel Grey Coupe.
It was a bit like that Father Ted episode with the car and the hammer, the area growing rapidly as I tried to feather over the mess I'd just made, until I finally stood back and had to come to terms with the full horror of my handiwork, by this time covering about half of the rear 3/4 panel.

I Sold mine to Patch

With the front and rear sub frames being completely renewed and galvanised, brake pipes throughout being replaced, fluids changed, seat repaired and many other updates, MY new coupe will be just devastated I am sure Hahahahahahahaha ha!

I took an air con pipe off. Without releasing the gas first. Yes it made a mess.

im sure it smelt beautiful in there, yes siree

Funnily enough it didn't smell bad, they were castors

Drove my 20vt when it snowed 5 years ago - Would normally have used the van, But NO!, It will be a fun 60 mile trip I thought to work, engaged a frozen rut in fresh snow on a country lane.... downwards and head on int a brick wall of a pub car park! WRITE OFF..

Bad day that!

Drove to Crail without checking the garage had done the wheel nuts up tight enough. They hadn't.

Wheel came off round a corner, car went straight into a verge. Wheel kept going for about half a mile.

Drove home on 2 wheel nuts on that wheel.

Ross

Changed cam cover gasket in the middle of the night. You can guess what happened in the morning.

ahh...that was lucky, found a funny story about that ha:


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Maggots to casters?

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Have a few pints of old maggots in the fridge which have died, is it just a matter of waiting for them to turn to casters then mixing them with a bit of water?

What's the process??

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If they are dead they will not turn into casters! They're dead!
Put very very simply -
Live maggots will 'turn' (white then brown then black) with a bit of warmth and humidity! Then pick them off as sinkers into cold water, and keep a few blacks as floaters - they balance the hook 's weight.

Much cheaper & easier to buy caster - from a reputable dealer - usually a match orientated shop!

Smashed two aftermarket Alloys on my sprinty by daydreaming into a massive kerb Cost: Two alloys £360 Two tyres £130 New hub £50 and it didn't ever feel the same again.

New worst thing for me, Car frozen shut again this morning, key in a jug of boiling water, got the door open. Started engine, closed door, proceeded to scrape the windows, all fine, tried to re-open the door..... No joy, heard something fall down inside & handle went sickeningly loose. Due to the cars dodgy central locking the passenger door was still locked & a recent house move meant i have no idea which of the yet to be unpacked boxes my spare key is in. Long story short, smashed the drivers door window & i've taken an impromptu day off work to try & come to terms with my guilt over assaulting the true love of my life in such a violent manner.

Oh dear

Oh deary me Jimbob. Invest in a good car cover until you can sort the Coop out. This may save you money in the long run....Best of luck.

Has anyone ever tried to exit a frozen car via the ski hatch and the boot (assuming the internal boot release works and the boot isn't frozen shut also?)

In my experience the boot is far more likely to freeze than the doors! Oh the joys

How I don't miss frozen coupe syndrome. Its not just that though. On a -5 morning there is nothing worse than getting, starting the car and then being tormented for the next 5 miles by every dam bit of plastic sqeeking, rattling and generaly being extreamly noisy

Sounds like you need to tighten some screws. Mine's as silent as drowned goldfish.