I am an idiot **UPDATE**

[runningman]

I was cleaning out my 91 New Yorker daily driver yesterday and I had a piece of stainless trim for my 68 charger in the back seat that I have been working on.   The long piece that goes on the drivers side, I set the trim on top of the car so I wouldn't damage it........Well I leave today and when I get back I am looking in my garage for it.........I can't find it, I am guessing I left it on top of the car..............Anyone else do anything really stupid like that, I am sure I am going to lose some sleep over this  

69Hemi just sent me a set of the trim....he wouldn't take any $$ for them..........Jet you are the man, if you are ever in the Detroit area let me know........thanks alot!!   Matt

[Chargen69]

Nothing as important as that, but once I was outside cleaning on my 69, with the cordless phone from the house, a very good phone at that...  and left the phone above the windshield wiper and took off.  Leaving the neighborhood I heard a small thump.  It was the sound of a $300 phone flying over the windshield and hitting the back deck and then the road.  But of course, I was only worried about a dent or scratch on the car.

[6pkrunner]

Hopefully it is locatable and in pristine condition. When things like that happen its pretty head-hanging for sure.

[six-tee-nine]

I ever had a neighbour who had put his wallet on his roof of his car.....



Wen he took off the wallet flew away in the first corner he took, lucky for him another neighbour found it somewere in his yard.....

[PocketThunder]

I lost the rear window defogger delete plate on my 68 dash.  It was there when i hooked up the car to tow it home.  When i got home it was gone!  Little bastard must have knocked loose when i hit a bump and flew out the window.  That cost me $40 to replace.  (thanks Troy )

[runningman]

Well I can confirm it was on the top of my car, I found it laying in the back of my subdivision.  Lucky for me it was trash day, it looks like it was run over by a dozen garbage trucks.  I am going to have a 12 pack and start looking on ebay...Usually my wife does stuff like this 

[chargermick]

One of our neighbors put her 4 month old daughter in a car seat  on the roof of her car, the poor kid  fell off and momma never saw it. A few minutes later a trucker saw the kid still in the seat next to the road. He picked up the baby who was surprisingly unharmed, and called the cops. Mom got home a few minutes later and remembers putting the baby on the roof. She freaks and calls the cops, who, by this time already have the little princess safely at the police station. They decided not to press charges because she was distraught and they figured it was a mistake she would never make again. They did make the dad come to the station before they would release anyone. It's this fast paced world we live in today, we have to make every second count. Some mistakes are more serious than others.

[mustanghater]

We were pulling the boats out for the year and pulled the jet ski's on the trailer. I have ADD so i get distracted easily. I hooked one up and a girl i know walks up and is talking to me.She walked away mad at something and i get in the truck. WE start to pull away and then we hear a thud. I forgot to hook up the second ski. Their was a little damedge but it was fixable. its been at the shop for about a month.

[cudaken]

 Left a cup of Beer on the roof when I was pulling the Road Runner in the garage, What a waste of Hopps.


                               Cuda Ken

[Brock Samson]

 classics! 

I had a bass player in my band leave his brand new, custom made, Fretless Music Man Sting Ray on the roof of his Caprice,.. well guess what the Dolt did.  Yup,. well the Jerk actually got it back some how and undamaged too,. amazing!

[69hemi]

Lost a great leather jacket like that after I left the car wash one day.  I think I have a couple of extras, let me know if you need one and I will send it to you.

[69charger2002]

which piece do you need? i'll hook you up with one cheap. 69charger2002 to the rescue.. lol
trav

['CUDA360]

Similar to the original

I got in the 'CUDA with my son and he sez "Dad, what happened to the trim on the door?"

So I look over and the inside chrome/felt thingy for the door panel is gone.  WTH...

We back track a couple of places to see if it's lying on the road and we don't see it so I figured history  .
Later I am locking up the car and roll up all the windows

CRUNCH

bent to hell

[Spartan]

I saw my neighbor drive off with his cat on the roof of his car.   

He did figure out 1/2 ay down the street when everyone was trying to flag him down there was something was on the roof.

[bull]

I've left a few things on top of my car but nothing too important. My wife made it two miles once with a full cup of coffee on her hood before it fell off and shattered in front of a bus stop.

[runningman]

Drivers side door piece, the long one that runs along the top of the door.

[derailed]

Ive collected alot of GTO parts over the years. About 5 years ago when i moved into my house I managed to leave behind a set of 66 and 67 tailights, mint stainless rocker moldings for a 67 GTO 2 67 consoles and an NOS wood grain dash insert new in the box and to this day i have no idea what happened to them.

[dpm68]

I am very good at shutting my sunglasses in the hood - I think I've killed at least 40 pairs this way. -Dave

[Shakey]

One of our neighbors put her 4 month old daughter in a car seat   on the roof of her car, the poor kid   fell off and momma never saw it. A few minutes later a trucker saw the kid still in the seat next to the road. He picked up the baby who was surprisingly unharmed, and called the cops. Mom got home a few minutes later and remembers putting the baby on the roof. She freaks and calls the cops, who, by this time already have the little princess safely at the police station. They decided not to press charges because she was distraught and they figured it was a mistake she would never make again. They did make the dad come to the station before they would release anyone. It's this fast paced world we live in today, we have to make every second count. Some mistakes are more serious than others.

So they didn't press charges because she was distraught and they figured it was a mistake she would never do again - hmmmm!

Didn't OJ use that same defence?

[4402tuff4u]

Reminds me of the movie "Vacation" with Chevy Chase when he leaves the dog tied up to the bumper of the car and drives off, several miles down the road the upset cop pulls him over.

I have to say that I've done my share of idiotic things like leaving a new set of nylon truck straps across the street from my house after unloading my Charger and realizing it a few days later. Straps were gone. My guess is that the landscaper that cut across the street hit a home run that day. They cost me around $ 250.00! On the list of stupid things is I have also picked up a piece of metal I just welded with my bare hands - took my gloves off first!!. The list goes on and on.......so dont feel bad.

Leaving the baby on the roof of the car and forgetting it is very hard to digest!

[6670charger]

Yep.  You're an idiot.  So am I though, as I've done similar things.

[runningman]

Yeah thanks guys, you are making me feel alot better

[Dale The Bold]

When I was in college, I was packing up to go home for the summer.  As I was pulling out onto the road, a passing driver shouted something.  I figured it was some moron just being an ass, so I pulled out and got to the first intersection.  Half way through the intersection, my windshield got covered in a downpour of pencils/pens/erasers/Xacto knives, etc.  Turns out I left my cup of pencils sitting on top of the car.  It's amazing it stood there as long as it did.

[Steve P.]

Years ago the wife and I bought our first boat. Brought it home and fixed it all up.. It was a cheapy but we figured it would be good for a starter.. So my boss tells me we can use his summer home on Honeoye Lake for our vacation. All week he's busting my balls about leaving the plug out of the boat. He says,( EVERYBODY DOES IT THE FIRST TIME THEY LAUNCH THEIR BOAT )!! So you know I'm gong to be damn carefull not to do this and I figure this is why he keeps busting my chops..  Well, Friday comes along and my boss tells me to go ahead and haul ass early. (He didn't have to tell me twice).. Mary and I are on our way. We get to the lake and to the resteraunt my boss told me he launches his boat at. DAMN,,, this place is packed!! I had never launched a boat before, never been there before and had no idea if my 79' Pontiac was going to pull the trailer back out of this hell hole..  Well just about the time I was going to tell the wife (let's go to the cottage and launch this thing later), a guy yells to me to back her in right there.. (She'll go)!! He says..  I back her in, jump out and tell the wife to get ready to pull forward. I fired up the motor, dropped her in reverse and just as I told the wife to go ahead and park it I noticed all this water on the deck..

BACK IT UP, BACK IT UP, BACK IT UP BACK IT UP....  Damned if I didn't forget the damn plug...

[69charger2002]

$20 bucks if you want pm me. i'll give you my address
trav

[dpm68]

Gee whiz 4402tuff - the picking up the (hot as the sun) steel had to smart!  P.S. - how many of us have suddenly raised our heads and subsequently planted it up against the hood latch/striker assembly? Too many times to count for me, so now I poke a tennis ball over the whole schmeer.  - dave

[69hemi]

Drivers side door piece, the long one that runs along the top of the door.

E-mail me your info and I will get it out to you.

jet@69hemi.com

[69_500]

Glad to see that everyone is actually coming to the rescue to a fellow Charger owner who needs a piece. This is what I like reading on this site. This is a whole lot better than reading arguements from people about stupid stuff.

[runningman]

Drivers side door piece, the long one that runs along the top of the door.

E-mail me your info and I will get it out to you.

jet@69hemi.com

Just sent you an email.   thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Orange_Crush]

Two weeks ago, I was getting one of my properties ready for a new tenant to move in.  I was checking over the appliances and lo and bhold, the washer doesn't work.  Agitator and spin works just fine, but the solenoid that opens the valve that allows it to fill up with water is shot.

So I grumble about the general quality of household appliances and go buy a new one and pay the guys to haul off the old one.

They bring the new one and hook it up and haul off the 5-year-old washing machine.  I get a call from my tenant the next day.  The washing machine doesn't work.

Now I'm really pissed.  I go over there and realize.....I never turned on the water.  It was shut off to the old one as well apparently.

So, basically, I threw away a perfectly good 300 dollar washer and spent 400 dollars on a new one.

I wasted 700 dollars.

I still haven't told my wife about that one...I'm taking it to the grave.

[4402tuff4u]

Two weeks ago, I was getting one of my properties ready for a new tenant to move in.   I was checking over the appliances and lo and bhold, the washer doesn't work.   Agitator and spin works just fine, but the solenoid that opens the valve that allows it to fill up with water is shot.

So I grumble about the general quality of household appliances and go buy a new one and pay the guys to haul off the old one.

They bring the new one and hook it up and haul off the 5-year-old washing machine.   I get a call from my tenant the next day.   The washing machine doesn't work.

Now I'm really pissed.   I go over there and realize.....I never turned on the water.   It was shut off to the old one as well apparently.

So, basically, I threw away a perfectly good 300 dollar washer and spent 400 dollars on a new one.

I wasted 700 dollars.

I still haven't told my wife about that one...I'm taking it to the grave.

That's a big WTF!!!! (sorry, kind of funny)

[HeavyFuel]

Two weeks ago, I was getting one of my properties ready for a new tenant to move in.   I was checking over the appliances and lo and bhold, the washer doesn't work.   Agitator and spin works just fine, but the solenoid that opens the valve that allows it to fill up with water is shot.

So I grumble about the general quality of household appliances and go buy a new one and pay the guys to haul off the old one.

They bring the new one and hook it up and haul off the 5-year-old washing machine.   I get a call from my tenant the next day.   The washing machine doesn't work.

Now I'm really pissed.   I go over there and realize.....I never turned on the water.   It was shut off to the old one as well apparently.

So, basically, I threw away a perfectly good 300 dollar washer and spent 400 dollars on a new one.

I wasted 700 dollars.

I still haven't told my wife about that one...I'm taking it to the grave.

That bites. 

But look at it this way, you actually are only out about half of those $$. 

You still have a new $400 washer, you just paid $700 for it!  Ouch.

[B5 Charger]

I was trying to get the headrest out of my bucket seat one day.  I pulled and pulled and it wouldn't come out.  Finally I stood behind the seat and jerked up as hard as I could.  The headrest came out all at once and smashed me in the face.  I got a fat lip, bloody nose and almost knocked myself out.     I kicked my own ass with a '69 Charger headrest!