Ever amazed by your own stupidity?

[Electric_Andy]

Permission to post on behalf of my friends stupidity! We had a laugh about it.

About 8 years ago my friend passed his driving test, and was able to get a good cheap deal through the NHS for a Toyota Aygo.

He'd been driving it for a few weeks and still pretty nervous but was getting to grips with it. Until Winter started to draw in and we got darkness and cold weather.

One morning he said "I was driving home last night and cars kept beeping at me. I've also noticed that this car has rubbish headlights." He hadn't realised that he was driving in the dark with only his sidelights on. He didn't twig that cars also had a main beam, until I told him where the switch was.

On another morning he said "it was really hard driving in this morning, the windscreen keeps fogging up and I can't see". Again, he had failed to notice that there was a de-fogging option on the fan setting

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

Reminds me, I had a mate who borrowed his mum's car to drive from Perth to Dundee. Somehow he "forgot" to change up to 4th when he hit the dual carriageway.

"Thought it was a bit loud"

 

[Electric_Andy]

Reminds me, I had a mate who borrowed his mum's car to drive from Perth to Dundee. Somehow he "forgot" to change up to 4th when he hit the dual carriageway.

"Thought it was a bit loud"

My sister had a friend who did that, stayed in 3rd all the way to work on the M27 and wondered why the engine was so loud.

 

[Gillstay]

Sister in law managed to travel at 70mph in second in husbands M6 BMW, not having noticed it was in that setting rather than auto.

 

[Dogtrousers]

When I first got a car with 5 gears I'd sometimes forget to engage 5th. Doest that count?

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

When I first got a car with 5 gears I'd sometimes forget to engage 5th. Doest that count?

When my Dad first got a car with 5 gears I had just started driving and passed my test

My Mum didn;t like me using 5th Gear - even on Motorways - because it was too complicated

no idea why - she could drive herself (but didn;t)

 

[Andy in Germany]

When I first got a car with 5 gears I'd sometimes forget to engage 5th. Doest that count?

I remember the excitement when I realised I had six gears on the company transit, about half a year after I started driving it regularly...

 

[Gillstay]

We also had a female scientist type who would drive the red Ford escort mk2 at work, but not the white one as she did not want to learn to drive another car.

 

[raleighnut]

My ex did something similar, we were driving up the M1 when there were roadworks and slowed to only about 20mph eventually we cleared the contraflow and sped back up to 70+ and after a bit Pamela said to me "The cars making a funny noise" so I turned the cassette player down and asked her why she was in 3rd instead of 5th.

 

[mikeIow]

Reminds me, I had a mate who borrowed his mum's car to drive from Perth to Dundee. Somehow he "forgot" to change up to 4th when he hit the dual carriageway.

"Thought it was a bit loud"

One for the joke thread….”I told my wife to tax the car, so she drove it to the shops in 1st gear” 🤪

 

[albion]

On my ride Monday I spotted in the river below a bird in classic pose. Heron never came to mind in my baby brain until I got home.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

When I first got a car with 5 gears I'd sometimes forget to engage 5th.

When l first bought the Kodiaq, it took a bit of mental calibration in order to remember/become ‘second nature’ that it was a 6-speed ‘box

Doest that count?

Yes!

 

[lazybloke]

I've got a mug that must have a crack or gap in the glaze, with the result that there's dampness is in the underlying bisque that gets very hot when I microwave a coffee back up to heat. In fact, the handle gets much hotter than the coffee, achieving the kind of temperature that would make the Joint European Torus proud.

I'd throw the mug away, but of course it's the one my daughter painted at a one of those creative cafe places, so it has sentimental value - even if she hates it.


Having just burnt my hand for the umpteenth time, WHY CAN I NEVER REMEMBER THE PROBLEM WITH THIS MUG?!!!!!!

 

[Jameshow]

Poured milk into the coffee jar rather than the mug!😢😢

 

[ColinJ]

Poured milk into the coffee jar rather than the mug!😢😢

I have a large container with about 1 kg of muesli in it. I got distracted yesterday and came very close to tipping milk into that rather than onto the bowl of muesli!

I once crushed a few cloves of garlic into a waste food recycling bag and then put the garlic 'skins' into my curry mix!