What are the Things You Regretted Doing to your Car?

**bloowolf** · September 26th, 2021 12:57 PM

We all like to personalize our rides (including big bikes). But sometimes we overdo things. We buy stuff or do things that we think will look good but regret soon after.
I personally don’t spend a lot on accessorizing but I do have bought & done things that classify as “stupid”.

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**dr. d** · September 26th, 2021 01:46 PM

well,
i regretted selling my car!
there was really nothing wrong with it.
it was just occupying garage space.
sigh.
the consuelo is, i sold it to a friend at a literal near-give-away price.

i suppose, many of us are in the same boat,
selling a perfectly good car because it is older and/or occupying valuable real estate.
cars deteriorate if not used regularly.

what did i regret doing to my car?
my first car was an ex-taxi.
i purchased it, then spent a mint making it decent.
my moral of the story: do not buy ex-taxis; and if you accidentally do, sell it pronto! even at a loss.
the good side is, i learned a whole lot about cars, whilst fixing up that ex-taxi.
i would not recommend the experience to anyone, however.

**hardwang** · September 26th, 2021 02:15 PM

Our lancer cedia was the victim of my early days of owning a car.

1. I remember putting on body kits which I eventually removed since it kept falling apart pag sumayad.

2. Upsizing the wheels also pretty much destroyed the suspension and wheel bearings.

3. Buying useless accessories at auto and hardware stores, pinalitan ko pa yung shifter ng MOMO na fake.

4. I even did a fabrication of fiberglass headlight cover para mag mukhang evo... The cringe man...

5. Doing "naughty" things with my now ex girlfriend and got caught by the police.

**bloowolf** · September 26th, 2021 02:20 PM

Originally Posted by hardwang

Our lancer cedia was the victim of my early days of owning a car.

1. I remember putting on body kits which I eventually removed since it kept falling apart pag sumayad.

2. Upsizing the wheels also pretty much destroyed the suspension and wheel bearings.

3. Buying useless accessories at auto and hardware stores, pinalitan ko pa yung shifter ng MOMO na fake.

4. I even did a fabrication of fiberglass headlight cover para mag mukhang evo... The cringe man...

5. Doing "naughty" things with my now ex girlfriend and got caught by the police.

I surmise that getting caught by the Police is the regrettable part[emoji2958]

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**hardwang** · September 27th, 2021 12:36 PM

Originally Posted by bloowolf

I surmise that getting caught by the Police is the regrettable part[emoji2958]

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yeah. kakahiya alalahanin. nung may biglang ilaw ng flashlight na, I knew I was f***ed (no pun intended)

**bloowolf** · September 27th, 2021 06:11 PM

Originally Posted by hardwang

yeah. kakahiya alalahanin. nung may biglang ilaw ng flashlight na, I knew I was f***ed (no pun intended)

I did this quite a few times also, nahuli rin ako & since then, never attempted anymore. It was embarrasing but more embarrasing for the girl.

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**bugsmobile** · September 27th, 2021 07:27 PM

Originally Posted by bloowolf

I did this quite a few times also, nahuli rin ako & since then, never attempted anymore. It was embarrasing but more embarrasing for the girl.

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Hahaha ako din! Only time I got caught was waaaaay back when MOA was still being constructed. So not much vehicles on that area yet. Thing is we were still just making out, not yet the seed actually. Had to shell out P5k which was I think big at that time. Most expensive make out I ever had haha.

**dr. d** · September 26th, 2021 02:23 PM

i was a new owner of an old car.
the tires were balding.
dad had a set of older but barely-used non-radial tires with inner tubes, just lying around in the garage, for a car that had earlier been sold.
kasya naman sa rims, so we did the swap.
it did not occur to me, that the new tires had a much larger circumference.
the resulting car looked and rode significantly higher, and it drove the odometer and speedometer way off.
bumili na lang kami ng bagong radials...

**cast_no_shadow** · September 26th, 2021 04:34 PM

Originally Posted by hardwang

1. I remember putting on body kits which I eventually removed since it kept falling apart pag sumayad.

Same here! Stupid kits. Sabit ng sabit. Sira bumper alignments.

So far yan pa lang, dame ko plans puros drawing. Wala tuloy ako maidagdag na regrets. [emoji23]

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**babkalakal** · September 26th, 2021 05:27 PM

circa 2006. i had a civic 2.0S Fd then.

kabit cusco strut brace at short ram intake. pam pa pogi ng engine bay. first time i had a brace and short ram on any car. after a week pinatanggal na agad. hehe expensive lesson. na realize ko sobrang ingay nung short ram lalo na at higher rpms. and the strut bar transmits every single road irregularity through the steering wheel. imbes na relaxing drive tiis pogi. e hindi naman ako na ngangarera o nag track on any regular basis.