Things We Say While working on our Cars

[Stupercharged]

I saw this on my Grand Prix forums figured I'd bring a taste of it over here

Basically just post up what is normally said while working on your car good and bad it doens't matter. Lets give it a shot..



"Here weird engine noises or rattleing ...
Turns music up
Hey it went away (in my head f**k i gotta look at that later)"

"This part isn't critical neither important either you dont need to or it can wait"

"You dont need that (tosses nut,bolt,part,ect...)"

"YOU ATE ANOTHER 10mm/13mm/ 1/2in / 15mm WTF!!!!!"

"Where does this part go I have recollection here"


"*drops something*

listens for clank.

checks beneath car.

looks back in engine bay.

checks beneath car again hoping that somehow terminal velocity in the engine bay is slower than the rest of the world.

acceptance kicks in.

swearing proceeds."

[LTb1ow]

"hmmm do I need EGR or AIR, well they will be a pain to reinstall, sooooo fook that"
Or, "hmm maybe I should install the EWP into the ignition switch"

[LTb1ow]

Or realizing after doing something major, that you have a large pile of nuts/bolts without a home, but the damn thing runs fine......

[enRo]

"**** **** mother****er **** son of a ****"

[sweetbmxrider]

****in opti :lol:
finaggle it in there
get the bigger hammer
**** it, i'll fix it tomorrow.

[LTb1ow]

goddamn mother ****ing stupid ass car.

[lastcall190]

Just about there... *clank*

****ING HEADER BOLT... JUST ****ING DO THAT, DO EXACTLY THAT. **** ME.

[Saitin]

where did this come from

[LTb1ow]

The land of randomness.
And this one, last spark plug after a head/cam swap.
Don't cross thread it and don't snap it, ok ok, *clink* and half a spark plug falls down.
****!!!

[Mike]

**** **** **** **** **** **** is what i say every time i touch my car

[Saitin]

where did that ****ing bolt walk off to now?

[lastcall190]

(As I'm trying to reach the back intake manifold bolts)

"****!!!!"

I then go and grab a pair of snips and cut off those ****ing plastic things that protrude downward that the GM engineer thought would be a very hilarious prank. That *******.

[LTb1ow]

( The first start up after cam)

"Should I put teh hood on or catback? "
**** no!

Annnnd my neighborhood hates me now.

[bad64chevelle]

"Please let THIS transmission stay together"

"I wonder how long it will take me to break this"

goddamn mother ****ing stupid ass car.
Thats me on the 20th hour or so on the same ****ing project.

[Stupercharged]

Hey look spares! ... ? That wasnt like that before was it, shh... hide the evidence

[LTb1ow]

Yup, been through 4 or 5 header installs, and by the end of the day its a miracle if any words out of my mouth are polite.

[GP99GT]

"GOD ****ING DAMMIT WHERE THE **** DID THE ****ING BOLT GO **** THIS STUPID ****ING PIECE OF **** FORD IM SELLING THIS PILE OF **** **** **** GOD DAMMIT **** YOU MOTHER****ER"

that sums up my rocker installation

[NJ Torque]

**** this.

[DaSkinnyGuy]

when i had my other car

"who stole my other two cyclinders"

[WildBillyT]

How can this mother****ing piece of **** STILL have more GOD DAMN SAND in it? IT BARELY HAS ANY SHEETMETAL LEFT ON IT.

[Blacdout96]

Psh, **** this, Im never doing this **** again, this is for the ****ign birds.... ( two weeks later) WTF!!!!! again!!!!???

[SupermanX24]

"**** **** mother****er **** son of a ****"

That about summed it up.

[Squirrel]

im doing plugs and wires.... so ill need a case of beer, a lot of bandaids, some neosporen, a change of clothes, and a clown

[69BirdX]

"F this im going back inside" as my car sits another year on jack stands ha ha

[V]

" **** i broke it!!!!... piece of ****!!!..... (sigh)...oh well time to upgrade... hmmm, What else does it look like i need to break...."

[camaro2you]

****ing! transmission pump! this is the second time ****ing pos car!

[The Fixer]

Wife: "How long is THIS going to take to fix?"

Me: "I dunno, 20 minutes maybe."

An hour later, I'm still under the truck, fighting with whatever I was trying to fix, screaming in my best Lewis Black impersonation, "Son of a bitch!!!!"

It happens every time I have some project to do. It always takes longer than it should; doesn't matter if I'm working on my Jeep, or my wife's Jeep, or the Monte.

[Teds89IROC]

It happens every time I have some project to do. It always takes longer than it should;

Same here, JM can attest to that :lol:

Usually I just curse a lot or "fook it, I'll finish it another time" and occasionally I do the tool throw :lol:

[Slow96LT1]

you ****ing peice of **** **** hore slut **** **** give me a ford wrench i need a bigger ****ing ford wrench then **** where that bolt go ****ing lt1 eat all my ****ing tools then a wrench or rachet go flying across the shop and always brake then it off to sears

[Fire_Chicken92]

you ****ing peice of **** **** hore slut **** **** give me a ford wrench i need a bigger ****ing ford wrench then **** where that bolt go ****ing lt1 eat all my ****ing tools then a wrench or rachet go flying across the shop and always brake then it off to sears

No hun, you take the wipers off turn em around and try explaining (drunk) why they need to put one wiper on the hood to keep it dry. lol I miss garage nights!

[SupermanX24]

More times than not when I was working in a shop I found myself saying

"3 out of 4 bolts aint bad..."

[shane27]

of course this had to happen today

****ing thing sucks!

this is so ****ing gay

this ****ing sucks

**** this

ow wtf

****ing ________(inset make of car)

[cdacda13]

"I wonder if duct tape will work on this?"

[bandit88]

occasionally I do the tool throw :lol:

deadtrend does that too.
especially on the 88. those two don't have a good relationship.

[Stupercharged]

Knock Knock ... Whos there
A Rod???? WTF!!! **** **** ****

[Stupercharged]

There goes another F**kin 10 Bolt!

[ar0ck]

**** this.

Thats pretty much what I say all the time followed by a slamming of the hood, garage door, or back door.

[Blacdout96]

Who the **** designed this like this?

[SupermanX24]

Who the **** designed this like this?

Engineers should be mechanics before they design anything

[Featherburner]

"I love working on my car" "Everthing went just like clockwork" "Boy, that couldn't have been easier" :rofl:

[WildBillyT]

Engineers should be mechanics before they design anything

Nope. Bean counters shouldn't cut the balls off a good design.

[//<86TA>\\]

usually its,
"you have to be ****ing kidding me!!"
"Im going to shoot whoever designed this!"
"**** **** ass bitch!"
"damnit!"
"oops", then back to the top:lol:

[NJ Torque]

Wife: "How long is THIS going to take to fix?"

Me: "I dunno, 20 minutes maybe."

An hour later, I'm still under the truck, fighting with whatever I was trying to fix, screaming in my best Lewis Black impersonation, "Son of a bitch!!!!"

It happens every time I have some project to do. It always takes longer than it should; doesn't matter if I'm working on my Jeep, or my wife's Jeep, or the Monte.


....Thats called running on "Chris time" LOL.

[NJ Torque]

"the guy who put this together should be shot"

[rscamaro73]

I saw this on my Grand Prix forums figured I'd bring a taste of it over here

Basically just post up what is normally said while working on your car good and bad it doens't matter. Lets give it a shot..



"Here weird engine noises or rattleing ...
Turns music up
Hey it went away (in my head f**k i gotta look at that later)"

"This part isn't critical neither important either you dont need to or it can wait"

"You dont need that (tosses nut,bolt,part,ect...)"

"YOU ATE ANOTHER 10mm/13mm/ 1/2in / 15mm WTF!!!!!"

"Where does this part go I have recollection here"


"*drops something*

listens for clank.

checks beneath car.

looks back in engine bay.

checks beneath car again hoping that somehow terminal velocity in the engine bay is slower than the rest of the world.

acceptance kicks in.

swearing proceeds."

I think I've bought 3 or 4 of those damn 10mm sockets from Sears....they never break....or around long enough.....they always fall into the engine bay and NEVER hit the floor.....NEVER......

[Ian]

If I have extra parts left when I'm done doing something, I like to tell myself I outsmarted the engineers :lol:

I also like to make threats to people I've never met, like "I'm going to take boxing lessons for a year and fly to detroit and beat the crap out of anyone who had a hand in the production of this car!"

[BigAls87Z28]

I tend to curse at small bolts that dont thread or things just out of reach, or things that are just on the cusp of coming out.

Its mostly cursing, and not your convetional ****, ****, ass...its deeper. Usually combining of words into compound words, or just a merging of two words.

[79CamaroDiva]

"time for the heat wrench"

"what size do you need?"
"just grab the vise-grips"

Dad: "we'll fix that next time you break something"

"we're getting a lift" (at least 6 times a year)

or that deathly feeling you get when you take the intake off, and miraculously a bolt resting on top of it got over looked and falls. you sit there hoping it doesn't make it all the way through, knowing that this is gonna take much longer than initially planned. no words can describe that.

[Stupercharged]

"Torquing Head studs .... I think this ones gonna be good, click... snap F@#K!!!!!"
"There goes another one! "
"Oh yeah wait till I get the torch then we'll see who plays boss"

[WildBillyT]

"Torquing Head studs .... I think this ones gonna be good, click... snap F@#K!!!!!"
"There goes another one! "
"Oh yeah wait till I get the torch then we'll see who plays boss"

Whose head studs are you snapping??

[wretched73]

"piece of ****ing ****!" punches bottom of car.... rust falls into eyes, continuation of screaming and kicking and swearing...

[Scrat's_Camaro]

"*drops something*

listens for clank.

checks beneath car.

looks back in engine bay.

checks beneath car again hoping that somehow terminal velocity in the engine bay is slower than the rest of the world.

acceptance kicks in.

swearing proceeds."

this is me all the way lol!!

[Scrat's_Camaro]

"piece of ****ing ****!" punches bottom of car.... rust falls into eyes, continuation of screaming and kicking and swearing...

i do that to except its my buddy under the car cussing then i kick it and rust falls in his eyes.
:rofl:

[Stupercharged]

Whose head studs are you snapping??

Head Bolts** sry haha

[ryanfx]

More times than not when I was working in a shop I found myself saying

"3 out of 4 bolts aint bad..."

3 out of 4 bolts agree my spindle arm is going to stay put =P

[1972LT1]

F'n GM engineers
F'n Jeep engineers
WTF is this things F'n problem
Thank god this thing dosen't have a computer.
Come on...come on....oh you mother####er!
Son of a........(sound of wrench bouncing off driveway)
Almost finished, just have to run to (Pep Boys, Advance,Home Depot,Lowes etc.) to get a (bolt,nut,cotter pin,washer)
Bolt-on my a$$
This will only take an hour or two.

[SupermanX24]

Only when I work on my own car do I **** something up! Always!

[FIcamaroRE92]

"Dont worry I learned this on PINKS"

[IROCZman15]

"eh, i dont need to put the jack-stands under the car.. the leaky floor jack is fine.. i'll only be under the car for a minute...." .....

[Savage_Messiah]

god ****ing damn it what the **** this **** ****ing worked fine a minute ago where is my god damn tool GOD DAMNIT PIECE OF ****ING **** *everything goes flying everywhere*...... **** I needed that why did I throw it.... *hits something* *that something breaks* ****!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

*picks up the phone* "yo uh..... work on the camaro? i started on that..... yep, yeah need a hand k cya soon"