I swear, it was possessed

20 Oct. 2017 | Y'all

[Army Air Corps]

Calling all Freeper Motorheads! Have y'all ever owned a vehicle that you could just swear was possessed on some level? Was there some puzzling quirk that vexed you, and seemed to defeat every attempt to remedy? Let's talk vehicles that seemed to be possessed.

[lysie]

For later.

[Dr. Sivana]

I don't believe I ever had a car that was possessed, but I did have one eerie experience with my 1966 Dodge Dart in 1993. I had bought a badly vandalized fixer-upper from HUD in the decaying urban area of Meriden, Connecticut. I was driving with my then girlfriend well north of Meriden on Interstate 91. The car seemed fine, but it died on the highway. As luck would have it, a truck from a Ford/Lincoln/Mercury dealership Wallingford (farther south of Meriden) pulled over, and the older driver offered us a ride back to Meriden. He even offered to take me back to my house, even though it was a bit off the highway. When I pointed out the location, he stammered and said, "Th-that house? That was my son's house when he died."

I knew the previous owner of the house had died in a motorcycle accident. There was also evidence of numerous keg parties during that period. The odds of a man whose son had owned the house by chance picking up a stranded driver in a completely different city is close to zero.

Anyway, I wound up lighting candles for the soul of the poor departed motorcyclist and kept him in prayers.

And my '66 Dart? It picked THAT time for the fuel gauge to get stuck at one-quarter tank, it simply ran out of gas. I brought back a can, filled it up, and continued with my day.

[jjotto]

2014 F-type.

[Army Air Corps]

That is a bit of a puzzler.

[jettester]

I had a 69 Camaro rustbucket with a 307. Many cold mornings in Michigan, there would not even be a click when turning the key. Don’t ask me now why I tried it, but I took a bucket of warm water and poured it on the side of the engine where the starter was - and it would start right up! Possessed? No. Finicky? Yes!

[Red Badger]

It was fun to drive!
It got great gas mileage, 40+ mpg!

It broke down every week!................

[sheana]

Two. I had a Camaro that would start cutting out and then surging on the freeway. It was like it would just lose it’s mind for a minute and quit working then bam! it would surge as it remembered. lol Dealer never could find anything wrong with it and I finally sold it.
Current Jaguar S Type. Have had it since 12k miles. Occasionally when I get in the digital readout on everything is gone. Just not there. Blank. After a few minutes it comes up. Dealer can’t find anything wrong with it. Everything else on the car works great and it has been a really good car.

[Army Air Corps]

Yeah, the probabilities of that happening are slimmer than me marrying an Italian supermodel and hitting the Powerball jackpot two times in a row.

[Red Badger]

Anyway, the car developed some “electrical problems” that could not be diagnosed. ... Hit the horn and blinkers turned on but horn didn’t work. Sometimes turning the lights on would also turn the windshield wipers on. To turn them off, you would have to turn the wipers on and turn them off again. If that didn’t do it. Stop and restart the car (no kidding).

Sounds like my Fiat!...............

[Wonder Warthog]

Well, my wife always said (and still does) that our first car (which I had owned for several years before we married) hated her.

[panzerkamphwageneinz]

Only the one my wife drives...Is there a correlation?

[Tenacious 1]

You mean “your friend’s Fiat”, right?

[trebb]

My brother had an old MG Midget with dual carbs and points - maybe not possessed but a real bear to get them all in sync and keep them there.

Had an old K-Car that kept burning out the left side tail lights - turned out there was a faulty seam in the wheel well that allowed road water to force its way into the area from inside the trunk. Finally got it sealed up and the head gasket blew....right after the head liner started sagging, the rear wheel bearings went out and the right front CV-joint went. Damn that Lee Iacocca....

[Wonder Warthog]

The broad phenomenon is termed “the perversity of the inanimate”, and applies to all man-made technology.

[Army Air Corps]

Well, my wife always said (and still does) that our first car (which I had owned for several years before we married) hated her.

Okay, it is interesting that you share this, because this is not the first time that I have heard a guy who says that the lady in his life has sworn that his car dislikes her.

[Dr. Sivana]

marrying an Italian supermodel

Italian women are touchy enough. An Italian woman who has to lay off the pasta would be a dangerous situation.

[dfwgator]

“In Sicily, women are more dangerous than shotguns.”

[freedumb2003]

>>It was fun to drive!

It broke down every week!<<

My ex-car and my ex-wife had that in common.

[Army Air Corps]

That story is still churning in my mind. I am not a professional statistician, but probability analysis on the odds is a bit staggering.

[Red Badger]

No, it was mine.

We bought it from a woman for $600 in 1983.

I sold it for the same amount 4 years later.................