Car Pranks

[Motorhead350]

What have you done to your buddy's car as a prank?

Just yesterday I put an official parking ticket envelope on a friends car and wrote a message in it I cannot repeat. He called me up screaming and calling me names... thinking all day he got a parking ticket for parking too close to a crosswalk, to walk back to his truck to find a ticket. Best target ever.

What have you done or heard?

GO!

[88LTDCV351]

Not about cars, but did you see the one about car parts on Grandmarq.net ? A guy bought some car parts from another buddy. Hillarious. I'll see if I can find the link.

[champ1173]

Shrink wrapped a buddy of mines Escort, to a tree. He was not happy.

[RubberCtyRauder]

Had an old ripped up down feather winter jacket and took a bunch of those small light feathers and stuffed them down the defrost ducts at bottom of windshield in an old late 70's Ford truck and turned the defrost fan onto high so next morning when he left for work and turned the key the blower motor shot all those feathers out like it snowed

[Logizyme]

As a mechanic I have a few that I like.

Progressivly adding wheel weights until my freind asks me for help cause his car shakes down the road. -or- more aggressively taping weights to the driveshaft.

Inflating a tire with water.

Remove the steering wheel and install it upside down.

Putting funny messages on oil change reminder stickers.

[Comin' in Hot]

I have too many to list, but 8-10 long zip ties on a driveshaft, makes a hell of a humming noise

[Spectragod]

I like to have cars towed that are parked in fire lanes. For people you really don't like...... latent print powder in the ductwork is a gift they will have for a long time

[tbone]

I poked all 4 tires of my HS girlfriends car with a screwdriver after she broke up with me. I'm still not sorry about it!

[Jeronimojc]

That's not a prank. That's...


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[Bigdogjim]

Paid a guy with a old beater to block a buddy's car in a parking lot...:lol:

[JohnnyCashMerc]

When I used to work at my old P.D. I used to talk the city tow truck drivers into moving certain employees cars to different spots in the lot to make them think they were going crazy and never told them about it. The looks they would give when they walked to their moved cars were epic haha!

[tbone]

That's not a prank. That's...


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She got 4 new tires out of it with no deductible. I actually did her a favor. :(

[BigM460]

Guys I hung around with in high school were painting a buddies truck. After prep and mask up sent him home to come back the next morning to paint. After some thought decided to get hold of another friend who works at a paint store and got some pink paint. Next morning...........
Don't think I have ever seen someone so mad!

[whitey]

Pipe grease under door handles. Whistle tip in exhaust. Gasoline in ashtray. Brake fluid paint job. Razor blade to a soft top. Cutting brake lines(this one was good!, should have seen the guys face going through the intersection:eek: )

[Marauderjack]

Pipe grease under door handles. Whistle tip in exhaust. Gasoline in ashtray. Brake fluid paint job. Razor blade to a soft top. Cutting brake lines(this one was good!, should have seen the guys face going through the intersection:eek: )

DAMN......just.....DAMN!!!:eek :

Glad he was you "Buddy"!!:(

[champ1173]

Pipe grease under door handles. Whistle tip in exhaust. Gasoline in ashtray. Brake fluid paint job. Razor blade to a soft top. Cutting brake lines(this one was good!, should have seen the guys face going through the intersection:eek: )

These were pranks? Sounds like revenge to me.

[fastblackmerc]

High school auto shop class...

Teacher dropped off a VW bug to get some work done. No one liked this teacher so after we did the work we picked up the car and turned it sideways in the stall, then we called him to pick it up... we were long gone by time he showed up.

[fastblackmerc]

Wayne Lincoln Mercury dealership.

One guy in the shop would always like to pinch your inner thigh with vise grips when you were least expecting it...... usually while you were waiting for parts. He did it to me ONCE, because I went out after lunch, let all the air out of his tires and replaced the valve cores. SAw he had 4 flats, bought 4 new tires and when he checked the ones on the car they all held air....

[fastblackmerc]

Wayne Lincoln Mercury dealership.

I was the used car tech, checked the cars, order necessary parts, replaced the parts, tuned them up, etc. Had this young black kid that worked in the prep area. I would always bring in used baking soda to clean the battery and terminal. Had a big gallon ziplock bag. Put under the spare tire in the trunk of a used car that had just arrived. Sent it to the prep guys. Guy opened the trunk and his eyes almost popped out of his head.... thought he had just made his big score.

[fastblackmerc]

Wayne Lincoln Mercury dealership.

New helper in the shop. Was trying to find a water leak in the rear of a big 4 door Continental. Closed the new guy in the trunk, bought it outside and ran the hose over it, guy in trunk says he found it. Took him for a nice 10 miles ride on bumpy twisty roads... while he was still in the trunk. Learned from my experience to always have the proper escape tools when asked to do the same....... BTW... this was pre-inside emergency trunk release times...

[fastblackmerc]

I can go on 'n' on....

[cer0413]

Wayne Lincoln Mercury dealership.

I was the used car tech, checked the cars, order necessary parts, replaced the parts, tuned them up, etc. Had this young black kid that worked in the prep area. I would always bring in used baking soda to clean the battery and terminal. Had a big gallon ziplock bag. Put under the spare tire in the trunk of a used car that had just arrived. Sent it to the prep guys. Guy opened the trunk and his eyes almost popped out of his head.... thought he had just made his big score.
Lmao!!!!!!!!!! Best one

[JohnnyCashMerc]

I can go on 'n' on....
http://www.4smileys.com/smileys/happy-smileys/happy-smiley33.gif (http://www.4smileys.com) Please do. It's pretty entertaining:popcorn:

[whitey]

These were pranks? Sounds like revenge to me.

The first two were pranks, the rest was a joke. :p i have a few revenge stories, but thats no buisness on here...;)

[MERCULES]

Put a dead fish under the back seat of my older brothers car, and I still have the scars to prove it.

Best week of my life while he tried to figure out what the smell was.:P

[Motorhead350]

One of my in laws told me this one.

Back in the 60s there was this guy who bought a VW Beetle and was so proud of it at work. So proud of his gas mileage it annoyed everyone. He would brag on how good it was an how he never had to fill it. One day everyone got an idea.

Someone would talk to the VW owner while a few people put gas in the car at the company parking lot. They put in 2 gallons every day. So a week went on and VW owner was raving even more about his gas mileage. It's getting even better! He would say. The next week would be a whole lot different.

The next week the co-workers took 2 gallons of gas OUT every day. The VW owner was now announcing to everyone something had happened and gas mileage was like his old car now. He even took it to the dealer to find out what was wrong, the guy was in a major panic.

I am not sure if they ever told him what they did.

[MERCULES]

One of my in laws told me this one.

Back in the 60s there was this guy who bought a VW Beetle and was so proud of it at work. So proud of his gas mileage it annoyed everyone. He would brag on how good it was an how he never had to fill it. One day everyone got an idea.

Someone would talk to the VW owner while a few people put gas in the car at the company parking lot. They put in 2 gallons every day. So a week went on and VW owner was raving even more about his gas mileage. It's getting even better! He would say. The next week would be a whole lot different.

The next week the co-workers took 2 gallons of gas OUT every day. The VW owner was now announcing to everyone something had happened and gas mileage was like his old car now. He even took it to the dealer to find out what was wrong, the guy was in a major panic.

I am not sure if they ever told him what they did.

I also saw that in the Cheech and Chong movie, "Up in smoke"

[fastblackmerc]

One of my in laws told me this one.

Back in the 60s there was this guy who bought a VW Beetle and was so proud of it at work. So proud of his gas mileage it annoyed everyone. He would brag on how good it was an how he never had to fill it. One day everyone got an idea.

Someone would talk to the VW owner while a few people put gas in the car at the company parking lot. They put in 2 gallons every day. So a week went on and VW owner was raving even more about his gas mileage. It's getting even better! He would say. The next week would be a whole lot different.

The next week the co-workers took 2 gallons of gas OUT every day. The VW owner was now announcing to everyone something had happened and gas mileage was like his old car now. He even took it to the dealer to find out what was wrong, the guy was in a major panic.

I am not sure if they ever told him what they did.

We did that a guys car when I worked at IBM in RTP n mid '90's. We never told him and he sold the VW Jetta IIRC....

[tbone]

When I was a Superintendent for a homebuilder, all the guys would leave their keys in the ignition all the time. So we would crank up the stereo on a Spanish station, turn on the windshield wipers and generally mess with all the controls. This went on for a while until everyone started locking their cars.

[Darigaaz]

Thermite on the hood....



...what? It was only a Mustang.

[Motorhead350]

The other 2 in my band are vegeterians. So my wife bought a bacon air freshener to put in the van for tour. I put it in, but it was not a strong smell and the singer thought it was the transmission.

The manager was the only guy I told. Next tour he said we would hide 20 all over the van.

[Mr. Man]

In the late 1950's my dad had a friend in HS that had an VW Beetle that had a fuel shut off valve near the gas pedal. While driving around with a car full of guys on the prowl my dad would causally slide his foot over and turn the valve to the 'Off" position and of course after a few seconds the car would stall. Since the guy knew nothing about cars and my dad was a mechanic he would ask dad to see if he could fix it. So as they all piled out to open the hatch my dad would lag a little and turn the valve to the 'ON' position before he got out of the car. Dad said he'd go and poke around in the engine for a few seconds and then tell the guy to "try it'. The guy would crank it over and it would start back up after a few cranks. The guy was so appreciative he would buy burgers for everyone thinking my dad saved him from a big mechanic bill.

[lifespeed]

Back when I was 20 years old I found an opossum in the barn late at night and caught it in a cardboard box. Now what do I do with it? I put small bowls of cat food and water in the box, then took it over to my friends house and left it on the front seat of his 1970 Plymouth Duster. It was his beater car. Back then realistic hot rodders had an extra set of wheels for when the fast car was down.

Apparently it chewed it's way out of the box overnight, crapped all over the interior and lodged itself under the seat, refusing to leave when he attempted to drive to work in the morning. He had to light a rolled up newspaper on fire in order to chase it out from under the seat.

I heard about that one for a long time . . .

[jerrym3]

Back in 1962, somebody pulled a prank on my friend's 62 Corvette at the local drag trip.

Seems his car was running too fast, so someone dumped sugar down his gas filler.

[crouse]

We used to wire the horn to the headlights or turn signals. This was in the days when you could open the hood from outside the car. One time we wired the horn to the brake lights.

[ncmm]

back in the 70's old friends used auto jokers a lot. I guess when your a teenager things are funnier. loud whistling and smoke coming from under the hood of your car when it starts makes you jump out of the car fast. :mad2:

[TJCOX]

When working the second shift a mechanic that worked the first shift had a Mercury Comet that was identical to mine. One day, as I drove my car into the lot there happen to be a parking space next to his, so I decided to park mine next to his. When the time came for the mechanic to leave ,he tried to enter my Comet and while I was on the roof, of the five story building I observed him and shouted for him to get away from my car. Needless to say he was so embarrassed, that he realized what he had done he made a quick exit from my car and hurriedly entered his vehicle and left the lot at a fast pace. After a few days, I confronted him about the incident and he got really red faced.

[pem]

put a thin slice of stinky cheese in the dome light....thin enough for the light to come thru.....when he finally discovered that, put stinky cheese chunks in the heater ducts....another time with a co-worker, put a pair of my wife's panty hose above the passenger side sun visor and put two muddy ladies shoe footprints on the headliner.....:eek:

[chief455]

No. Never.
Messing with someone's car makes them think it's OK to mess with mine.
Sacred ground. :shake: