Stupid things that PO's did to your car

[Philipangoo]

that is the smartest idea out there, spring clamps. lol. its better then cut spring

potentially if you hit a huge bump and theres lots of play in your springs cant the clamps pop off and send you flying like a fucking acrobat ?

thats genius.

[Roysneon]

Removed hood hinge to replace with hood pins. Now to pop the hood you have to hold it up or take it off completely...

[Jalves619]

^ Lol I'm considering doing that now because my PO slammed a deer in my e30 and the hood hinges are tweaked and the latch finally broke because the misalignment.

[Roysneon]

If I as 16/17 I would have been all about it but it kind of ruins the "Who? Me, officer?" look of the touring.

[KennyT]

New found issues with Sabine

Hacked stereo installation. There are splices into splices. Random speaker wire strewn about. To top it all off nothing is labeled. Arg. Holes in the original dash from bolting it back together.

[F34R]

Wow, this thread is nuts! I cannot believe what the PO did to their cars. I got lucky buying all of mine I guess!

My new DD was owned by a Jaguar technician. So everything was taken care of really well.

[dsobering47]

PO chopped the ABS wiring harness as close to the body harness as possible

Also, took the engine/trans/driveshaft....what a dick

[drumad]

Left about 100 rounds of ammo of some sort underneath the rearseat :(. I shouldve taken pictures.

Painted over thr cars original Brilliantrot :(.

[Jalves619]

If I as 16/17 I would have been all about it but it kind of ruins the "Who? Me, officer?" look of the touring.

I completely agree. The car is a complete POS, but I still cant bring myself to put hood pins on it. I was embarrassed for even buying them.

[KennyT]

I completely agree. The car is a complete POS, but I still cant bring myself to put hood pins on it. I was embarrassed for even buying them.

Get some leather straps ala classic euro sports car.

[Jalves619]

Already considered it. Its like the steam punk version of hood pins.

[33xander33]

PO turned out to be my best friends ex from a long time ago. Didn't know because I bought from a third owner. Well anyways tore the interior up but managed a decent cover job that I'm sorta pleased with. Kryloned the bottom of the whole car. Oh and someone painted the driver side mirror and scratched WHORE in on the trunk (I suspect my friend lol) but covered it with a black race stripe.

[E30is90]

Why would my Parole Officer do anything to my car? ;)

[schtozo]

PO didnt know the car was an autotragic
He didnt know that the overdrive button was there
He didnt know the the paint wasnt factory paint. He told me that it was.
He put some red stripe around the basketweaves
Some stupid stereo with only tweeters working with the factory amp.
Deleted one of the wipers.
Plenty of stopleak liquid in the radiator
Put a stupid no name cone air filter
Intrax springs that have lower spring rates than factory

Clean car overall compared to stuff mentioned in this thread.

[Andy348]

Uhh, lets see..

Let it rust to hell
Screwed in the rubber back bumper
Installed a new headunit by routing wires everywhere - under the console, through the carpet, up the rear seat, clearly visible
Tried to fix the paint but failed badly