I fitted an alarm to my dads volvo when I was 18 , the only wire I had long enough was yellow , that'll do , it was all round the engine bay, on a red car , couldn't have looked any worse , when I took it into the garage weeks later the mechanic lifted the bonnet and burst out laughing, who did that , I said it was like that when he got it
first car was a Mk3 cortina 1.6 GXL no less, cut out at a junction ,I sat there spinning the starter , why won't it start , that's when I found out what a cambelt was , luckily not an interference engine, then I was sat at another junction listening to the choons of the day on cassette when I heard a noise, what's that , sounds like a steam engine, looked down and the temp gauge was off the end , that's when I found out what a head gasket was, then I thought I'd try a burnout, that didn't go well , that's when I found out what a half shaft does
I ordered a Sharp radio cassette from my aunties catalogue, though I'd fit a snazzy roof aerial , set it up and the radio didn't work so she sent it back, fitted another , that was the same , must be a faulty batch , went to fit the third one then I noticed the lead from my snazzy new aerial was touching the live terminal on the interior light , oops
