by Stephanie A. Smith

Created on: September 01, 2010

Everyone has done something to mess up their car at least once. Even the guys that baby their cars have done something to mess up their cars. (Don't try this at home.)

Open your doors without looking. This is a sure-fire way of eventually getting your doors scratched up really bad. If parallel parking, this is a really good way to get your door knocked off.

Back up without looking. This is another really good way to get your car scratched severely and dented. If you are really unlucky or stupid and do this at a high enough speed, you can get your trunk really messed up or have a pole fall on the top of your car- maybe even crush it!

You could ride the brake while going down a steep hill. This wears out your breaks faster and makes your engine work harder. If you get on a bad enough mountain, you can actually fuse your breaks which will make your car do some pretty scary things. I've seen what happens when breaks get fused before.

Put bleach in your gas tank. I have seen where Adam and Jamie have done this on Mythbusters. Bleach is an oxidizer, when you put it in your tank, it will rust out the bottom of the tank within a couple of days. It will also rust out your fuel pipes and get in your engine, where it will rust out your pistons and everything else, causing the motor to seize up and die eventually.

If you really want almost immediate results with the bleach, put the beach in your oil. This will thin out your oil and rust everything. It won't take long for your engine to completely seize and become scrap metal.

There is also driving your car through a flood. Your car will rust faster and there is a good chance that you will puncture your tires. You can also mess up your drive shaft if the grease comes off or you hit some debris. For added destruction, open up your oil system (take off filter, leave dipstick of) this will get water inside your engine and it will never work again.

You could enter your car in a demolition derby. You will have to replace your current gas tank with a 2 gallon tank the sits in your back seat so you don't run the risk of exploding. This will make your car fit for the junkyard in no time.

Parking your car in a lake has been a favorite of people who want to get rid of their car for years. This will short circuit the wiring in your car, make it rust faster, and completely and totally mess up you upholstery.

A really good way to turn your car into scrap metal is to park it on a downward facing slope at the edge of a cliff. But don't forget to leave your parking brake off! This will cause your car to roll down and fall over the cliff. The higher the cliff, the better, as a higher fall results in more damage.

Of course, you could always drive your car right into a tree. You might get hurt in the process, but your car will be totaled!

I am not responsible for idiots who think that these are actually good ideas and do them. If you do these, It's your own dumb fault.

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