Stupid things you did when you were young thread

First car.
63 Chevy Impala Convertible. (Not junk but not perfect either)
Started the car up to take my younger brother a ride.
I revved it up and heard a grinding sound.
I had only had the car for a couple of hours and assumed it was a "gremlin" of some sort. We took a short ride. When I went to take another ride, I turned the key and nothing happened.
That's when I found out that the first time out, when I started the car, the key didn't "spring back" by it'self, and the grinding I heard was the started STILL ENGAGED. . . . Looked like someone had put the armature in a blender.

Backing up really fast in Mom's positraction Studebaker, and then dropping the tranny in drive so we could see the TWO black marks on the pavement. Third time was the charm......Had to back the car all the way home. . . then pretend something else happened.

Yes you can use the car tonight , but DO NOT GO INTO TOWN!! Three hours later (me and my brother) we're in TOWN, and the starter goes out. Had to bum a ride home, and then tell Mom and Dad where the car was..... Seemed like a big deal at the time, but I don't even remember them yelling . . . now.

Drag racing . . . . . . on gravel roads.

Hey you dummies! USE TIN FOIL FOR FUSES!!!

Ma nd my sister were running from a pissed off guy (?) on a two lane country road. Big dangerous curve ahead (a school friend was killed there) My Buick LeSabre 350 4 BBL does a 180 degree spin in the middle of the road and the guy behind me comes around the curve and almost hits me head on as I fly back past him going the opposite direction. . . SCARED THE CRAP OUT OF US!!! No idea how it happened.
I would STILL like to have seen the look on that guys face!!!