Hydrolocking Your Car’s Engine Isn’t Funny, But These Puns Will Have You Cracking Up: COTD

One of the worst moments you can experience as a car owner is the realization that you’ve screwed up. Maybe you tried repairing something that’s way beyond your skill level or your finances. Maybe you made a wrong turn and caused a crash. Or maybe you drove your pickup truck on a frozen lake and now it’s sleeping with the fish.

Crossing through deep water can be another huge mistake. If the water is moving, you could get carried away. If the water is still, you can still find out it’s way deeper than you expected. Either way, taking on a flooded road can get bad quickly. A poor Renault Clio driver learned this the hard way after their engine sucked up some water and hydrolocked as the driver tried to bring it back. Readers had too much fun with this one. Ignatius J. Reilly:

Hydrolocking is just another name for hydroforming without the proper tooling.

Canopysaurus:

Clio-ly this was a stupid move.

Zeppelopod:

The unmitigated Gaul of this driver.

Mechjaz:

Come on now, there’s being Franc and then there’s being rude.

Zeppelopod:

Sometimes you just have to know when to baguette up.

Ash78:

IYRYR.

If you Renault you Renault.

Finally, my favorite came from Paul E:

Renault, Renault, Renault your boat
Gently through the stream
Rattly, rattly, rattly, rattly
Repairs are like a scream.

I’ve more than once asked my parents why they always buy black or white cars and they tell me it’s because those shades go with everything and black always looks classy. Of course, dealerships also stock the shades most likely to sell even though a manufacturer may make more fun colors. Still, Data’s comment on the Honda Passport piece is so sad, but true:

What a great color, too bad Honda will only build 5 in that color and the rest will be in 50 shades of gray, black, white, and silver.

Car enthusiasts joke about the hilarious ways companies try to contact them about their car’s extended warranties. Thankfully, the extended warranty pop-up ads in Jeeps were glitches, but StillNotATony’s comment is still hilarious:

Ahem…

WE’VE BEEN TRYING TO REACH YOU ABOUT YOUR CAR’S EXTENDED WARRANTY!!!

I love it. Have a great evening, everyone!