At 17 I took a friend for a ride in my dads VW Manx buggy, which I'd only ever driven a couple of times.
OBVIOUSLY I wanted to show off, I saw a nice gravel patch and gave it a huge squirt, sliding all over the place, smiles for days, and I screamed up the road.
The problem was, I wasn't trying to scream up the road. My dad had recently changed the accelerator pedal and made no mention that it wasn't correct and the pedal would lay flat and get stuck to the floor.
friend did not ride in it again.
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