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Cursed cars?

My father recently acquired a 1983 ford f250 heavy duty as a tow rig and it has tried to kill him twice, first he was working on it and cut his wrist extremely close to the main vein. second he was pulling out of our road and the truck stalls infront of a oncoming trailways bus, luckily the truck had enough momentum to roll through unharmed. appropriatley he named it christine. anyone else have and cursed/badluck car stories??

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Old 06-24-2009, 09:25 PM
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Not quite like that. Mostly just little electrical gremlins. My advice. Pops needs to sell the truck
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he just got it and is working out all the kinks.
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What happened to the previous owner? Maybe the PO gave some bad energy to the truck, and it is stuck there. If that is the case, find someone who can sense that, and cleanse it by burning sage. This happens with houses, could happen with vehicles too. Any place where humans live absorb their vibration and releases it later on. I definitely had that in my previous house. Not in a vehicle though.
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My 911.
It cut my wife across the back of her leg, exposing her Achilles tendon.
The seat track that has the locking mechanism droped all the bolts out of it leaving her to move back and forth as the car saw fit.
Hit her on the head so hard it almost knocked her out.
I love my car.
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I had a Range Rover that was cursed once.

Oh, wait. They're all like that!
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Had a couple over the years.

One was a 68 Coronet with a Hemi that a friend and I restored as a wedding gift for my brother.

Had the car stored at my place. Was cutting the grass one day and ran out of gas for the mower so I figure let me stretch the Coronets legs a bit.

Pull out of gas station with a 5 gallon gas container on the drivers side floor between my legs, mash the loud pedal and woohooo man that thing flew. I come flying up to some traffic on a one lane and realize the throttle linkage is stuck, AUUUUUGGGGHHHHHH. Slammed the tranny into park and locked up the rear to get the beast to stop.

Had to change my shorts when I got home.
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Maybe the PO gave some bad energy to the truck, and it is stuck there. If that is the case, find someone who can sense that, and cleanse it by burning sage.
Was this supposed to be in green text?
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My 911.
It cut my wife across the back of her leg, exposing her Achilles tendon.
The seat track that has the locking mechanism droped all the bolts out of it leaving her to move back and forth as the car saw fit.
Hit her on the head so hard it almost knocked her out.
I love my car.
How about taking my ex for a ride in your car. Should satisfy the evil car demon to leave your wife alone and solve my problem.
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I had a cursed '74 Triumph Spitfire. It was a nightmare, having frequent mechanical and electrical issues. It serves me right, after passing up on a new Lotus Europa Special just months before buying the Spit. Penny wise, pound foolish.
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When I first bought my 911 it broke down at least 10 times. It turned out the fuse panel was cracked and the fuel pump circuit sometimes didnt want to work. I missed a my first track event. I got stuck in the rain. I left the car on the side of the road....

For some reason I kept coming back and figured it out. At least the initial problem.
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had an old range rover center console window switches catch fire while driving and had an old chevy k10 with a 350 and a tow package had the throttle linkage stuck wide open and even with the brakes to the floor it was still accelerating so we cut the ignition and changed our pants
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My 911 was cursed until Tab Tanner performed a "mechanical exorcism" on it about 3 years ago and it's cured!
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How about taking my ex for a ride in your car. Should satisfy the evil car demon to leave your wife alone and solve my problem.
What she look like?
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My father bought a new Dodge Dart in 69 or 70, the thing was the biggest POS he ever owned, stuff was falling off of it on the drive home from dealer - or so he always liked to tell me. He traded it in in 1971 and bought a new Subaru and Pontiac at the same time. The same Dart showed up being driven by the lady that cleaned our house every other week about 6 years later. I thought he was going to faint when he came home from work one day and saw it back in the driveway.
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What she look like?
Satin's Bride!!!! Rick, once she rips off her mask and reveals her true self, you would come looking to break my legs. The woman killed my dog.
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she's a sucubus

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