GRM type idea from 1954

Popular Mechanic's rate this as a regret, I rather like the idea...

http://www.popularmechanics.com/home/skills/know-your-stuff-the-110-best-diy-tips-ever?link=rel&dom=yah_auto&src=syn&mag=pop#slide-70

+1 that seems perfectly reasonable to me...

I love this one!

For locating identical positions on both sides of a wall, door, whatever, when you can't see both sides.

http://www.popularmechanics.com/home/skills/know-your-stuff-the-110-best-diy-tips-ever?link=rel&dom=yah_auto&src=syn&mag=pop#slide-35

thanks. just read the whole thing and enjoyed it. most of it seems like it could work, but a lot of it makes me wonder why you would try it.

Turtle Trap!

Lol!

I can see doing this. SWMBO says no way.

SnowMongoose wrote: Turtle Trap!

popular mechanics said: Oil pan punctured by a stone? Whittle a plug from a twig and hammer it into the hole. But now you're low on oil. To fill the crankcase, add a quart of water. Really. The oil-pump pickup is not on the exact bottom—the remaining oil will float on top of the water.

In reply to bgkast:

Yeah.....that will get you about as far as the nearest garage.

Now water in the brake fluid for an emergency fix to get you someplace where you can change that leaking part, that's acceptable.

They call it a regret, but I kinda liked it when someone used a Truimph Spitfire hood with headlights over their garage entry.