# Dumb vehicle-related mistakes? **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [October 10, 2023, 11:21pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/dumb-vehicle-related-mistakes/193324 "2023-10-10T23:21:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 20
**Author:** ![LoudThunder](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/loudthunder/32/27769_2.png) [@LoudThunder](https://community.cartalk.com/u/LoudThunder)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2023, 10:56pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/dumb-vehicle-related-mistakes/193324/20 "2023-10-14T22:56:16Z")
This one I’ve posted about previously but it bears repeating… I’ll highlight it here and include the link to whole story… A young sergeant (not me…) in the Air Force was moving to another base and performing a Do-It-Yourself (DITY) Move where the Air force will pay you to move your own household goods. He did not have much to ship so he decided to pump up the weight to increase the pay out by putting his car into the back of the moving truck. It did not go well and the car only got part way in and the tail end was stuck sticking out the back of the truck… It did not go well for him… > [@What is the "least" smart thing you've ever done to a car?](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-is-the-least-smart-thing-youve-ever-done-to-a-car/178654/13): > > After reading all these great stories of “Less than Smart Things You’ve done to a Car,” I was reminded of this idiot that was stationed in my Air Force Unit back in the early 1980s. The Air Force will move your household goods (weight limits apply by rank…) when you had a Permanent Change of Station (PCS). The Air Force started a program a few years earlier called “Do It Yourself” (DITY) Move. This program is based on the service member moving their own household goods (furniture, washer, dr… --- _[View the full topic](https://community.cartalk.com/t/dumb-vehicle-related-mistakes/193324)._