What is a good prank to pull on somebody's car without doing any permanent damage.?

Question

I work at a garage and am always having my car pranked. I need to get back at the culprit and need a fresh approach.

Answer 1

hide their keys or put a fake wheel lock on it :)

Answer 2

A few ideas...
1. Lift the drive wheels off the ground (just barely) with wooden blocks suppoting the car by the axle or A arms. When they try to drive off they think the tranny is gone..car wont move..

2. Put bird seed in the vents outside the windshield on the cowl panel. When they turn on the heater or defrost.. seeds come flying in the car...

3 Here in Minn (alot of hunters here).. People have been known to go to a gun shop, purchase deer urine or skunk piss used for hunting.. and put a few drops in the cowl vents...car will stink for a few weeks

4. Same as above..But put very old lady type perfume in instead of the urine. They will smell pretty for awhile at work.. :-)

5. If they drive a manual trans car, place a block of wood (small so undetectable ) behind the clutch pedal. This will prevent the clutch safety switch from activating and they wont be able to start the car....

Answer 3

If you have a set of car dollies you can get a few guys to put someone's car between two trees (or other immovable objects) in such a way that they can't back the car out. Just jack up each tire to put the dolly underneath. Then, push the car so that some object is in front of the car, and another object is in back. Think about that Austin Powers scene in the hallway of Dr. Evil's building and the golf cart.

Oh, and then hide the dollies so he's got to live with it for a couple hours.

Answer 4

So is this fellow prankster a shopper and also you're trying to do some thing to come again at them or is it yet another mechanic in the keep? If it really is a shopper how about putting some fairly "rather-female" floral scented ingredient lower than his seat. Or in case you could damage out with it a pair of girls panties or some thing. Or placed one in all those coiled up snake issues that could come out of the glove field at the same time as he opens it. or perchance some confetti in an open field which will spill at the same time as he pulls down the visor. Or purchase one in all those plastic sheets that you'll position over glass that feels like a huge crack in the windshield. If this is yet another mechanic in the keep how about putting a phoney snake or spider someplace lower than the hood the position he will be constructive to locate it at the same time as he's operating lower than the hood.

Answer 5

Well, you can sprinkle sugar around the outside of the car, below the gas tank. Then, get someone to call and say "Someone in the neighborhood has been sugaring gas tanks!" It will make them think that their car was vandalized.

Or, you could put a dead fish in the car somewhere--hide it under the seat or somewhere like that. They'll get a nice stinky surprise in a few days, depending on how warm it gets in the car. Actually, being a mechanic, you might could think of a more strategic place to put the fish.

Answer 6

Whatever you do, please note that if you use petroleum jelly on the door handles and the sun melts it so it runs down the paint, if they don't know to clean it with rubbing alcohol, then their paint could be severely damaged.

I put a ball-bearing in the air cap of my ex gf's tire so it gradually ran out of air as she drove. She didn't figure it out until the guy at the tire store was checking for leaks, didn't find any and knew the trick well enough to check the cap on the air hose. That can be dangerous though since low tire pressure can lead to blowouts and if you're on the freeway or something a blowout is insanely bad.

Answer 7

Have you thought about filling it with blown up condoms, or try getting 3 or 4 of those really stinky air fresheners open them up and put them under one of the front seats, what about getting in there while it is off and turn the windshield wipers on, turn the radio up, put the turn signal on then when the car is started all of these things will go off at once. I think that as long as this doesn't become destructive or hurtful to anyone it is hilarious!!

Answer 8

1. Smear grease or vasoline up behind the door handles.

2. Turn the license plates upside down

3. Loosen the gas cap (on newer cars without locking gas cap / flap) Will just light the check engine light which will reset when the cap is retighted.

etc...

Depends if you want them to visit a dealership or repair shop only to find out there is nothing wrong.. or simple pranks as listed above.

Answer 9

Balloon over the tailpipe.

Tack on some extra wheel weights on the inside of one of his tires.

If possible remove one of his tires while he is at lunch with a co-worker Put a valve stem inside his tire and reinstall the tire. The noise will drive him crazy.

If he has a older car I would say unplug his neutral safety switch.

Once it gets warm again(summer time) wait for an occasion when he leaves his engine running and goes inside for a couple of minutes.Turn his heater on high and close the door.

Answer 10

We did this to a guy at work who liked to fill people's truck beds with packing peanuts. Granted this might be hard for you to pull off, but it's still funny.

I asked him if I could borrow his keys, saying that I had locked mine in the office at work. Since he kept his car keys on the same key ring, I went and unlocked his car. While I was taking his keys back to him, a couple of the other guys that we both worked with filled the interior of his car with packing peanuts. He was ticked, but he was a good sport about it.

Answer 11

If you get a piece of silver masking tape and pull the individual threads of it apart you can get one strand of silver tape. Take this and stick it along the side of the door. It makes it look like someone has scratched the door of the car. This will never fail.