# Nondestructive Car Pranks **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 15, 2008, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nondestructive-car-pranks/463728 "2008-09-15T19:20:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![janis\_and\_c0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janis_and_c0/32/21_2.png) [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nondestructive-car-pranks/463728/41 "2008-09-16T08:20:56Z")
A friend of mine got back at a guy by smearing Kotexes with ketchup & leaving the on the dude’s windshield. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nondestructive-car-pranks/463728/42 "2008-09-16T08:47:22Z")
> [@janis\_and\_c0](#): > > A friend of mine got back at a guy by smearing Kotexes with ketchup & leaving the on the dude’s windshield. What, out of Grenadine? ---
**Author:** ![Silophant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a698b9/32.png) [@Silophant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silophant)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nondestructive-car-pranks/463728/43 "2008-09-16T21:37:55Z")
> [@Hunter\_Hawk](#): > > \Or you could, y’know, just grow the fuck up and not get involved in petty pranks.\ Actually, that’s the plan, for now… On Friday, however, after they stop being so paranoid and have gone back to parking in a convenient location, the plan goes as follows: 1. I work at a movie theater, so I can acquire several dozen of [these](http://filmonic.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/the-rocker-poster.jpg). 2. We cover the cars with posters. 3. We cover the cars with corn syrup. Thanks for all the ideas. I’m definitely bookmarking this thread for future reference. [QUOTE=Nunavut Boy] I don’t know if you get winter where you are, but I used to like taking a supersoaker and spraying water into the door joints. [/QUOTE] Southern Minnesota. We get all sorts of winter. This’ll be fun. ---
**Author:** ![janis\_and\_c0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janis_and_c0/32/21_2.png) [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2008, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nondestructive-car-pranks/463728/44 "2008-09-17T06:01:47Z")
> [@Ranchoth](#): > > What, out of Grenadine? Yeah, we were at work 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2008, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nondestructive-car-pranks/463728/45 "2008-09-17T20:30:08Z")
> [@Rick](#): > > This is an incredibly bad idea. Do not do this. Stolen cars get a felony stop from the cops, meaning drawn guns. > Do not do this. Er, yeah. In addition, the person who files the report is liable for filing a false police report. Lessee… harmless stuff… Wrap the car in lots and lots of crepe paper streamers. Harmless and annoying. No guns or lawyers involved at all. ---
**Author:** ![Omegaman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e480ec/32.png) [@Omegaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omegaman)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2008, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nondestructive-car-pranks/463728/46 "2008-09-17T20:42:52Z")
I’ve never tried it, but removing someones gas cap, and leaving sugar around the filler neck and a pile on the ground would be good for some laughs. ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2008, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nondestructive-car-pranks/463728/47 "2008-09-17T21:19:54Z")
> [@Mama\_Zappa](#): > > Wrap the car in lots and lots of crepe paper streamers. Harmless and annoying. No guns or lawyers involved at all. Unless it rains, and the dye from the cursed crepe paper runs all over the car. It can be tough to wash off if it has a chance to dry. ---
**Author:** ![That\_One\_Hoser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@That\_One\_Hoser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_One_Hoser)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2016, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nondestructive-car-pranks/463728/48 "2016-04-03T01:53:56Z")
Ziptie the driveshaft. Harmless but makes SUPER loud noises. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2016, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nondestructive-car-pranks/463728/49 "2016-04-03T02:47:17Z")
Long as the zombie is staggering about… We got in under the hood, and substituted a long lead of wire for the distributor wire. The new wire led back under the car, and into the back seat. (He left his car unlocked. Hey, a freebie.) The wire ended in a knife switch. Whoever was in the back seat of the car could kill the engine, any time. We milked that one… ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2016, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nondestructive-car-pranks/463728/50 "2016-04-03T03:14:03Z")
One of the most famous April Fool’s pranks involving an automobile was Sun Micro employees placing co-founder Bill Joy’s sportscar in a pond ---
**Author:** ![cornflakes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@cornflakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cornflakes)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2016, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nondestructive-car-pranks/463728/51 "2016-04-03T04:31:48Z")
Ditto wrapping the car in Saran Wrap. For a truck (or any rear wheel drive car) in a parking lot, an extra long Ty-Rap around the driveshaft is good for a laugh. Make sure it’s strong enough to click loudly against the floor pan for a while before breaking. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nondestructive-car-pranks/463728.md?page=2)