Two things:
First, I pulled a mostly stock XJ into the garage, built it up, admired it, then realized it was too tall to drive out. Whoops. I deflated the tires, pulled stuff off the roof, and tried to squeak out. It was close......but I ended up ripping the entire garage door off the rails when it caught on the roof rack and everything came tumbling down. Huge mess. Angry wife.
That was maybe 15 years ago.
This year I set my Jeep on fire.
When I installed the winch, I routed the power cables through the engine compartment and zip tied them to some "miscellaneous" stuff to keep them from hitting all the moving parts. Later I removed a bunch of accessory junk I didn't need in there anymore and inadvertently removed the "miscellaneous" stuff the winch cables were tied to. So the winch power cables were free to float around, and they floated right into one of the pulleys (can't remember which) while I was cruising down the highway. Idiot lights started blinking like a pinball machine. I pulled over and looked in the engine compartment and saw lots of insulation on fire. I was able to get it out with the fire extinguisher before the fire spread and consumed the whole Jeep. Fortunately the only casualties were cables, hoses, pulleys, the serpentine belt, and the battery. Mostly cheap stuff. Mostly idiot driver.
