05' V70 forgot to tighten oil plug

[abscate]

I have a large orange plastic cone on the steering wheel which means do not drive.

Sometimes I can't remember for a week why not, but at least Ive minimized damage...

[Clockboy]

I like the plastic cone on the steering wheel, but my memory loss and the possibility of my kids just putting it there to screw with me makes me think a sticky note on the steering wheel is the way to go.

[regent]

How about forgetting to tighten the gas cap ?

http://m.nasdaq.com/article/i-drove-off ... d-cm179124

I will never go to a gas station without my checklist and plastic cone ever again!

[regent]

How about forgetting to tighten the gas cap ?

http://m.nasdaq.com/article/i-drove-off ... d-cm179124

I will never go to a gas station without my checklist and plastic cone ever again!

[shertzog]

At risk of seeming pedantic, a checklist is a handy thing, which is why pilots, astronauts, surgeons, and other people who have incentive to avoid ever having to say "oops" use them, and obsess over them.

But when inserting a fastener, unless one needs to leave it loose to wiggle the assembly into place, one should tighten it when first inserting it.

I use my phone to take photos of things like my unplugged coffee pot before I leave on a trip, so I can show my wife, that yes dear, the coffeepot IS unplugged.

Yeah, I'm thinking of taking video of all my wrenching so I can go back and check that I did all that stuff on the checklist...

[mydamnvolvo]

How about confusing your two minivans and installing the wrong rubber o-ring on the fuel rail, causing the car to blow up. Or, I lost my beemer from an oil pan crack that i 'forgot' to fill. Also, I once had to tape a mirror to my 1997 960 because the heated element wore out the glue on the mirror itself. I also made 2 oil changes in a day because I thought I saw fresh oil on the ground below my 01 v70 xc and panicked, but I forgot that i spilled a little.

[mydamnvolvo]

I like the plastic cone on the steering wheel, but my memory loss and the possibility of my kids just putting it there to screw with me makes me think a sticky note on the steering wheel is the way to go.

Those of us on the wrong side of 40 know what you are talking about. My kids used to roll me the wrong tire when I rotated them and would hand me random wrenches when I asked them for a pair of pliers. How about the cone for the reminder, and a note on the cone for what it was for.