haha , that makes me remember when i had a scooter, went in a motocross track and bent the front fork. had to drive 30mins on the side of the road at 5mph to get back home.

something dumb i did r/c related was when i first started in the hobby.
i had a hpi firestorm and the throttle servo twitched. i still ran it and it when straight into a curb. 120$ to fix. (at that time i didnt know there was rc parts on ebay)

another dumb thing i did, was to buy all my parts at my LHS, its about 30$ more expensive there than on ebay.