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TIFU By bringing my car to the mechanic for dripping pink liquid from its exhaust pipe

This is a pretty funny story actually. I had just finished bringing groceries in from the trunk of my car. My mother had been helping me. Something caught my eye as I was closing the trunk. The exhaust pipe of my MAZDA6 sedan was dripping some strange pink liquid onto the asphalt. I was floored. I had no idea what to think. Since when did exhaust pipes drip pink fluid? I have a mechanic that I’m good friends with down right down the street, so I drove my car a few houses down to the mechanic shop.

Now, I admit I know nothing about cars. But this liquid was some bright pink, almost fluorescent looking crap. I needed an opinion, mostly out of curiosity. The mechanic took a look inside of the pipe and said that it wasn’t coming from inside of the car, since the fluid was just on the edge of the pipe. A few minutes later, my mom had called asking where I went. I explained the situation and she burst out laughing. Turns out, my mom had a purplish-pink Starbucks drink in her hand while she was taking groceries out of the trunk. She forgot about it, and when she leaned over, a good amount of the drink had fallen onto my car and at the very edge of my tailpipe. It’s a silly story, but we all had a good laugh over it. P.S. (Don’t crucify me for not knowing about cars!)

TL;DR: I brought my car to the mechanic for dripping pink mystery fluid from the tailpipe, but it just turned out to be some spilled Starbucks drink.

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