Creative Fixes You Never Want to Try Yourself

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You too can be the envy of your neighborhood with these innovative repairs made by ordinary citizens.

Admiring the view: Any window will do for this industrious car owner

MacGyver’s SUV

Quick fix: No one would ever know the wiser with these makeshift rear-view mirror and headlight

Why pay more for car repairs that you can do yourself?

Clever fix: Social media users share their failed, funny or sometimes dangerous DIY fixes online

Have you seen this man? He broke my door

Keeping afloat: Have a habit of dropping books in the bath? All you need is a retractable dog's leash

This only works for light reading

You're welcome: Who needs to hire someone to fix a shower head when a few holes poked into a bottle of Mountain Dew will do?

Now available in Pepsi, grape, orange and Dr Pepper

Straight to the point: This duct tape fan decided to take the term 'ceiling fan' a bit too literally

Oh, This blows

Got character: In absence of cash to repair a dent, this vehicle owner decided to get creative instead

Holy body damage, Batman

Not what you want to see: One social media user shared this unsettling scene he spotted unfolding outside of his EasyJet plane

I hope he didn’t buy that duct tape from the dollar store

They must have run out of Super Glue

Custom fix: Having a seat on a bike is important, even if it's made out of a branch and duct tape

The splinters? It was hickory dickory, Doc

Clean sweep: This BMW has its back window dusted off with a broom head tied to the attachment

Universal wiper works on any make or model

Overkill: Need your hedges trimmed? Why use a ladder when you can hoist a lawnmower up on a crane?

He bought the lift with money from his hedge fund

Stay outside: Who knew plastic wrap would be good enough to help hold up a damaged brick pillar?

This is only temporary until my new Legos get here

All about the bass: Dropping hundreds of dollars on a set of speakers seems impractical after seeing this bottle and cardboard contraption

These speakers also come in orange juice for the lactose intolerant

Spotting: Next time - if there is a next time for this gentleman - he might buy a taller ladder

What could possibly go wrong with this?

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