By Kale Richards, Faux CEO
Car Trouble: Can you spot the culprit?
Car troubling posts found on social media
Some car problems start under the hood. Others start online. This is a collection of posts so baffling you’ll want to yell “Bring me the brain specialist!”
They’re built not from bad parts, but from neglect, guesswork, and willful misunderstanding. The results range from mildly smoking to fully honked out: and every one proves the scariest part of any car is still the owner.
Perhaps we should give them a discount on pilot wrenches to finally secure the loose nut behind the wheel.
Let’s look at our favorites
Can we blame Lady Luck when we hit an object hard enough with our car to bend the wheel? Quote does seems a little high for a $200 tire and $350 wheel. I’m hoping the price includes alignment, because I’m sure it has a toe angle now that would make a duck blush.
Driving on dry-rotted ancient tires slicker than an ice cube could have contributed this tire failure. Under-inflated tires can also pop the bead during emergency maneuvers. In any case, I hope that driving long enough to shred the sidewall like that didn’t compromise their wheel.
This is your reminder to check the date code, inflation, and condition of your tire.
Fun fact: Tires have something called a non-repairable zone that includes the sidewall and first tread block. Looks like they managed to get a nail dead center in that area. $172 is $172 in savings, damn the consequences. Just, uh, please don’t drive that thing in a school zone, or near me for that matter.
Did this driver do a hit-and-run on Wolverine? You know what? I think I’m just going to take some Tylenol and have a lie down.
Is this the automotive equivalent of ‘walk it off?’ If anyone needed the AAA membership, it’s our friend here.
Cutting a new slot is a work of genius. I would have just used a socket like an idiot.
I think it makes it better than the poster put Chevy in scare quotes. Or maybe worse. In any case, I sure hope they enjoy their GMC Yukon which is definitely not a “Chevy.”
This comes up so much I wasn’t sure which screenshot to use. But we all know: If you have to ask…
Let me be the first to say: Sexism has no place here. The entire concept of ‘guy car’ vs ‘girl car’ is absolutely exhausting. I was hesitant to post this one, but the absolute whiplash of the expertly spoken hot take on cars to not knowing anything about them in the next post was a scroll stopper. I’m 97% sure the original poster is just winding people up.
Alright. I’m out. Nothing can follow this.
See you next time, friends.
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