This Reddit Thread Is HILARIOUS - "JustRolledIntoTheShop"

[ABATurbo]

How does one not notice anything is wrong when your brakes look like that.

"Just turn the radio up, because the damn brakes on this car are so annoying"

[Aonarch]

Saw that on reddit hilarious!

[Old Windy]

Holy Sh1t! Subscribbed!

[woofster]

OMG, I'm dying here just looking at some of the photos posted in this thread. Will have to check out that link.

[xombiesarelove]

The battery might be slightly overdue for a service.

Ooo, I love funfetti.

[woofster]

"He actually drove on this..."

[BRealistic]

"He actually drove on this..."

We need to come up with a new product that is sold at Autobone, Adtrance, etc

Call it "tire retread tape"- but put in small letters that it is for cosmetic use only.
But basically it would be a nylon reinforced duct tape (with the nylon perforated every foot for tearing off the roll) with a pvc surface texture that looked like tire tread and a special duct tape glue that cured even harder once heated.
Some people might get quite a bit of extra run time on bald tires.

But like the picture- I suspect most are just trying to get a bad tire to last until they get their next paycheck.... and they still have three days of work before that.

[choochoo]

and clear oil! oops sorry that's just water

how is it possible that the water is that clear???? unpossible!!!

[O2VW1.8T]

how is it possible that the water is that clear???? unpossible!!!

Oil floats, seen it somewhat similar with coolant, coolant comes out perfectly clean then at the end the rest of the nasty crap comes.

[bherman13]

We need to come up with a new product that is sold at Autobone, Adtrance, etc

Call it "tire retread tape"- but put in small letters that it is for cosmetic use only.
But basically it would be a nylon reinforced duct tape (with the nylon perforated every foot for tearing off the roll) with a pvc surface texture that looked like tire tread and a special duct tape glue that cured even harder once heated.
Some people might get quite a bit of extra run time on bald tires.

But like the picture- I suspect most are just trying to get a bad tire to last until they get their next paycheck.... and they still have three days of work before that.

I can get on board with selling a dumb product to dumb people for profit, but I'd be a bit uneasy about sending 2 ton steel objects down the road with false confidence in the drivers that their tires will hold up in an emergency at 60mph (or any other speed for that matter).

In other words, the innocent drivers could be paying for the dumb drivers' mistakes.

[sirswank]

Customer complains: "Noisy and a little low on power"

to be fair, until it looks like this, that complaint is probably valid regardless of condition

[r_fostoria]

Well, hey, as long as it runs, right?

[deucestudios]

how is it possible that the water is that clear???? unpossible!!!

What?
I run the water through my block until it's that clear every oil change.

[DUBLUV401]

wow ... suscribed

[4-Dr-W-a-T]

and clear oil! oops sorry that's just water

Flushing the system, right?

[SIR ANDROID184]

Oh man, haven't seen that subreddit yet. Subscribed now.

X2...sometimes I just sit there and hit random, never knew so many crazy subreddit's

[Egz]

Flushing the system, right?

"Diesel Citroen engine filled with 4ltrs of water"

[kt883]

in for lolz

[compy222]

fantastic stuff. the amount of fail in there is unbelievable.

[barry2952]

My friend bought a Continental Mark II that has "only" been underwater for an hour. The oil flowed out and the water flowed in.

[Broduski]

My friend bought a Continental Mark II that has "only" been underwater for an hour. The oil flowed out and the water flowed in.

Mind rehosting that to photobucket or something? It's an attachment and I don't think we'll be able to see it.

[bubbagti]

fantastic stuff. the amount of fail in there is unbelievable.

I thought all diesels sound like that

[barry2952]

Mind rehosting that to photobucket or something? It's an attachment and I don't think we'll be able to see it.

[Uberhare]

and clear oil! oops sorry that's just water

I hate to admit it but this actually happened to me but on a smaller scale. A design flaw on the first generation Dodge Journey SUV's allowed A/C condensation (aka water) to accumulate and drip down into the transmission vent tube. We bought a brand new 2009 model, put about 500 miles on it before the tranny puked. Towed to the dealership where they literally drained over 2 cups of water out of the transmission. No joke. Talked to a MOPAR engineer who told me about the A/C condensation "oversight". I was not happy. I guess there's a reason they have a lifetime powertrain warranty....

[seadoo2006]

Here was my clutch disc after it finally sh*t the bed after 6000 miles of slipping ...

[IridiumB6]

[.:Ryan]

Once you pop, you just stop!

[VierSpeed]

Whaddayer mean, I shouldn't leave that battery on the floor?

[V8Star]

Am I the only one that finds most of the posted material disturbing?

Regardless of your financial situation, if your brake rotors are NON EXISTENT, tires patched with tape, etc... Please stay off the road.

[seadoo2006]

Am I the only one that finds most of the posted material disturbing?

Regardless of your financial situation, if your brake rotors are NON EXISTENT, tires patched with tape, etc... Please stay off the road.

For many, that's not an option ... try owning and maintaining a car at $1200/month gross wages (minimum wage).

[V8Star]

If I were in that situation it would go down to carpool or public transportation.

Never would I put other people in danger, or even bring other people that i care about into a car in that shape.

[seadoo2006]

If I were in that situation it would go down to carpool or public transportation.

Never would I put other people in danger, or even bring other people that i care about into a car in that shape.

Again, you say that without having lived it, as have I, but I've known and worked with quite a few people who were pretty much distitute, but had jobs, and their jalopy was the only way to get to/from work.

You cannot have it both ways. You cannot have people work to keep themselves off welfare and then disparage those same people from skimping on anything they can to make ends meet. As I said before, try living on your own for $1200/month gross ... now understand that many people in this country are raising a FAMILY on that amount of money. People do what they need to do to get by and for one, I'd rather them grind through a set of brake rotors than go without food for a week.

People in this country are so blind to the blight of so, so, so many.

[MidnightSpecial]

If I were in that situation it would go down to carpool or public transportation.

That would be great if a lot of people had those options.

Even here in socialist Canada the public transit is so unreliable that I'm looking at picking up another vehicle while I'm finishing my undergrad.

[eunos94]

If I were in that situation it would go down to carpool or public transportation.

Never would I put other people in danger, or even bring other people that i care about into a car in that shape.

What is this 'public transportation' you speak of?

[eunos94]

I love all the brake rotor pics. It makes me feel so much less retarded about my own rotor horror show posted below.

My 2000 Beetle sat for a year while I was going through Physical Therapy. When I finally got back behind the wheel my rotors just sort of crumbled.