A pet cat finds shelter on the wheel of a car which was temporarily abandoned by it owner in Karachi August 29, 1998. REUTERS/Stringer
Posted on 06/01/2009 5:07:05 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
ZURICH (Reuters) – A car traveling on a motorway in Switzerland lost all four wheels simultaneously, coming to an immediate halt in the middle of the highway, police said on Saturday.
The car had just stopped and the passengers had changed from winter to summer wheels themselves, a common task in Switzerland where there is plenty of snow in winter, but used the wrong nuts when mounting the new set.
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A pet cat finds shelter on the wheel of a car which was temporarily abandoned by it owner in Karachi August 29, 1998. REUTERS/Stringer
I thought he was driving the first car off the assembly line from Obama Motors.
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“You picked a fine time to leave me loose wheels...”
I don’t care how many posts this one gets.....I declare you the WINNER!!!!!! LMAO!!!
Nah, that’s not it. That car is far too well engineered, and too successful to be an Obamotors machine.
Ruh, Roh!
Ever read about those E. German cars? They were banned from W. Germany when the wall came down - cardboard doors, canvas roof and a two-cyl. engine that blew black smoke like crazy ....
I know the feeling. We just had the wrong nuts take over two of our major car companies.
Sounds like a bunch of college professors trying to change a tire.
How does one change tires and use the wrong set of lug nuts? Too, how do they not know they don’t fit?
More Euro-geniuses for Obama to follow.
Some assembly required.
In fine print one reads:
“Welding kit not included”
ping
This is just a guess, but some folks use aluminum wheels for summer tires and cheaper steel ones for winter tires. The steel wheels typically use a lug nut with a tapered surface bearing against the wheel. Aluminum wheels often have a flat washer bearing against the wheel.
I’ll speculate that they used the tapered lug nuts with the aluminum wheels and it didn’t pull up properly. Now the odds of all 4 coming off at once are a bit much.
Some WHEELS do require special lug nuts. Like on Honda’s.
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