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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You’re making it too complicated. Simple answer:
IT’S BUSH’S FAULT!
Was thinking more of an allen wrench - IKEA comes to mind.
Fiat perhaps .?
They obviously left the winter air in the summer tires.
LOL....can you buy it at IKEA?
Beats me. I am neutral as to the lugnuts being as it’s Switzerland and all. a swiss practical joke maybe.
Cast alloy wheels often use different lug nuts than pressed steel wheels.
I just spent 18 years if my life workig for a Swiss company. They “reorganized” and let me go today. Looking at their utter lack of management skills in the past few years, this doesn’t surprise me.
Why wouldn’t you use the same lug nuts you just took off?
WV had production facilities in the US for a while but then shut down. I can only assume that's due to US being hostile to the industry. With a saur taste in its mouth, Wolfsburg said "auf Wiedersehen"
Never mind the "Volt" or the Chevy Microbe, VW has several models available now that get 58 MPG on the relatively low tech and clean diesel technology (TDI).
They last forever and need no outrageous battery pack replacements.
The wheels are off!
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