“Unearthed Secrets: Mechanic’s Routine Repairs Reveal Hidden Treasures and Unexplained Mysteries”

"Unearthed Secrets: Mechanic's Routine Repairs Reveal Hidden Treasures and Unexplained Mysteries"
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That’s because the driver of this vehicle has been using their shift pad as an ashtray. That’s not really something that most people would want to clog up, but this car is part of a fleet, so it’s not like they owned it anyway.

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This is a sign of a larger problem

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Despite how it looks, Reddit user Gilgamesh2000000 explained that this pry bar wasn’t stuck in the wheel when they got there. Instead, this little mishap simply told them how big the job ahead of them was.

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It turns out this tire didn’t want to come off the wheel, which means the workers were going to have a whale of a time getting it off without taking the wheel with it. And since those stains indicate that they already tried tire lube, it looks like it’s going to be a long night.

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How long has that been there?

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Generally, people can tell when it’s time to replace a tire by how much tread that tire has left. By that metric, bald tires are either a sign of some unspeakably difficult terrain or a worryingly long period of neglect.

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However, that smoothness isn’t the only way that a tire can tell a driver it gave up the ghost a long time ago. All that fraying indicates that it’s been rotting for so long that it’s starting to bulge out. When was the last time this car drove anywhere?

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Nobody should ever get into this car

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Reddit user ajaydizzle showed off this Volkswagen Beetle that their brother somehow managed to sell. In all likelihood, he’s selling it for parts because it’s obvious that this thing has an entire ecosystem in the driver’s seat. The steering wheel alone looks like it’s ready to give someone at least three different diseases.

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