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This is why patience is a virtue

It’s understandable to look at this partially-scorched wheel and wonder what terrible accident befell it. However, it’s probably even more disappointing to learn that, according to Reddit user Angeleyz1025, this was no accident at all.

Apparently, the customer was trying to remove this lug nut but couldn’t get it to budge by conventional means. So, they decided to take a blowtorch to their rim, which damaged the wheel and melted its plastic cover. Unsurprisingly (for everyone but them), that didn’t turn out to be a very good idea.