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    pres: In case anyone cares, a neighbor approached me last night and told me that he saw someone running away from the car when he got home @ 3am. I guess t... more »
    friedduck: Does the Fail relate to the shoddy maintenance or the choice of a clapped out F&F extra as his daily transport? more »
    MushyHeirloom: All I can do is remember the video we had a while back of all the wheels coming off a rallycross car and think "this could be worse". more »
    pres: Here's a shot of where it hit asphalt. It's the only place that I found aside from the front bumper where it hit. more »
    Novaload: Notify my next of kin. This wheel shall explode. more »
    DoctorNine: I hate 4 lug wheels. This is one reason why. more »
    pres: This is my beater/weekend autocrosser, now slightly more beaten. The back story is that we've had some interesting weather here in FL recently...30's ... more »
    xeensd: At least the fender is cheap... I wonder if he was using spacers and snapped a lug. more »
    Pete Gaines: This happened to me once on my old '83 Rabbit...only it wasn't the loose lugnuts, it was a rotten CV boot. more »
    damnelantra™: have to say, thats a fairly interesting paint scheme. more »
    Smitty: I kinda like the fender cut-out scoop formed by the departing tire. Reminds me of a '54 Buick Skylark. more »
    Rust-MyEnemy: It's so funny, how you don't torque any more.... more »
    Rust-MyEnemy: Cue trillions of commenters writing FAIL after everybloodything. more »
    BMWCARL: man those wheels look like they came off the tron set more »
    TRUEBLUE'STANG: 240sx? perhaps? more »
  • #jalopnikpublicserviceannouncement

    A Very Jalopnik PSA: Torque Your Lugs