These Are Your Most Desperate Fixes Ever

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Chewing gum, zip-ties, cardboard and beer cans: what do all these things have in common? Why, they’re all useful in desperate car repairs, of course!

Last week, I asked you guys about your most desperate car fixes. I was looking for some truly ingenious, out-of-the-box thinking. Because convention is for losers.

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There are more answers here than there usually are. Because you people are brilliant.

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Lunch Break (RazoE)

If it comes between you and lunch....

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Rat Problem (J.Pass)

Horrible stuff.

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Those After-Hour Fridays (JackMcCauley)

Just a pinch of pepper will do.

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Ice Ice (ciscokidinsf)

Whatever works!

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Steering Coupler (Akio Ohtori)

Replaceable!

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Ignition (kstokes)

If you can light it on fire...

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Seamless (Miss Mercedes ♥✈ smart Car Girl)

You can’t even tell it was coming off.

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Shotgunning (Bullitt417)

There’s a drinking and driving joke here somewhere.

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Caffeine Fix (Eat_Schnitzel)

They say you can’t start your day without it.

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Namibia (kavandje)

Land Cruiser adventures.

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Rallycross (MikaelVroom)

There are usually casualties.

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Zip-Ties + Glue (TDIIES)

Look at that! Good as new.

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Screw The Dealer (JEM)

Find your own way.

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Tire Sandal (ScionOfLucas)

Suitable.

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Reverse (Country Mac’s Ocular Patdown)

This is actually quite impressive.

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Gum (Chris)

Funny how well stuff like that works out.

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Moving (Wonderfully Disastrous)

It’s a bitch on so many levels.

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Puppeteer (FairGentlemanZ)

Just gotta pull some strings.

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More On That (FujiwaraTofuLXi?)

Glad most of my shoes come with laces.

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