What is that?
Wheel weights. Their wheels will be unbalanced, meaning their steering will vibrate at certain speeds, depending on what the new balance is.
It’s not unsafe per se, at least not primarily. It’s annoying as fuck tho.
I got a flat tire and needed to replace the tires. Since I was going to get new tires soon anyway my quick replacement was a used tire different from my others.
My car was unbalanced and it felt so weird, had to keep checking if I got another flat because the vibration feeling was so off.
Weights, to mess with the balance of the wheel
Stick on tire weights. They're used to balance the weight of a tire, or in this case to massively un-balance a tire.
/c/fuckcars would love this
!fuckcars@lemmy.world exists!
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It's their fault for parking illegally.
Yeah, sounds like a YOU issue tbh..
I've been spending too much time on noncredibledefense, I thought they were ERA blocks at first glance.
Well, they can be... just not very good ERA blocks...
Buy a fuck load of wheel weights here: https://www.ebay.com/itm/233731184483
Nice try, eBay wheel weight merchant.
Remove tire from rim, place shot put in tire and remount, victory.
For a second I thought they were lithium batteries, then we'd have an attempted murder charge on our hands lol
Anyone getting the urge to steal these and sell them
Found Jesus?
Mess up their handling so they lose control and hit somebody? This is totally f*cked up.
Not sure if you're trying to be funny, but in case someone thinks you are being serious_ Unbalanced tyres will not cause someone to lose control. They'll get a little vibration feedback through the steering wheel, which may even be felt by passengers.
This is an extremely unlikely outcome, but no reasonable person would be tampering with other people's cars after seeing a meme on lemmy anyway. We're just telling jokes here.
Did you not read the name of this community?
https://www.tirereview.com/balance-runout-and-maximizing-tire-miles-for-fleets/
Not sure if source is legit, but seems like 1 pound of weights is the limit for on road use.
Can't even tell wtf I'm looking at. Terrible meme
Defenition of a skill issue.
I disagree with them about it being terrible too; but I think it's an issue of ignorance, not skill. I didn't know what it was either, but thankfully the kind people up at the top comments answered an asker! ^^
Git gud at mémé understandment, pleb.
Sounds like a you problem, bud.
The top picture is a car wheel with far too many wheel weights. The bottom is a large amount of wheel weights. They're used to balance wheels which helps make the ride smooth.
