I was helping a lady at work change a flat last week and another dude who came in as I was finishing up tried to butt in and argue with me that I was putting the lug nuts on backwards. Even after I explained how they worked. I had to walk him down the lot and show him the rest of her tires and 3 other cars with them to get him to shut the fuck up about it. It's extra stupid because he knows I used to be a mechanic. I've put 1000s of tires on. I know what I'm doing.

I'm probably among the least mechanically proficient people in here, and even I know to turn nuts with that centering cone thingy the right way.

I don't do a whole lot of maintenance myself, but during a period of being broke as a bum and really needing new brakes to pass inspection, I did figure out how to change disks and pads. A little while after that I also learned to get rid of air in the brake system.

Jesus that’s bad.

Honestly, though, if you don’t grow up working on cars seemingly obvious things aren’t obvious. A part of me wants to applaud him for learning to work on his car himself.

I am kinda shocked that wheel wasn’t vibrating like crazy driving down the highway though.

Just wanna say thanks for posting something OC and interesting here. All of the other things I've seen have been shitty "memes" that should've stayed on Facebook.

I used the wrong lugs on the OEM winter wheels on my RSX. At first I didn't know any better (conical vs ball seat), but once the damage had been done I kept using them. The OEM wheels were already fairly rough when I bought the car. Oops, but at least I know better now, and at least I was doin' better than this guy.