By Robert Farago
December 3, 2008
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December 3rd, 2008 at 4:26 pm
Nothing. Absolutely nothing.
December 3rd, 2008 at 4:26 pm
I’m not in it.
December 3rd, 2008 at 4:28 pm
She is fully clothed
December 3rd, 2008 at 4:28 pm
I usually jack my car up when I want to exchange tires.
December 3rd, 2008 at 4:29 pm
Mechanical analysis-Looks like she’s trying to pull the wrench rather than turn it.
Artistic analysis-Nothing, she looks fine to me. The photog chose the pose for it’s impact.
Bunter
December 3rd, 2008 at 4:30 pm
You mean aside from nothing?
I guess it’s the fact that she isn’t married to me.
December 3rd, 2008 at 4:30 pm
Dang, missed the jack-good for you tom.
December 3rd, 2008 at 4:33 pm
There’s a car in that picture?
December 3rd, 2008 at 4:33 pm
“Could you please help me? I tried to remove this tire and now I have a car on my legs.”
December 3rd, 2008 at 4:35 pm
I’m sorry. Did you say something?
December 3rd, 2008 at 4:36 pm
Maybe she’s just checking the torque on the lug nuts, as the owner’s manual exhorts you to do once in a while.
Or, maybe this is really Wonder Woman, and she plans to lift the car up with her knees, remove the tire, throw it over her shoulder with one hand, and drag the spare over with the other.
Use your imagination.
Bob
December 3rd, 2008 at 4:44 pm
I’m curious to know actually.
You’re supposed to loosen the lug nuts before you jack up the car. Though usually I’m not strong enough to do it with my arms….i usually have to stand on the wrench. But maybe she’s super strong.
So what is wrong with it?
December 3rd, 2008 at 4:45 pm
It’s not my car?
She has her hands incorrectly positioned for either tightening or loosenign the lug nuts. this would actually make it better for me when I come over and help her out of her predicament after she struggles for 15 or 20 minutes getting all sweaty and pouty…..
Huh, sorry, what was the question?
December 3rd, 2008 at 4:47 pm
Damn, some wheels have all the luck!
December 3rd, 2008 at 4:47 pm
She needs to work on her posture, she is going to strain her back.
:P
December 3rd, 2008 at 4:49 pm
She needs to go to Fulcrum & Leverage 101.
December 3rd, 2008 at 4:52 pm
1. Where’s the brake dust?
2. She’s not talking on her cellphone.
3. What kind of gentleman would not offer to help her? He’s obviously there, as his reflection shows.
December 3rd, 2008 at 5:00 pm
Being quite crass….
I’d say she can tug my lug nuts
….ah. never mind.
December 3rd, 2008 at 5:04 pm
They used a woman who looks unintelligent. And who is acting unintelligently. (See Stein’s comment, a couple above.)
December 3rd, 2008 at 5:11 pm
She’s not yet part of Justin’s harem?
December 3rd, 2008 at 5:12 pm
Her right leg is teleporting through the floor of the car?
December 3rd, 2008 at 5:23 pm
Bunch of dirty old men around here. Of course you can put me in the same category. And she does have waaay too much clothing on!
December 3rd, 2008 at 5:24 pm
I loosen the luguts of a car before putting the car up on a jack. So I can only think of three things:
She didn’t call AAA?
The car is German and she hasn’t set the fancy air suspension that needs on the “I’m changing a tire, so don’t try to self level” setting?
The last thing I see that might be wrong is, she’s not standing and bent over the iron to get more leverage.
Then again, she can loosen my lugnuts in any position she wants.
December 3rd, 2008 at 5:25 pm
Cue the blonde jokes…
December 3rd, 2008 at 5:26 pm
I know … she’s not in the kitchen.
(I’m going to hell)
December 3rd, 2008 at 5:37 pm
They have the jack off. One of us should add it back in. :D
December 3rd, 2008 at 5:44 pm
This looks strangely familiar… I’ll tell you whats going on. She’s removing all but one lug nut because the owner of the car probably pissed her off for some reason. It’s obvious you guys have never dated a psycho before.
December 3rd, 2008 at 5:45 pm
Wow. The picture title is priceless.
“Big tyres and bulky aprons? They may look attractive on a car. But the worldly woman prefers to snuggle into the sexy combination by Lorinser Lady Pant and Zip Jacket, which form together a stylish suit. Thanks to its comfortable cut and soft, robust material made of 92 percent cotton and 8 percent spandex, the outfit cuts a good figure even when changing a tyre. As you can see in our press photo. Anyone looking as unashamedly good as this won’t have to wait long for her helpful knight in shining armour. And as a thank-you you’ll be able to escort him into a trendy restaurant without having to change the Lorinser Look.”
That’s… special.
But yeah, she -is- wearing too many clothes. ;)
December 3rd, 2008 at 5:45 pm
The calves of busty models are a poor substitute for a good set of wheel chocks.
December 3rd, 2008 at 5:47 pm
My pick-up lug nuts require more torque than that produced by your wimpy 4-cylinder engine.
December 3rd, 2008 at 5:57 pm
When the service advisor at the dealer told her the problem “was the loose nut behind the wheel” and would not be covered under warranty, she went hunting for the problem herself!
December 3rd, 2008 at 6:03 pm
When the service advisor told her the problem “was the loose nut behind the wheel” and it would not be cover under warranty, she went hunting for the problem on her own.
December 3rd, 2008 at 6:11 pm
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December 3rd, 2008 at 6:49 pm
Nothing wrong or bad about this picture.
At first look, I was awed by her unimaginable super ability to rock my world. Technically she may be doing something dumb, but no ones perfect, I can’t fault her for anything. Still I’ll need to get to know her before I let her near my nuts.
December 3rd, 2008 at 6:51 pm
Full marks for this thread! I (we) NEEDED this.
OK the problem with this photo is, it doesn’t tell us what dealership its at so we can go there for service!
Which makes me think, will we finally get back to male equality again because of this auto industry problem, after such a long absence of that, so that we can come out of the closet and have beautiful women sell cars again? Blatantly? Instead of only jokes about males being allowed?
If so, then maybe all this will be worth it! Famous quote, “middle aged men live their lives in silent desperation”. Considering the recent past, nothing could be more appropriate.
December 3rd, 2008 at 6:56 pm
She is not using a tool limiting the power to fix the bolt. So she might damage the bolts, meaning that the wheel could go off.
Ok – what the heck …
December 3rd, 2008 at 7:39 pm
1. Those wheels are stupid and add nothing but weight and liability to the handling of whatever car that is (Spyker with RX8 headlights?).
2. Her torque application method is unconventional and quite incorrect if she expects to accomplish anything useful.
3. The expression on her face appears to be one of not extreme annoyance while faced with the prospect of changing tires with a crappy tire iron.
4. Her mechanic’s suit is strangely devoid of obnoxious sponsor logos.
or…
5. Nothing seems out of the ordinary with this picture as Kimi Raikkonen appears to be taking out a member of his pit crew at Valencia (double entendre?).
December 3rd, 2008 at 7:50 pm
The biggest problem with the picture is that there is only one.
More please.
December 3rd, 2008 at 8:21 pm
Girls like that can usually change a tire with just a smile.
December 3rd, 2008 at 8:53 pm
The problem with the picture is clearly that she clearly has more expensive tastes than any of us will be able to reasonably afford. Of course that’s not a good reason to keep us from trying.
December 3rd, 2008 at 10:34 pm
Is it possible to take a picture at that angle and still see the woman in it in the reflection from the car?
December 3rd, 2008 at 11:58 pm
There’s supposed to be a can of Crisco and a shot glass involved.
December 4th, 2008 at 3:16 am
OK, so girls in track suits being totally stupid is a turn on. I’m going to stop reading any deeper into this one. Noted, moving on.
December 4th, 2008 at 3:19 am
Is it a CL? Sorry about the double post, I got curious after heart skipped obligatory beat.
December 4th, 2008 at 3:28 am
I don’t care what’s wrong with the picture, why is she out of the kitchen?!
and just to show that I’m an equal opportunity bigot…
How are parking spaces like men? All the good one are taken and the only ones that are available are either too small or handicapped.
December 14th, 2008 at 9:08 am
I can’t believe that every last one of you missed it…
… the tire is not flat!
It’s on an actual rim instead of a steelie or a cheater donut (which probably don’t go on the front of that model vehicle, etc.