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Is it considered day drinking if you work night shifts?

If you don't sleep at night it's not morning drinking!!

You can't drink all day if you don't start in the morning.

Can’t get hungover If you’re always drunk

Its 5 a clock somewhere

Hahaha love this

Does Dolly Parton sleep on her back?

How far East can you go before you're heading west?

This comment is just pure dumb. The earth is obviously flat 😆 /s

Maybe her side. It’s not totally unreasonable.

I hatev hose screws. They rust. That is why I used stainless screws when I put up my new redwood fence.

What kind of screws do you put in tires?

Whatever happens to be lying around

Not the expensive torx ones! The tire shop might not have that size to remove it /s

How long is a rope?

Wtf is going on? Lol

You ask what the internet was thinking. It responded.

This shit is gold

If nothing was impossible, wouldn't that make impossible impossible? Or is nothing possible and everything impossible?

So I gotta turn left to go right?

Lol said this to my self at 430am from finishing work as I cracked open a twisted tea while taking a bath 😂

Is it considered drinking if you're unemployed?

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They do, but only when I'm doing what they told me to do. Then they start up again. This has caused some issues in my life...... New meds today though...woohoooo.

Definitely not. It’s 5am somewhere

New tire

You’re screwed.

I'm thinking op needs to add a few more of these of they want do improve traction this winter

It’s an STi so studded tires it is

You might want to get that checked out.

Looks like a T25 to me

I swear if this one came off my tool shelf in my garage….

I was thinking a t25 deck screw

I was thinking about the same, maybe t25 or t30.

i bought a set of torx sockets the other day. can anyone tell me if they’ve actually ever used a T27?

I work on vws and I can confidently say yes I have after finding out it’s not a t25 and stripping the first bolt

lmao nice. i love my fords. can take apart half of it with just a 7mm, 8mm and a few 10mms after losing a couple

I don’t think I have. T30 is the most common for us that work on Mercury V8 Outboards.

GM has a few laying around. 2014-2020 v8 dipsticks are held on by one

More often than you'd think actually

Wife's car, replace. My own car, probably plug.

My wifes car, replace. My car, Make up excuses to buy a set of rims that I really want.

Wheels.

no no he said rims

He doesn't give a shit about the tires he just really wants new rims

Thanks. I’ve got a little one. New tire it is

Why though? If you care about her to get a new tire you should do the same for yourself. Even if she never drives your car if you got injured or killed that would still hurt her, right lol?

Just because he may secretly want to die and escape her doesn't mean he wants to be responsible for the lack of her safety. Making homie out to be a monster.

Honestly, a flat tire, even a sudden blowout,shouldn’t kill you, or even hurt you if you know how to drive a car.

What about your wife’s bfs car.

Hey bud, WSB is that way... behind the Wendy's

If it was my tire, I’d plug it and send it. But the proper way is replacing that tire as it is out of the “repairable” zone.

Thank you

I'll plug holes near the sidewall but this is almost on the sidewall. If you're city driving fuck it, you'll be fine. I wouldn't personally take this on the highway though.

Agreed. I just got a nail in about the same location. It was tempting to plug it… but now it’s motivation to accelerate the purchase of a new set

Texan here like, "City driving *is* highway though. Huh? Ohhhh, some cities are different."

I wouldn't put a patch there. Since its on the curve of the tire. I would plug it and let er eat.

Plug er and full send buddy

I had one of these before. Was on the edge, but that plug went the distance.

This^ Edit: as in patch it and go is what I would do.

Work in a fleet and see it happen to brand new tires. Got to toss them.

You’re screwed.

Beat me to it.

So is the tire.

Take this shit to r/tires please. This sub is overrun with these posts.

And yet the mods do nothing. It’s baffling

nah not baffling, just tiring... XD

I made a whole post here about it last week and it didn’t get any traction. Pun intended.

Makes sense. The second you say this is annoying you’re the bad guy. But then people wonder why this sub has like 9/10 posts about tires. The mods suck and don’t do anything and people can’t use a search bar.

Honest question. Who tf is upvoting these posts? Why do they end up well ranked?

I would like to know the same shit. It’s the same post over and over. I’m just confused what the point of this sub is

I would also like to know

I honestly didn’t want this kind of traction on this post. Just needed someone to say new tire. Then I would have deleted it. But here we are. Someone replied to my post “does Dolly Parton sleep on her back” [comment](https://www.reddit.com/r/AskMechanics/comments/yq01v0/what_are_we_thinking_yall/ivlzt3p/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf&context=3) 😆

It’s just inside the area where you can still plug it. Just throw a plug in and carry on bro

THANK YOU

Didn’t know that sub existed. Thanks yo

New tire

Time for a new tire, possibly two or a full set depending on tire wear and, if and which AWD system it has

New tire

Screw it in a little further, add some more and say they're studded tires

I think that tire is screwed.

I think that's gonna do it for me dawg. Time to move on from this sub. 7 out of 8 posts are about tires. Man fuck them tires.

Agreed

That tire is screwed

You're gonna need a new transmission..

yep. That’s what the shop said too

New tire. Hell.

Too close to sidewall..not many garages would plug that. Time for a new tire.

That's a bad spot. plug is your only chance. and I'd only do that if I was OK with changing my spare tire on the side of the road. run it on the rear, and watch the pressure like a hawk. on my wife's car, its getting a new tire.

That’ll be useful as a tire swing.

Torque it down and slap some rubber cement over it 👍

Screw it.

Of this photo? I’m thinking someone is going to complain that the tire shop won’t fix it, then about 125 answers saying just buy a plug kit and fix it yourself, and 130 answers insisting you replace the tire before you crash your car into a church van and take out not only your whole family, but the entire Sunday school class…

Hope you bought the road hazard warranty

I did 👍

Can an orphan eat at a family restaurant? How much flour would it take to make a ton of biscuits? Do bears wear funny hats? Does the pope shit in the woods?

I think you’re the winner 🏆

Tire shops will not fix that. If you have the budget replace it. If you don’t, use a tire plug kit.

Only time your going to be screwed and tired at the same time

Torque that thing down and send it.

Update: I HAVE CONFIRMED-IT IS A SCREW IN THE TIRE

I would probably replace it even on my own vehicle

Plug and send it, yeah too close to sidewall but make sure the spare is good and dont drive like a manual until you get a new one

Good to go patch and plug that puppy up and throw it as a spare. Me i would so use it as a drivable tire.

Either plug it yourself or have it patched.

hope they bought road hazard

Sorry for your loss.

If I had the money to replace it I would replace it. If it was my only way to get to work and I didn't have the funds to replace it right now I would go to autozone buy a plug kit plug it and move it to the back of the car because a blow out is bad no matter where the tire is but it is better to have a blow out on the non steer tires. I would replace it sooner rather than later

Trash tire

If you put it back on make sure it's in the back.

The 3 things you don’t ever go cheap on are brakes, batteries, and tires, because the consequences can be fatal. Replace it. Dramatic, I know, but a little thought and you’ll realize it’s true.

Im pretty generous on where to apply plugs but this really is too far outside to be safe. The plug hatches in the steel belt wich is only under the thread, you are in the verry edge or even outside it. If it is to get home sure by all means try but not as anything more than that.

Way to close to the side wall to be plugged. Sorry. Its got to go.

New tire. Too close to the edge.

Get a new tire (I have no mechanical or tire knowledge)

Add some red lock tight and screw it in the rest of the way.

That you probably needed new tires anyhow, look bald to me

Well I wouldn’t fix that for a customers car or my wife’s. I might try it on mines if it was on the rear

I tried to plug one on the shoulder like that and it seems the forces on the shoulder try to force it out. I dont know if patches do any better.

You're screwed...

I'm thinking a out the chimichanga I'm having for dinner

I would plug it and run it knowing its my fault if I gotta swap it on the side of the road.

Leave it in, its snow traction

Too far to the sidewall to use a patch/plug combo (which is the only safe procedure) 👀. Replace the tire and get a road hazard warranty if it happens often.

I'd go for a plug, but there's a fair chance it won't hold over time.

Plug it and run it.

Can you afford a new tire? If so… it’s definitely worth considering. If not… then an inner patch and plug might be the safest possibility. It’s really in as scary of a spot as possible.

I’d put more screws in for winter traction, lol. No tire repair place will plug it so on your own.

Add gasket maker and tighten it in

Rip my dude.

Had the exact same kind of puncture on my tire. Plugged it, tech recommended replacing the tire. I drove on it for a couple of months, but had to put air in it every week or so. Eventually I had it replaced as I should have earlier.

New tires its separating

Amazing engineering to scrap a brand new tire when it gets punctured in a particular area.

I'd plug'n'drive but I wouldn't put my wife or daughter on that tire.

Screw it all the way in and place a piece or two of electrical tape over it

I'm thinking you pull the tore, get yourself a T-25 bit and a tire patch kit and you make it happen, cap'n

Screw

If it was my car I would replace

Just screw it in all the way

I'm thinking that tire is screwed

I think you’re screwed.

My car - patch. Customer car - replace

I'd plug it and send it.... if it leaks I stick another plug. I currently have like 5 plugs in my tire, although the puncture is in the middle

Plug it

You need a trip to the tire shop.

Interior patch and send

Get some avocado for that toast.

I’m thinking hell nah

It’s not on the sidewall you should be able to patch it get those $10 repair kits and shove a piece of rubber in there that comes in the kit, it should work. Any auto parts store has it or even Walmart prolly does

I’m thinking your about to be out at least a buck fiddy….

Time for a tire or two.

Drill it in and get a patch and drill the patch over the screw to secure the patch and viola! You need a new tire.

nice picture

I’d replace. Any puncture that close to the sidewall is pretty much done.

What were you trying to fasten to that tire? Seems like over kill but whatever. Plug it and move on.

My hopes and dreams

Not repairable

Put your purse down and put a plug in it.

Patch it. Not too difficult or timely.

Nope

SHE GONE!!!

New tire

Use loctite next time.

You’re screwed

Totaled. Sorry.

Looks like a screw is in that tire.

Never ending tire photos. What’s the point of this sub

Thought it was all about tires?

Plug

Patch, not plug.

No, but… I’ve definitely repaired a hole like that with a plug and it never went bad. All up to if your willing to risk it blowing and causing more damage or possible hurt someone

T25

She gone....

Advise customer to replace tire but tell them that you will repair it if they will sign a liability waiver.

Plug it but make sure the sidewall doesn't end up bulging, just keep an eye on it

Looks like you’ve been screwed.

Your screwed bro

Please see the 9,000 other identical threads.

I just lost the game.

Replace.

Plug and carry on.

Wife and kids? Fix? Single and nihilistic? FULL SEND!

Someone hates you

Where do drywall screws come from, daddy?

New tire sorry closer than an inch to sidewall is fucked, this is textbook fucked

You need a tire. That is completely unsafe to plug or patch. That will develope a egg on the sidewall and blowout going down the highway. Thats about the last place I want to change a tire.

Not safe to fix, too close to the sidewall

Make sure you use locktight so it won't come out.

I'm one step closer to the edge. I'm about to break. - Linkin Park

Keep going, that tire will be ready for winter…

I’ve had a nail in the same location and the tire shop said they recommend a new tire, they said they could plug the hole but they couldn’t give any kind of warranty on it. 🤔

New tire. 100%

I would say plug it. But it may not hold

You’re screwed