Holy Bald!

"PotbellyJoe and 42 others" (potbellyjoe)
11/25/2015 at 11:34 • Filed to: None

I parked next to a car today in my corporate parking lot to see this tire on the passenger-front wheel.

I was astonished at how far it was worn down. We’re not a bunch of wealthy people at this place, but we’re far from broke, especially the building that this parking lot serves. This was on an 8G Honda Accord (2008-2012), so it’s not some ratty old hunk of junk.

I notified security to contact the person and left a note saying I have a floor jack and tools in my car if they need help putting on the spare. The driver’s side is bald, but not this bad, I mean this tire is through the cording on that one patch. The person is trusting the inner layer of their tire right now.

Part of me wanted to grab my Morakniv out of my glovebox and force their hand to replacing their tire by slashing it, but i like my job too much.

Hopefully the notes help.

Also, how long do you think it’s been since they had an oil change? This kind of wear doesn’t happen overnight.

DISCUSSION (26)

Takuro Spirit > PotbellyJoe and 42 others
11/25/2015 at 11:55

Kinja'd!!!

Does that date code say 1010? If so that tire’s over 5 years old. Not bad.

BREADwagon > PotbellyJoe and 42 others
11/25/2015 at 11:58

That’s insane and super dangerous not only for whoever’s in the car, but whoever’s on the road with him when it catastrophically fails.

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > PotbellyJoe and 42 others
11/25/2015 at 12:02

What BREADwagon said. You are justified in slashing it as you are making the roads safer afaic. Even if the court says otherwise.

Chariotoflove > PotbellyJoe and 42 others
11/25/2015 at 12:04

The wear looks to be uneven. They need more than just a new tire.

Rico > PotbellyJoe and 42 others
11/25/2015 at 12:06

Also let them know to look both ways before crossing the street and to chew their food before swallowing to minimize the chance of choking. Anyone who lets their tires get to this point deserve a blow out, do they also forget to put gas in when the little needle get’s to the big E?

TheVicious > Rico
11/25/2015 at 12:08

I'd agree with you, but he'll probably blow out on a major roadway and hurt someone... So get that tire changed.

McMike > PotbellyJoe and 42 others
11/25/2015 at 12:10

Kinja'd!!!

#BLESSED

Rico > TheVicious
11/25/2015 at 12:12

Let that shit BLOW

PotbellyJoe and 42 others > Chariotoflove
11/25/2015 at 12:13

You should see the other side, the alignment is clearly shot and I would suspect the tie-rods are on the verge, I can’t tell, but I would be surprised (given the area) if it hadn’t been a victim of potholes as well.

PotbellyJoe and 42 others > McMike
11/25/2015 at 12:15

I jokingly said to a friend that the driver must be Baptist, they clearly don’t believe in change.

(I grew up Baptist, I’m allowed to joke.)

BigBlock440 > PotbellyJoe and 42 others
11/25/2015 at 12:15

It likely didn’t happen overnight, but if the alignment’s out it could wear down very quickly. I changed the tie rods on my car in highschool and until I was able to get it aligned I chewed through a tire a week, less than 100 miles/week. I had a stack of free tires, so they weren’t new, but they still wore down shockingly quick the 3 weeks it took until my alignment.

PS9 > PotbellyJoe and 42 others
11/25/2015 at 12:17

What? Theres still some rubber there, it’s still good! C’mon, don’t look at me that way. Tires are expensive!

Ugh. FINE MOM, I’LL FIX IT ALREADY. *grabs duct tape*

PotbellyJoe and 42 others > BigBlock440
11/25/2015 at 12:19

Yeah, but you could feel something was very wrong in the meantime. You don’t scrub that kind of rubber without feeling it in the wheel.

BigBlock440 > PotbellyJoe and 42 others
11/25/2015 at 12:22

You have more faith in the average driver than I do.

PotbellyJoe and 42 others > BigBlock440
11/25/2015 at 12:26

I have zero faith in the driver. I have faith that a tire this worn on the front wheel of a FWD Honda is going to make the car dance and shake in ways that no one can ignore.

It’s faith in the car, not the driver, haha.

luvMeSome142 & some Lincoln! > PotbellyJoe and 42 others
11/25/2015 at 12:28

Aw yeah! Don’t you know that the sticky rubber is under those cords?

Stapleface-Now Hyphenated! > PotbellyJoe and 42 others
11/25/2015 at 12:46

Probably a lease. And they'll ignore the note, and turn the car in like that.

Chariotoflove > PotbellyJoe and 42 others
11/25/2015 at 12:54

With winter coming, I am scared for this person.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > PotbellyJoe and 42 others
11/25/2015 at 13:03

Mother of god!

That’s SSOOOO bad.

And I doubt they know what an oil change is.

McMike > PotbellyJoe and 42 others
11/25/2015 at 13:17

That was a Lewis Hamilton bald joke. Sorry it was subtle.

PotbellyJoe and 42 others > McMike
11/25/2015 at 13:21

No I got it. Just adding another joke.

Birddog > PotbellyJoe and 42 others
11/25/2015 at 13:32

That tire is fine!

Just have it flipped on the rim and there’s an easy 8k-10k left there.

Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) > Rico
11/25/2015 at 13:41

Anything that will just harm the driver is fine to ignore. But something like bald tires, is a risk to everyone else around the car. And tires are often the most ignored part of cars. If they don’t take the car to a shop often or they always say NO when the shop says "you probably need new tires", they will not have any idea until it blows out. Certainly much safer if everyone has acceptable, roadworthy tires.

Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) > PotbellyJoe and 42 others
11/25/2015 at 13:46

This is a work of art. I did not know you could get a tire to wear this far while still holding air.

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > PotbellyJoe and 42 others
11/26/2015 at 21:36

Its shit like this and /justrolledintotheshop is why I believe state inspections are at least somewhat effective. Though in many ways a joke they at least keep some of this crap off the road.

PotbellyJoe and 42 others > gmporschenut also a fan of hondas
11/27/2015 at 00:40

The sad part is NJ had state safety inspections and the morons were failing cars because they were paid per car that went through rather than actually doing their jobs, they just failed cars to boost volume. So then the politicians caught on and made it so it’s now just a CEL check. Stupid. Now we deal with this kind of crap.