The kind you see on the highway that can't even change a tire. I saw a guy pulled over on the interstate in a newer Audi, flat tire in the back. The spare was laying behind the car, with a 4-way laying on top of it. The "man" was inside his car talking on his cell, presumably calling a tow truck or AAA. Come on, man!

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He pulled the spare out ...he at least knew it had one...if not how to change it.

I see SUV's all the time on the shoulder with a flat....and a perfectly new looking spare hanging from underneith and not a sole around.

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1971 280SE W108
1979 300SD W116
1983 300D W123
1975 Ironhead Sportster chopper
1987 GMC 3/4 ton 4X4 Diesel
1989 Honda Civic (Heavily modified)
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"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche

See, what I think is funny is that it looked like he tried to do something, and then just gave up! How in the hell is changing a spare so complicated?

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makes you wonder what else he is incapible of doing?

Must be running a company...they say one always rises to his level of incompetance....he must have gone all the way to the top.

Even my 65 year old mother can change a flat.

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1971 280SE W108
1979 300SD W116
1983 300D W123
1975 Ironhead Sportster chopper
1987 GMC 3/4 ton 4X4 Diesel
1989 Honda Civic (Heavily modified)
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Section 609 MVAC Certified
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"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche

It would cost him $5,000 cash up front for me to change his flat for him....after all its not easy to not laugh my butt off that he is too damn stupid or lazy to do it.

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Proud owner of ....
1971 280SE W108
1979 300SD W116
1983 300D W123
1975 Ironhead Sportster chopper
1987 GMC 3/4 ton 4X4 Diesel
1989 Honda Civic (Heavily modified)
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Section 609 MVAC Certified
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"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche

A republican would know how to change a tire.....and not think he was above it....

unlike a certain wife of an ex-president who told Chelsea not to talk to the help...."The help" being a marine guard on Air Force One.

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Proud owner of ....
1971 280SE W108
1979 300SD W116
1983 300D W123
1975 Ironhead Sportster chopper
1987 GMC 3/4 ton 4X4 Diesel
1989 Honda Civic (Heavily modified)
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Section 609 MVAC Certified
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"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche

You never know finding the jack can be a real PIA sometimes and when you do find it finding a lift point HIGH enough to accommodate the jack can be a tough on low profile vehicles especially if you don't read the owners manual to find the lift points.

Or just maybe............the spare tire was flat tooooooo!

Free 24 hour roadside assistance. You get it too with your MB no matter how old. Why not use it? You ever try to change a tire on a highway? It's damn dangerous.

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Maybe he left the key to his wheel locks at home -- it happens.

As much as I don't want to admit it I've made that mistake but I get a flat a month so I get a little pass right?

I gt so many flats I carry an el cheapo jack in my cargo compartment on the Avalanche. The tire shop that patches my tires give me VIP I just drive right in to the next available bay.

Exactly -- that could have been any one of us, depending on the circumstances.

Ya, but what if he had a gun

In stead of knocking the guy, maybe you should of pulled over an offer some asssitance.Remember the Howard Hughes story?The poor farmer stopped and offered him a ride aka assistance. Low and behold Hughes remembered the guy in his will.Don't think because you can change a tire your smarter then the person that just plan hires ignorant people like yourself to change there tires.

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joe moon/95Benzman

Fairly new ride? thats not terribly likely..but possible

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Proud owner of ....
1971 280SE W108
1979 300SD W116
1983 300D W123
1975 Ironhead Sportster chopper
1987 GMC 3/4 ton 4X4 Diesel
1989 Honda Civic (Heavily modified)
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Section 609 MVAC Certified
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"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche