Sunday, March 30, 2008

big rims, small brakes

There's a place here in Victoria called Rent A Tire. Much like it's name implies, you can rent tires for your car from there. You can also rent rims. The very fact that this store can exist signals everything that is wrong with America. It represents both how people are terrible with money and what awful automotive tastes we collectively have.

More importantly, it teaches us that big rims with small spokes look laughingly ludicrous on any car that someone with such poor taste is likely to be driving. Becasue while the car now has big flashy rims, you can see it's small cheap brakes pads and rotors. Hilarious.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

It is hilarious and quite silly looking, but I have to take my hat off to the guy or gal who came up with the Rent-A-Tire business model. Talk about finding a need and filling it, here is the perfect example of American commerce at work. I wonder if they take a lien on the whole vehicle. After all, the wheels and tires are attached and can be driven out of town any time.

Anonymous said...

Is the s#!%storm still brewing!