Autocross mishap

[IowaS]

Sux being him, how do you not know something doesn't feel right before that happens....I mean all 4 wheels at once??

You got to think the people walking around the car just wanted to explode laughing at the guy....

[Boxtaboy]

Holy guacamole!! Geez...glad I use a torque wrench when reinstalling my wheels. LOL

[986 Girl]

How the heck was everyone so serious sounding when they crowded around the car? I didn't hear a single bit of laughter... I'm sorry, but I would have been cracking up. I can MAYBE understand forgetting to torque one wheel... but all four? It didn't even look like those things were hand tightened with how quickly they fell right off.

How embarrassing.

[Dr. Kill]

I am thinking sabotage. No one can forget to tighten ALL of their lug nuts...

Hahahahahahahahahahahhahahaahhahahahahaha........ Idiot

[blueillusion97]

that sux....i kinda feel bad for a guy

[porsche986spyder]

Originally Posted by Dr. Kill

I am thinking sabotage. No one can forget to tighten ALL of their lug nuts...

You would be surprised what people can forget when they are in a hurry or easily distracted by something else.

[blinkwatt]

If that were me,as soon as the wheels came off I would run and hide behind the nearest bush or tree possible cause that is embarrassing.

[BoxsterBob - CA]

I did some work on the brakes once, hand tightened the lugs, lowered the car and then my wife pulled up with a load of groceries. I carried in the groceries, encountered a few other distractions, then jumped in the car for a quick test drive. I got a few miles from the house and began to notice a wobble. I immediately knew what the problem was and pulled over. To add insult to stupidity, the torque wrench, lug wrench and cell phone were sitting in my driveway... a few miles away!

[ChrisZang]

Let me play Sherlock Holmes here:

So you drive to the Auto-X on street tires but change to racing tires there.
You untighten the nuts and jack up the car. Street wheels off, race wheels on.
Now you hand-tighten the nuts, lower the car, take your torque wrench and finish the job.

IF you would put the nuts on that loosely that they fall off after a few feet you would IMMEDIATELY notice it when lowering the car, as the whole wheel would tilt - right? And we are talking ALL FOUR WHEELS here. So your immediate reaction would be to jack up the car again, and hand-tighten the nut. The chances that this happens to you on all 4 wheels - impossible.

So IMHO there is NO WAY that the guy forgot to tighten the nuts, someone played a practical joke on him.

Now let's start the discussion how bad you have to behave at an Auto-X so that you motivate other folks to do that to you.....