# A death wish? **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [December 19, 2021, 1:04pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-death-wish/181347 "2021-12-19T13:04:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2021, 1:04pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-death-wish/181347/1 "2021-12-19T13:04:54Z")
![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/0/6/065a9ac01b3b85afce06eb2718473c493356ad90.jpeg) 😱 ---
**Author:** ![MikeInNH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@MikeInNH](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MikeInNH)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2021, 2:02pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-death-wish/181347/2 "2021-12-19T14:02:19Z")
They actually work very well. They are meant to get you out of being stuck. They are not to be driven on the road for any distance. Just to get unstuck. ---
**Author:** ![Cavell](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cavell/32/43396_2.png) [@Cavell](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Cavell)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2021, 2:16pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-death-wish/181347/3 "2021-12-19T14:16:47Z")
The owner is stuck? In dry parking lot? ---
**Author:** ![JoeMario](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3bc359/32.png) [@JoeMario](https://community.cartalk.com/u/JoeMario)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2021, 2:23pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-death-wish/181347/4 "2021-12-19T14:23:16Z")
If I needed a short term fix that would enable me to keep driving in conditions where a flat or blowout could easily be handled, I’d do that. It’s pretty creative. ---
**Author:** ![Purebred](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/purebred/32/46796_2.png) [@Purebred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Purebred)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2021, 3:06pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-death-wish/181347/5 "2021-12-19T15:06:16Z")
I prefer a gel instant glue. ---
**Author:** ![TheWonderful90s](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/thewonderful90s/32/29584_2.png) [@TheWonderful90s](https://community.cartalk.com/u/TheWonderful90s)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2021, 5:18pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-death-wish/181347/6 "2021-12-19T17:18:38Z")
Driving with worn out rear tires or when the tread is noticeably more worn on the rear than the front is more dangerous than this. There have been 2 head on accidents and 5 lives lost in the last 5 years from this in my area from hydroplaning. I was at the junk yard and someone was buying a new front for his truck and he said he was just driving along on slush / snow and all the sudden his truck just turned in to the ditch. I looked at the rear tires on the way out and they were worn way down but the front ones were fine. ---
**Author:** ![pleasedodgevan2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ad7895/32.png) [@pleasedodgevan2](https://community.cartalk.com/u/pleasedodgevan2)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2021, 11:25pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-death-wish/181347/7 "2021-12-19T23:25:18Z")
Mud flaps are one thing, all-weather flaps are another. Smiley flaps? At a fancy restaurant all vehicles must wear ties. ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2021, 12:28am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-death-wish/181347/8 "2021-12-20T00:28:45Z")
I have seen a few dodgy fixes in my day, that right there is one step below duct tape on the tire to keep the tread on… And we share the road with these people… 🙄 ---
**Author:** ![Renegade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Renegade](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Renegade)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2021, 12:32am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-death-wish/181347/9 "2021-12-20T00:32:53Z")
> [@Mustangman](#): > > … > > And we share the road with these people… 🙄 And they also breed and vote. 🙃 ---
**Author:** ![Barkydog](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/barkydog/32/2470_2.png) [@Barkydog](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Barkydog)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2021, 1:16am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-death-wish/181347/10 "2021-12-20T01:16:24Z")
Reminds me of a lady I was behind at a tire store, "I could have gotten another 300 miles out of these tires if you did not have a gravel parking lot. ---
**Author:** ![Scrapyard-John](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@Scrapyard-John](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Scrapyard-John)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2021, 3:58am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-death-wish/181347/11 "2021-12-20T03:58:20Z")
Kind of beside the point, but I wonder if that tire is a recap. Well, I know it is now…but you know what I mean! ---
**Author:** ![Nevada\_545](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/nevada_545/32/41232_2.png) [@Nevada\_545](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Nevada_545)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2021, 4:38am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-death-wish/181347/12 "2021-12-20T04:38:19Z")
Cornell was a cheap Pep Boys tire. With that white wall that tire is probably 20 years old. ---
**Author:** ![asemaster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@asemaster](https://community.cartalk.com/u/asemaster)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2021, 5:43am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-death-wish/181347/13 "2021-12-20T05:43:21Z")
I was wondering what brand that tire was. Looked like a Maypop to me! I can’t remember the last time I saw a Cornell tire. ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2021, 11:15pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-death-wish/181347/14 "2021-12-20T23:15:59Z")
That photo would have gotten laughs on Jay Leno’s segment about bizarre home-brew repairs. I forget what he called that segment, hillbilly repairs, something like that. That might work ok if you noticed your tire was busted while you were at 7-11 buying a Big Gulp, and just needed to get home, a mile or two at 20 mph. ---
**Author:** ![CapriRacer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/capriracer/32/22_2.png) [@CapriRacer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/CapriRacer)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2021, 10:38am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-death-wish/181347/15 "2021-12-21T10:38:01Z")
What that looks like to me is a tread separation that has come partial apart and is being held together with zipties. I hope the owner gets this taken care of ASAP. This could result in something quite tragic!