# Beware of misinformation **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [January 25, 2020, 5:43pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/beware-of-misinformation/157286 "2020-01-25T17:43:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/48514_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2020, 5:43pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/beware-of-misinformation/157286/1 "2020-01-25T17:43:52Z")
Hopefully nobody is dumb enough to believe the nonsense in this spam, which is currently circulating via email. Obviously, the veterans of this forum know better, but there are people out there who might believe it. Apparently, it was supposed to be a joke, but some people who receive it might not realize that they shouldn’t take it seriously. ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/1/4/14ccc9ee046c5b9b8723ba52ebd4c173005d7fd0.jpeg) 😵 ---
**Author:** ![tom418](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/da6949/32.png) [@tom418](https://community.cartalk.com/u/tom418)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2020, 1:09pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/beware-of-misinformation/157286/2 "2020-01-26T13:09:20Z")
Well, you _will_ use less gas if you cut it off- Like ZERO! So _that’s_ why engine manufacturers switched from chains to belts. Got it! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![circuitsmith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/circuitsmith/32/40376_2.png) [@circuitsmith](https://community.cartalk.com/u/circuitsmith)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2020, 2:29pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/beware-of-misinformation/157286/3 "2020-01-26T14:29:00Z")
I can’t imagine someone dumb enough to believe this image, and also smart enough to remove the timing belt cover. So many can’t even get past opening the hood. ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/48514_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2020, 2:36pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/beware-of-misinformation/157286/4 "2020-01-26T14:36:45Z")
> [@circuitsmith](#): > > So many can’t even get past opening the hood. That is true, but… you never know what types of mischief people can get themselves into. ---
**Author:** ![VOLVO-V70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e8cbc/32.png) [@VOLVO-V70](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VOLVO-V70)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2020, 2:40pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/beware-of-misinformation/157286/5 "2020-01-26T14:40:45Z")
I don’t know about all of them because I don’t need the sites that have those internet challenges that people do . Many of them are dangerous so yes I can see someone actually cutting a timing belt just because they saw this email . ---
**Author:** ![ok4450](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ok4450](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ok4450)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2020, 6:34pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/beware-of-misinformation/157286/6 "2020-01-26T18:34:32Z")
Nothing would surprise me anymore so more than likely someone out there is considering or has done it. Back in the late 80s a 70s model Subaru was towed in for a no-start. The smell of burnt wiring was very strong. Apparently the headlight fuse gave up; a 15 amp fuse. The guy added a 20 amp which promptly blew and keep in mind this was the old style glass fuses. He then went to a 25, 30 and eventually a 40 amp which popped immediately. His answer for this was to remove the short blade from a reversible common/.Phillips screwdriver and plug that into the fuse holder. Nothing popped this time except all of the wiring from the fuse box forward. And of course he complained about the cost of a new harness… ---
**Author:** ![SteveCBT](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/stevecbt/32/3192_2.png) [@SteveCBT](https://community.cartalk.com/u/SteveCBT)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2020, 12:23am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/beware-of-misinformation/157286/7 "2020-01-27T00:23:30Z")
![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/4/7/471e62e8774406f5d9f409bfb928be60cb19c67d.jpeg) ---
**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:** [January 27, 2020, 1:36am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/beware-of-misinformation/157286/8 "2020-01-27T01:36:40Z")
Saw this, is the first car a Delorien? ![50md](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/7/0/70222d61fe8eb56426e7136c4647c0e9a151e580.jpeg) ? ---
**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:** [January 27, 2020, 1:47am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/beware-of-misinformation/157286/9 "2020-01-27T01:47:32Z")
Looks like a photoshop! ---
**Author:** ![NYBo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/nybo/32/17281_2.png) [@NYBo](https://community.cartalk.com/u/NYBo)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2020, 1:58am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/beware-of-misinformation/157286/10 "2020-01-27T01:58:41Z")
> [@Barkydog](#): > > Looks like a photoshop! What, you’ve never heard of _Back to the Future?_ ---
**Author:** ![Bugmenot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@Bugmenot](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Bugmenot)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2020, 1:59am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/beware-of-misinformation/157286/11 "2020-01-27T01:59:14Z")
Yep. photoshopped. [Here’s an original version.](https://www.latimes.com/newsletters/ct-biz-mcdonalds-museum-des-plaines-demolish-20171121-story.html) ---
**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:** [January 27, 2020, 2:22am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/beware-of-misinformation/157286/12 "2020-01-27T02:22:43Z")
I definitely recall the first McDonalds where I lived in Colorado at the time. They had a new-franchise promotion that lasted a couple of years. Pretty good deal. For 35 cents every Saturday, for those 12 or younger, you got a hamburger, fries, and milkshake. Pretty tasty. ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/48514_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2020, 4:34pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/beware-of-misinformation/157286/13 "2020-01-27T16:34:27Z")
> [@VOLVO\_V70](#): > > I don’t know about all of them because I don’t need the sites that have those internet challenges that people do . Many of them are dangerous so yes I can see someone actually cutting a timing belt just because they saw this email . The latest internet “challenge” is a particularly stupid and dangerous one! > **[New viral ‘outlet challenge’ sparks fears of electrical fires](https://www.nj.com/healthfit/2020/01/new-viral-outlet-challenge-sparks-fears-of-electrical-fires.html)** > > Officials are warning about a new viral challenge involving pennies and electrical outlets that can potentially cause a fire. ---
**Author:** ![MikeInNH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@MikeInNH](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MikeInNH)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2020, 4:52pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/beware-of-misinformation/157286/14 "2020-01-27T16:52:14Z")
> [@circuitsmith](#): > > I can’t imagine someone dumb enough to believe this image, and also smart enough to remove the timing belt cover. Go. to youtube and look up Flat Earthers. Believe me…there are plenty of extremely stupid people who’ll believe this crap. ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/48514_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2020, 4:55pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/beware-of-misinformation/157286/15 "2020-01-27T16:55:58Z")
> [@MikeInNH](#): > > look up Flat Earthers. Believe me…there are plenty of extremely stupid people who’ll believe this crap. A few months ago, in downtown Princeton, there was a guy displaying huge signs on the sidewalk of the main drag. One of the signs espoused the _Flat Earth_ theory, and the other one claimed that _The Holocaust_ never happened. Luckily for that moron/bigot, the folks in Princeton are a non-violent lot, and he was only laughed-at. ---
**Author:** ![MikeInNH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@MikeInNH](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MikeInNH)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2020, 5:02pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/beware-of-misinformation/157286/16 "2020-01-27T17:02:58Z")
> [@VDCdriver](#): > > One of the signs espoused the _Flat Earth_ theory, and the other one claimed that _The Holocaust_ never happened. The flat earthers come in all races. They are special breed of stupid. All evidence showing the earth is a globe is FAKE. They are the ones who failed math and science classes in grade school and now they actually think they are the High IQ ones. Watch some of the other you-tubers with real science knowledge debunk them. Even when presented with hard FACTS the flat earthers don’t believe it. ---
**Author:** ![shadowfax](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/shadowfax/32/13026_2.png) [@shadowfax](https://community.cartalk.com/u/shadowfax)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2020, 5:08pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/beware-of-misinformation/157286/17 "2020-01-27T17:08:06Z")
> [@Barkydog](#): > > Looks like a photoshop! And a bad one at that. They appear to have cut the passenger headlight out of the picture. ---
**Author:** ![wentwest](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/wentwest/32/6073_2.png) [@wentwest](https://community.cartalk.com/u/wentwest)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2020, 5:24pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/beware-of-misinformation/157286/18 "2020-01-27T17:24:08Z")
At least the ideas to cut off the timing belt and a valve stem won’t result in anyone getting killed or killing themselves. Click and Clack themselves said the most common last words among young people who died early was, “Watch this!”. ---
**Author:** ![common-sense-answer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/common-sense-answer/32/716_2.png) [@common-sense-answer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/common-sense-answer)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2020, 5:34pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/beware-of-misinformation/157286/19 "2020-01-27T17:34:14Z")
Be careful using the internet for advice on ridding your yard of cockroach nests. [https://www.msn.com/en-ca/video/topvideos/man-tries-to-destroy-cockroach-nest-blows-up-his-entire-yard/vi-AAJd67o](https://www.msn.com/en-ca/video/topvideos/man-tries-to-destroy-cockroach-nest-blows-up-his-entire-yard/vi-AAJd67o) _ **CSA** _ 🌴🕶🌴 ---
**Author:** ![circuitsmith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/circuitsmith/32/40376_2.png) [@circuitsmith](https://community.cartalk.com/u/circuitsmith)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2020, 6:51pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/beware-of-misinformation/157286/20 "2020-01-27T18:51:23Z")
I hope the dog wasn’t hurt. 😖 [Next page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/beware-of-misinformation/157286.md?page=2)