# Timing belts in the comics **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [February 23, 2016, 7:29pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/timing-belts-in-the-comics/92605 "2016-02-23T19:29:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [February 23, 2016, 7:29pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/timing-belts-in-the-comics/92605/1 "2016-02-23T19:29:52Z")
Another good reason to change that belt on time: ![](http://safr.kingfeatures.com/idn/cnfeed/zone/js/content.php?file=aHR0cDovL3NhZnIua2luZ2ZlYXR1cmVzLmNvbS9EdXN0aW4vMjAxNi8wMS9EdXN0aW4uMjAxNjAxMTRfOTAwLmdpZg==) ---
**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:** [February 23, 2016, 8:31pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/timing-belts-in-the-comics/92605/2 "2016-02-23T20:31:42Z")
**_It’s About Time!_** I’d bet that strip was inspired by a personal experience. _ **CSA** _ ---
**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:** [February 24, 2016, 8:06am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/timing-belts-in-the-comics/92605/3 "2016-02-24T08:06:38Z")
Very clever … lol … ---
**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2016, 8:51pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/timing-belts-in-the-comics/92605/4 "2016-02-24T20:51:26Z")
I have to admit… I don’t understand the joke of the comic. It reads like just a conversation to me. ---
**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:** [February 24, 2016, 10:01pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/timing-belts-in-the-comics/92605/5 "2016-02-24T22:01:25Z")
_**the same mountainbike I have to admit… I don’t understand the joke of the comic. It reads like just a conversation to me.**_ "When the timing belt broke it through off the car’s timing and it stalled. That event caused the timely attendance to an important business meeting to stall and the guy lost the client." _ **CSA** _ ---
**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:** [February 24, 2016, 10:04pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/timing-belts-in-the-comics/92605/6 "2016-02-24T22:04:00Z")
I understood the comic strip but doesn’t seem funny to me. ---
**Author:** ![Docnick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@Docnick](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Docnick)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2016, 10:20pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/timing-belts-in-the-comics/92605/7 "2016-02-24T22:20:54Z")
A play on words, but not really funny. Only to those who up till then did not know what a timing belt was!!! ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2016, 10:25pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/timing-belts-in-the-comics/92605/8 "2016-02-24T22:25:45Z")
Yeah, not hilarious, but 2 jokes: 1) it was bad _ **timing** _ for the belt to break, and 2) he couldn’t make his meeting on **_time_** ---
**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2016, 11:18pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/timing-belts-in-the-comics/92605/9 "2016-02-24T23:18:44Z")
Definitely not hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![ok4450](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ok4450](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ok4450)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2016, 11:36pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/timing-belts-in-the-comics/92605/10 "2016-02-24T23:36:07Z")
Understandable but missing the rim shot at the end… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![ken\_green](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/ken_green/32/816_2.png) [@ken\_green](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ken_green)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2016, 11:54pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/timing-belts-in-the-comics/92605/11 "2016-02-24T23:54:21Z")
My favorite car related comic is Baldo. It’s not in every strip but Baldo works at an auto parts store and THAT hits home so often.