# What is the least informative question possible? **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [December 12, 2010, 7:38pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-is-the-least-informative-question-possible/58612 "2010-12-12T19:38:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![jesmed1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/jesmed1/32/2097_2.png) [@jesmed1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jesmed1)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2010, 1:36am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-is-the-least-informative-question-possible/58612/21 "2010-12-13T01:36:31Z")
Great answer! Points for that quick-witted man… ---
**Author:** ![jesmed1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/jesmed1/32/2097_2.png) [@jesmed1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jesmed1)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2010, 1:38am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-is-the-least-informative-question-possible/58612/22 "2010-12-13T01:38:07Z")
ZIP code? Area code? CIA code? Many possibilities! ---
**Author:** ![Joe-Guy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/joe-guy/32/124_2.png) [@Joe-Guy](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Joe-Guy)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2010, 1:48am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-is-the-least-informative-question-possible/58612/23 "2010-12-13T01:48:38Z")
Should I change my oil? There is a red light on my dash that says oil and my car is running rough. ---
**Author:** ![waterboy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/waterboy/32/764_2.png) [@waterboy](https://community.cartalk.com/u/waterboy)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2010, 2:22am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-is-the-least-informative-question-possible/58612/24 "2010-12-13T02:22:38Z")
I usually refrain from replying to posts that add no additional merit, but in your case I make an exception, thanks for being here, we used to say live hard die young and make a good looking corpse, in fact we still say it. ---
**Author:** ![oblivion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3ab097/32.png) [@oblivion](https://community.cartalk.com/u/oblivion)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2010, 3:35am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-is-the-least-informative-question-possible/58612/25 "2010-12-13T03:35:05Z")
The only way I could top this is to say that I work in IT and get questions that make the ones on this site look like they were prepared by Nobel laureates with years of planning. “Why won’t my computer boot?” “I got an error message while trying to open a program today. It said something like memory.” “Why is my computer slow?” And so on… ---
**Author:** ![Docnick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@Docnick](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Docnick)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2010, 3:42am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-is-the-least-informative-question-possible/58612/26 "2010-12-13T03:42:09Z")
Exploded! (assume the car make, model & year is attached somewhere) ---
**Author:** ![jesmed1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/jesmed1/32/2097_2.png) [@jesmed1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jesmed1)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2010, 3:49am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-is-the-least-informative-question-possible/58612/27 "2010-12-13T03:49:14Z")
“Exploded!” definitely tops “Fire!”, but with lower probability of successful repair 😉 ---
**Author:** ![jesmed1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/jesmed1/32/2097_2.png) [@jesmed1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jesmed1)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2010, 3:52am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-is-the-least-informative-question-possible/58612/28 "2010-12-13T03:52:16Z")
LOL. Yes, I bet tech support is even more fraught with hopeless questions. Somehow, though, the expression “RTFM” has not carried over into the auto repair world. Maybe you could teach mechanics a thing or two 😉 ---
**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:** [December 13, 2010, 4:32am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-is-the-least-informative-question-possible/58612/29 "2010-12-13T04:32:55Z")
“Smoking.” ---
**Author:** ![jesmed1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/jesmed1/32/2097_2.png) [@jesmed1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jesmed1)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2010, 4:43am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-is-the-least-informative-question-possible/58612/30 "2010-12-13T04:43:23Z")
“Smoking” is a good one. Also probably more frequent than “fire,” and definitely more frequent than “exploded!” (see next page) ---
**Author:** ![meanjoe75fan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/meanjoe75fan/32/552_2.png) [@meanjoe75fan](https://community.cartalk.com/u/meanjoe75fan)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2010, 4:59am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-is-the-least-informative-question-possible/58612/31 "2010-12-13T04:59:28Z")
Went to start my car. Made a really funny sound. Now riding the bus. ---
**Author:** ![Nedley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/278dde/32.png) [@Nedley](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Nedley)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2010, 8:57am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-is-the-least-informative-question-possible/58612/32 "2010-12-13T08:57:19Z")
makes funy noise should I by new BMW ---
**Author:** ![jesmed1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/jesmed1/32/2097_2.png) [@jesmed1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jesmed1)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2010, 11:04am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-is-the-least-informative-question-possible/58612/33 "2010-12-13T11:04:16Z")
Definitely! ---
**Author:** ![Docnick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@Docnick](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Docnick)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2010, 5:53pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-is-the-least-informative-question-possible/58612/34 "2010-12-13T17:53:32Z")
I hasd a boss once who could have qualified with this question: “Ashtrays full, trade to what?” ---
**Author:** ![Carveaholic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@Carveaholic](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Carveaholic)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2010, 5:57pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-is-the-least-informative-question-possible/58612/35 "2010-12-13T17:57:24Z")
wHy does it stoped transmiting!!! ---
**Author:** ![Carveaholic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@Carveaholic](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Carveaholic)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2010, 5:58pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-is-the-least-informative-question-possible/58612/36 "2010-12-13T17:58:52Z")
That’s nice I hear public transportation has been improving a LOT. Enjoy. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![jesmed1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/jesmed1/32/2097_2.png) [@jesmed1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jesmed1)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2010, 6:04pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-is-the-least-informative-question-possible/58612/37 "2010-12-13T18:04:18Z")
Points for most puzzling and worst spelling. ---
**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:** [December 13, 2010, 6:24pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-is-the-least-informative-question-possible/58612/38 "2010-12-13T18:24:24Z")
I say you get extra points for the haiku. ---
**Author:** ![cigroller](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c68b51/32.png) [@cigroller](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cigroller)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2010, 6:25pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-is-the-least-informative-question-possible/58612/39 "2010-12-13T18:25:41Z")
You get my vote for the prize. ---
**Author:** ![Bladecutter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aeb1de/32.png) [@Bladecutter](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Bladecutter)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2010, 6:28pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-is-the-least-informative-question-possible/58612/40 "2010-12-13T18:28:05Z")
Oh come on, you forgot the best one already? Subaru hill holder disable. I don’t think I’ve ever seen one worse than that. The best part was that the OP then tried to berate us for not being like Google, and able to give him the answer he was looking for, with just that little piece of information. Well, if he already had the answer he was looking for, why did he post on our forum? Did he think we are an internet search engine? BC. [Previous page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-is-the-least-informative-question-possible/58612.md?page=1) [Next page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-is-the-least-informative-question-possible/58612.md?page=3)