Thursday, October 7, 2010

Toyota Locking Lug Nuts

Ok, so the new car smell is off the 2008 Camry Hybrid, and I'm taking it to my favourite local gas station for an oil change and tire rotation.  What the heck!  The tires are locked and the lug nut key is missing, probably from the last time Toyota rotated the tires.  So a quick look on the net and these things are The Spawn of the Devil!

Apparently, they break all the time, in the lug nut, and then you are screwed.  I'm having them all cut off and replaced with regular lug nuts.  I mean, really, when's the last time you saw this in Canada, with production tires!


Also, I'm planning on getting new cheap tires at Costco!

ps. does anybody find this new Google Instant Search useful?  It drives me nuts!

3 comments:

Harold Asmis said...

The local garage has a tool that snaps them off quite nicely, so I only ended up paying for new chrome wheel nuts, and the standard labour for my tire rotation. I guess the burglars don't have these tools...

Anonymous said...

It seems the google site is fixed now. I clicked to turn off "instant" the day it appeared, but the change wouldn't stick!

Harold Asmis said...

Thanks, I just turned it off.