Apr 21 2009How To Mount A Tire Using Starter Fluid

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This isn't a new concept so you may have already seen it done. And if you have, congratulations, you just won a Geekologie t-shirt. Just leave an 'OLD!' message and your home address in the comments and I'll open a checking account in your name get that right out. For the rest of you, this a video showing how to mount a tire on a rim using starter fluid. And according to my calculations, it has the perfect fire:danger ratio to make it worth trying yourself. But remember: there's no such thing as too much lighter fluid. Or, place like home. *click click click* Wow, forgot how much I hate it here.

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Thanks to Michael, who once rotated Optimus Prime's tires in exchange for a ride.

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1. catch22 - April 21, 2009 10:37 AM

GENIUS!!!

2. Mothafeezel - April 21, 2009 10:42 AM

OLD!!! 262 Great Gregorie, Lee Chapel South, Basildon, Essex, England, SS16 5QT . .. . . Bring on the Shirt!!! WOOOOOOOOOH!!

3. 1st, 2nd, 3rd Police - April 21, 2009 10:42 AM

eeerr I can't see youtube at work.

4. Cameron - April 21, 2009 10:43 AM

Kinda funny how the tire isn't even mounted at the end when he picks it up, but yeah, I used to work at a used car lot and that's how they would get a misbehaving tire to mount. Except they used starter fluid instead of lighter fluid where I worked.

5. Mothafeezel - April 21, 2009 10:44 AM

P.s. anyone who wants to send me anything, go ahead!

6. Kat W. - April 21, 2009 10:47 AM

Actually... REALLY old.
It's probably the first time I've seen a Video of it, but the guys at my dad's shop do it whenever they're pressed for time and trying to rig a car for a shoot. : /

7. Andyman - April 21, 2009 10:54 AM

Neat trick. Too bad it ends up being an EPIC FAIL.

8. Quik - April 21, 2009 11:00 AM

Might work for a tire but I wouldn't suggest it when trying to mount a woman... unless she's into that kinda thing.

9. Pat - April 21, 2009 11:02 AM

Are there really Geekologie t-shirts? Because I would totally rock one.

10. LSDiesel - April 21, 2009 11:02 AM

*yawn*

11. che-che - April 21, 2009 11:09 AM

@4-good eye, i missed it the first time i saw it. but yet even when i missed it i was impressed. i would rather kill wasps with b-12 carburetor cleaner it kills them good!

12. Arnold - April 21, 2009 11:10 AM

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13. Ed aka the-iguana - April 21, 2009 11:13 AM

OLD!
Now, where's my geekologie t-shirt? Email it to me plz...

14. firsttard - April 21, 2009 11:23 AM

nobody said it so i am going to

FIRST!!

(see how stupid you firsttards are?)

15. Quik - April 21, 2009 11:33 AM

@14 WHY??

You can't do something dumb and simultaneously make fun of it. That doesn't make it ok. You just couldn't help yourself, had to bring that stupid mess into this set of posts. We can't have nothing nice around here!!!

16. sirrix - April 21, 2009 11:40 AM

You're not getting a shirt, retards. You just posted your home address for all to see on the internet. Congratulations... Looking forward to seeing you at the Darwin awards!

17. catch22 - April 21, 2009 11:44 AM

@16 ... i dont know if i made an iron on and sent it on a fruit of the loom i bet theyd report it to the GW and then youd get a post about it

"geekologie viewer sends shirt to another one because thye were dumb enough to post their info"

"insert picture here"

see dreams really do come true

18. MacMaster - April 21, 2009 11:50 AM

NEW!

@16 Darwin was an EPIC FAIL too? I always suspected.

19. meeotch - April 21, 2009 11:59 AM

@16: Oh, they all ready sent you your invitation?

20. Frank B. - April 21, 2009 12:30 PM

See? Everything's better with science!

21. Avery - April 21, 2009 12:43 PM

Some Icelanders did that in a Top Gear episode, going to North Pole... it was pretty cool, and the truck was kickass... naturally.

22. Nerd ona snowboard - April 21, 2009 1:06 PM

fail the tire falls off the rim at the end.

23. Jean-Michel le roi de la patate - April 21, 2009 1:08 PM

I hate to be the one who says Attodoso, but Attodoso, I fockin Attodoso

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"OLD"
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28. Watch - April 21, 2009 3:37 PM

I had no idea you could do this. But I'm definitely not trying that!

29. Ed aka the-iguana - April 21, 2009 4:00 PM

i just hope that these guys are just "trowing" random fake adresses... :|

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what the hell i've got nothing to lose....
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OLD!

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35. drew - April 21, 2009 9:36 PM

it did to mount!!! mounting a tire is just getting it onto the rim not inflating it you do that with a compressor / i have the adress to my old house! 14050 poplar hill rd waldorf md 20601 usa

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37. Joshua - April 22, 2009 2:23 AM

OLD!
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38. crazy - April 22, 2009 3:32 AM

that shits crazy

39. Graham Rutland (CorporalRutland) - April 22, 2009 5:31 AM

OLD! First saw it on the Top Gear Polar Special.

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40. Graham Rutland (CorporalRutland) - April 22, 2009 5:34 AM

@Mothafeezel, a Bas Vegas inmate? How's it going over there? =) I kid, I'm an Essex boy too in all technicality.

41. $.02 and a pocket full of FAH-Q - April 22, 2009 8:27 AM

OK guys, how many of you posted your ex-girlfriend's address? C'mon now, tell the truth...

42. Bahtrawww - April 22, 2009 12:15 PM

Dudes.
Watch this shit when you're high.
By the way,
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44. acornstu - April 25, 2009 12:42 AM

dude, he pulled teh wheel up and you can see after you watch it


he's holding the tire with half a wheel hanging out, all he did was make it mad

45. Billydwillaims - April 26, 2009 1:46 PM

Am I the only one who put in a fake address that actually is something funny on google earth?

46. lawyer search - February 18, 2010 3:21 AM

I just have to sit here, or risk missing part of the movie. If I have to scroll back to where I was, the whole process starts over again.

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