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Old 11-08-2008, 12:32 AM
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Lol I see this is a manufacturer- wide problem.



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Old 11-08-2008, 12:42 AM
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ew...i would never want to be caught on camera w/ that thing on my car....just looks like some sort of mustard experiment gone horribly wrong.
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Old 11-08-2008, 12:43 AM
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when I had to put the donut on my car it was so embarrassing. Everyone made fun of me.
I never want to do it again.
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Old 11-08-2008, 12:56 AM
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yeah, at first i didn't realize it was that color til i went in my hatch the one day and was messing around, then i saw that and was like...omg...that's gotta go...so i painted mine.
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Since you are not supposed to drive on a spare tire, the auto manufacturers paint it an ugly color, to force the owner to fix the tire. The spare tire is supposed to be just "temporary" but some people don't understand that!
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Old 11-08-2008, 01:12 AM
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my spare is black, not yellow, wierd
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Old 11-08-2008, 02:15 AM
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My spare black as well.....i think
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Old 11-08-2008, 03:42 AM
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^^ take the spare out and flip it over. It'll be yellow. I thought mine was black until i took it out. I think its good that they made it yellow. That way people wanna get it off as soon as possible.
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i think my spare is beige
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this is mine... and a friend's
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^hahahahaha.
thats fkin hilarious.
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i have a spare cuz i can't afford to fix my flat.
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Originally Posted by Aroddalobster
this is mine... and a friend's
Find me some tires that'll last longer than the stupid donuts do and I'd rock this look daily! hahahaha
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haha nice!

yellow donuts
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Yeah I was putting in my sub and I saw that in there. I made my brother come over and make sure what I was looking at. He started laughing at me. I really hope I never have to use that.
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i got a flat when i stopped at the post office one day at work. i figured i was too tired and lazy so i'd get a new tire on the next day. when i saw that yellow, i went straight to the tire shop lol.
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hahahahahaha i'm gonna go look right now
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well its yellow, time to break out the rattlecan
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I've had my yellow donuts twice. I always cringed at them but they sure as hell made me get my tires fixed...
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it's simply motivation.
Pure uglyness
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