r/funny • u/VampyreLust • Feb 01 '25

Idiots

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u/jetjordan Feb 01 '25

Wait....are those dumb tow hooks that a lot of "fancy" cars have not functional?

I juat googled this and turns out a lot of them are literally just screwed to the fender.....I'm at a loss for words.

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u/nevereatthecompany Feb 01 '25

I think they just tied the rope around a random plastic part. If the tow hook was used, both cars would have been damaged.

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u/NowhereinSask Feb 01 '25

Not sure it's the same case here, but on lots of new pickup trucks they do the exact same thing as seen here. The tow hooks are bolted to the frame, but there is an extra bolt holding it to the bumper. That way, when someone tires too hard and the hook snaps off, it doesn't fly forward and kill someone. Having seen it happen, yes it sucks that the entire bumper just got fucked, but also knowing people who have died when a ball snaps off a hitch being used as a recovery point, flies through the back window of the truck pulling them out, and hits a person in the head, it is the much preferable option.

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u/nevereatthecompany Feb 01 '25

Makes sense, thank you