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[randomdreams]

threemeninaboat's brakes are squeaking a lot. I was going to take off the wheels and check the brake pads and see how they were doing, right up until I realized that her fancy racing car has fancy racing car wheels with fancy racing car theft-resistant lug nuts and I have nothing that can remove them.
Anyone have any ideas how to track down a lug wrench for custom-sized-and-contoured lug nuts?
Like this:

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[threemeninaboat]

I found the lug nut key. It was in the lug nut bag.
With some more special lug nuts.

lug nuts lug nuts lug nuts...

[flwyd]

I was gonna say… how would you change a flat tire?

[randomdreams]

Drive faster!

[threemeninaboat]

I have roadside assistance. Someone else changes my tires.

[basefinder]

YES!!!

[ivy]

Yeah, I was stuck on the same issue. That would be super obnoxious if they didn't give you the tool (and any roadside assistance wouldn't have it either).

[eub]

Oh but surely you machine your own to fit.

[elusis]

That's what I thought! J going on the intertubes to complain of not having a tool, without a subsequent description of Mad Scientist Hut Activities imperiling life and limb? Unpossible!

[randomdreams]

I thought about it. I even took measurements. The ish being: almost anything I build is going to crack. This takes fancy steel that I can't probably machine.

[gfish]

Completely unrelated: Have you been following what the New Zealand team was doing in the America's Cup? Pedal-powered hydraulics!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPwwDczXinI

[randomdreams]

Wowie. That's crazy. Hey, maybe I should get into that!