[DMCForum] Re: Hub Cap Theory

["erikgeerdink" <erikgeerdink@xxxxxxxxx>]

I'll take a picture of it for you.  Its like a little crow bar but on 
the other side is a rubber block to help beat the hubcab back into 
place.

Erik



--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Dave Stragand" <dave.stragand@xxxx> 
wrote:
> "Hub cap puller"?  You mean, a "screwdriver"?  =)
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: erikgeerdink 
>   To: DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
>   Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2004 2:47 PM
>   Subject: [DMCForum] Re: Hub Cap Theory
> 
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>   Perhaps they lost or broke their hubcaps if they do work on their 
car 
>   (brake work).  Its a cheap repair if you do it yourself, and not 
>   everyone has a hubcap puller.  I know I've broken a few in the 
past.  
>   Just a thought.
> 
>   Erik  
> 
>   --- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Dave Stragand" 
<dave.stragand@xxxx> 
>   wrote:
>   > Simple:  Generally, the more money you make, the more you are 
>   concerned about appearances.  Hubcaps serve little function aside 
>   from aesthetics, and therefore are not replaced when lost by 
folks on 
>   lower incomes, who are not as concerned about appearances.
>   > 
>   > Same reason why most folks who make more money wear nicer shoes 
>   and/or have nicer haircuts.  Function generally overrides form 
for 
>   those on lesser incomes.
>   > 
>   > -Dave
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>   >   From: billsfanmd@xxxx 
>   >   To: DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
>   >   Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2004 1:34 PM
>   >   Subject: [DMCForum] Hub Cap Theory
>   > 
>   > 
>   > 
>   >   Alright I had a quick second between classes and I had to 
write 
>   about this. I hope this post does not offend anyone but since I 
was a 
>   young whipper snapper this has made me curious. maybe "Vixen" 
Dave 
>   can put in his two cents or perhaps our DMC owners accross the 
>   Atlantic can comment if this persists in their country.
>   > 
>   >   Why is it that less fortunate people with lower incomes have 
cars 
>   that are missing all or most of their hubcaps?  :-) I have 
noticed 
>   for some time that in nice neighborhoods motor vehicles seem to 
have 
>   all 4 hubcaps. Whenever I visis job sites of students in lower 
income 
>   areas almost every car seems to be missing at least one but 
usually 
>   all 4 hubcaps?
>   > 
>   >   Is this becasue hubcaps know how much their owners make? Is 
it 
>   that the strength of the clips that hold these things on are 
directly 
>   tied to the earning power of the owner? Or perhaps these owners 
>   prefer the look of the black tire rim??? I guess also if one hub 
cap 
>   falls off it is more economical for them to take the other 3 off 
then 
>   to purchase a new one :-)....Perhaps in an effort to save money 
they 
>   have found a better household use for them then wasting them on 
their 
>   tire rims? Maybe the local kids take them and sell them on ebay? 
>   > 
>   >   While driving today in a not so nice neigborhood nearly every 
car 
>   was missing their hub caps. At one point I almost wound my window 
>   down to ask one owner where all his hub caps went?...However, I 
>   decided against such action...There is even a man who has 
profited 
>   from this hub cap dillema. In a not-so-nice area there is a 
roadside 
>   shop called "Hub Cap City" where owners can brouse through 
thousands 
>   of stray caps looking for their long lost match.
>   > 
>   >   Any one of our automotive historians that that wants to chime 
in 
>   on my theory I would like your comments :-)
>   > 
>   >   Mike C
>   >   2109
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