Two Rear Hubcaps

Okay, time for the new puzzler. This one is short and sweet. An automotive puzzler, finally.

A customer came into the shop back in the day. He had a used car and he wanted it checked out. I don't remember what kind of car, and it doesn't matter.

My guy, Ralph, was the one who checked out the car. He wrote down all the things this used car needed.

Ball joints.

Belts replaced.

Coolant flushed.

New fuzzy dice... Lots of stuff.

And the last thing he put on the list was, 'Needs two rear hubcaps.'

So, I looked over the list and I said, "Jeeze, that hardly seems important...Hubcaps are for looks, right? That isn't important."

And he said, "Not to you maybe. But it is important. It is important for safety. It saved my life once."

So, here is the puzzler.

Why is this specific thing important?

Good luck.

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Remember last week's puzzler?

Out Of Jail

This one is short. It is sort of automotive in nature. Quasi-automotive, as we call them on the show. Just because it involves a car... But that's it. It isn't about the car, it just has a car in it.

Anyway, here goes.

This is very brief. Here it is.

A man gets out of jail. upon his release from jail, he pushes his car to a hotel. He then gives the owner of the hotel a large sum of money.

A short time later, he pushes his car to a house. Then he gives the owner of the house a somewhat smaller amount of money.

The puzzler is, what is going on here? Why is he pushing his car to different places and giving people money?

So that is the puzzler. Quasi-automotive because he is pushing a car. Pretty deep stuff, huh?