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      • Probably not. But if you do conduct a quick walkaround of your vehicle and happen to spot a water bottle wedged into one of the wheel wells, according to some internet lore, you might be in danger. However, here is the truth behind that myth. Why is a water bottle in your car’s wheel well so important?
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  2. Nov 20, 2021 · If you ever see a plastic water bottle wedged into your car's wheel well, then watch out! You could be in danger.

  3. Feb 7, 2018 · As the authorities explain, the thief puts a plastic bottle without water and sticks it in the wheel before your car. When the driver starts, he hears a very strange sound, it is the noise that...

  4. Nov 10, 2021 · However, in this case, criminals were supposedly placing the bottles in wheel wells so they would make a crunching sound. In theory, this would cause the driver to exit the vehicle to...

  5. Jun 11, 2023 · If there is a plastic bottle placed in between your car and one of its tires, it may mean that a criminal is trying to target your vehicle. So why is finding a plastic bottle in your wheel well bad, exactly? Well, for starters, the bottle is not being recycled properly.

  6. Sep 12, 2019 · If you see a plastic bottle stuck between the tire and wheel well of your car, consider it a telltale sign that someone may attempt to rob you. So how does it work? Would-be crooks place a plastic bottle, like an empty water bottle, on the tire on your car's passenger side.

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  7. Jan 25, 2022 · Despite what someone you know might have shared, carjackers aren't going around shoving empty plastic bottles between motorists' tires and wheel wells as a distraction. The old plastic bottle in the wheel well trick?

  8. Aug 13, 2024 · Back in 2018, a similar rumor circulated that criminals were jamming plastic bottles into your car's wheel well. But why? According to Chapel Hill Tire, the myth goes that the crunching or popping noise the bottle makes when you put it into motion will make you stop, get out, and look for what made the noise. Then—BAM—your car would be ...

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