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Sarcastic Pro Tip Squeeze Car to Drain Oil Meme

The meme features a real photograph of a light blue compact car that has been crushed between the ceiling of an auto repair shop and a yellow 2-post car lift, which was raised too high and caused the car to be squashed. Overlaid on the top of the image is sarcastic text that jokes the damaging accident is an intentional hack to fully remove all oil from the vehicle during maintenance.
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PRO TIP: To drain all the oil, squeeze the car real good.

Overview

The meme features a real photograph of a light blue compact car that has been crushed between the ceiling of an auto repair shop and a yellow 2-post car lift, which was raised too high and caused the car to be squashed. Overlaid on the top of the image is sarcastic text that jokes the damaging accident is an intentional hack to fully remove all oil from the vehicle during maintenance.

Origin notes

This meme was distributed via RSS feed from the X (formerly Twitter) account @WholesomeMeme, which shares lighthearted and humorous content. The base image is a real photo of an auto shop accident, and an unknown user added the sarcastic pro tip text to create the humorous meme, which has been widely reposted across social media platforms.

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