Mercedes Pit Stop

Reading time: less than a minute | Written by Ben Branch | May 27th 2012

I love the argument that the two men on the left side of the picture are having. I assume he was saying something along the lines of “What the hell do you mean we only have 3 spare wheels?”

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Published by Ben Branch - May 27th 2012

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