Notice on the previous picture that where there should be 5 lugnuts, there are only 4.
Of the 4 that were on the wheel, only 1 was tight enough to require a socket to get it off.
Three of the 4 lugnuts I could just about remove with my fingers only.
Now, I know I had all the lugnuts when the new tires were put on. I also know that they all looked the same. One looks like its been squished and the other looks like it is missing the decorative cap.
I tightened up the four nuts and drove the car about a mile. Turned and twisted the steering wheel, sped up, slowed down, reverse and drive, braked and did a 3 point turn-a-round -- no thump.
So where did my original lug nuts go? Why would someone replace them with this crap and how did I walk by this so many times and not notice?
It had to have happened in the parking lot at the doctors office or lowe's. I am beyond amazed at this.