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[ZephrC]

(BTW is tire iron an american thing? somehow tyre iron doesn't look right, and I don't drive, do we call it something else here in the UK? Screw it I'll use a crowbar)

Well, I don't know about the UK, but I'm from the US, and everyone I know actually calls it a lugwrench.

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

Tire Iron

or

We tend to call it a tyre iron/tyre lever. US tends to call it a lugwrench.

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Crowbar or "Jemmy"

 

[SenseOfTumour]

So .. in terms of mechanics and car maintenance they're very different, but for smacking someone in the head, they're fairly samey...

Thanks for clearing it up, folks

Essentially, one is a basic lever, the other is a form of spanner.

 

[Lord_Panzer]

Only one thing needs to be said to make this seem completely sensible: