Why is it in the Cars universe that everyone was freaking out over McQueen wearing white wall tires? I probably don’t understand it because I’m not an actual cars fanatic but why is it a big deal?

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Whitewall tires were a style statement like waaaaaay back in the day. They were common on cars from the 1920s all the way to the 1970s.

It would be like him showing up in bell bottomed jeans straight out of the sixties, or a James Dean style casual suit and hairdo from the late fifties.

Lightning McQueen is an instrument of speed and aerodynamics.

Lightning McQueen isn’t supposed to wear outdated rubbers, especially out in public.

But Lightning McQueen don’t care.