Q: I turned on the AC and there was a strange smell,I turned the it off,there was no smell.I was driving on the road and a guy honked
The AC had a strange smell, but when I turned it off, the smell was gone. And there was 2 driver in different place, they honked me and showed me something with their hand. They were pointing at my tires. I got off to check, but there was nothing
My car has 158576 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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