Tire Iron (Fallout: New Vegas)

The tire iron is a weapon in Fallout: New Vegas.

Characteristics
A rusty old tire iron, normally used for loosening nuts from car tires. It has a charge attack called 'Lights Out' similar to the lead pipe, also accessible in VATS. When used the player charges forward, jumps with the weapon raised above his/her head and strikes downward. Good timing is needed to ensure a hit on the enemy, especially if the target is moving as well. This attack is not as useful in VATS, since in order to use the attack the player has to be in melee range, and thus cannot benefit from the charge. The character will just run in place before performing the jump-attack.

The tire iron has a high damage for a low-level weapon and can be extremely valuable to an inexperienced Courier.

Locations
It can be found in most locations where low-level humanoid enemies are located, most notably Primm and Freeside, carried by some of the convicts or thugs.