Fatigue, Scarf, Grasp, Snout

FATIGUE
SCARF
GRASP
SNOUT

I am made up of many components, none of which are listed above. However, the words above are synonyms of some of my components. What am I?

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Fatigue, Scarf, Grasp, Snout Solution

FATIGUE, when used as a verb, is synonymous with the verb TIRE.
A SCARF is a MUFFLER.
To GRASP something is to CLUTCH it.
A SNOUT is a TRUNK.

What has TIRES, a MUFFLER, a CLUTCH, and a TRUNK? A CAR, of course!

Alternates: I also accepted FATIGUE = EXHAUST and SNOUT = NOSE.

Some of our British visitors pointed out that for them it's TYRE and BOOT, rather than TIRE and TRUNK, so the riddle doesn't work quite as well for them.

But I noticed they still solved it... :)

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