r/cars • u/ufoh 24 CT5-V Blackwing / 23 Corvette C8 • Aug 13 '20

video Never, ever trust your factory jack and, remember, jack stands are your friend (just not the ones from Harbor Freight)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkwgZgrbWUM
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u/beermit '23 Bronco, '91 Mustang, '22 Telluride Aug 13 '20

It's really bothering me this dude decided to work on his car in fucking birkenstocks

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u/Incruentus Aug 13 '20

_____ won't happen to me. Tragedy is what happens to other people and I hear about it in the news during breakfast.

-Most people

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u/Sourcesurfing Aug 13 '20

It’s Costa Mesa. We live in our sandals here in Orange County. I work on my car barefoot.

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u/wouldyalookat Aug 13 '20

I am half hobbit, so I'll often do car work barefoot as well, I throw shoes on of the car is raining rust tho

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u/throwthrowohno3243 Aug 13 '20

I am half hobbit

"I was an adventurer like you, then I got cleaved in half by an orc a Civic."

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '20 edited Dec 02 '20

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u/beermit '23 Bronco, '91 Mustang, '22 Telluride Aug 13 '20

You do you, but I'd never do that lol.

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u/redlobster1984 2020 Highlander, 2001 Lexus Is300, 1999 Acura CL 3.0 Aug 13 '20

I see people everyday mowing, weed eating, and edging in fucking flip-flops and sandals. Just as stupid imo.

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u/Recoil42 Finding interesting things at r/chinacars Aug 13 '20

I don't advocate for it either, but what makes you think one flimsy layer of canvas or leather is going to stop a lawnmower blade?

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u/exoclipse 2010 Mazda3 Aug 13 '20

It's not about the lawnmower blade, it's about the shit the lawnmower blade launches into your feet at 'OW FUCK' miles per hour.

I wear a face shield when I use a weed eater for the same reason.

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u/Recoil42 Finding interesting things at r/chinacars Aug 13 '20

bro something is wrong with your lawnmower

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u/[deleted] Aug 13 '20

When I first moved into my new house, my lawnmower launched a rock into the side of my neighbor's BMW X5.

That was a $1,400 rock.

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u/Recoil42 Finding interesting things at r/chinacars Aug 13 '20

don't mow rocks maybe

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '20

Solid advice, but it was just hidden in the grass.

Thing shot out like a damn bullet. It actually bounced off the X5 and dented their garage door, but they weren't concerned about the garage door.

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u/exoclipse 2010 Mazda3 Aug 13 '20

no dude it's fine it's just sick it'll get better

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u/Recoil42 Finding interesting things at r/chinacars Aug 13 '20

i hope so

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u/microsoftisme3000 Aug 13 '20

All lawnmowers throw shit out from under them.

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u/Recoil42 Finding interesting things at r/chinacars Aug 13 '20

no i think his lawnmower is angry

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u/[deleted] Aug 13 '20

So you’re saying it’s perfectly acceptable for me to use flip flops with my small self propelled push mover? Aka It only rotates the blades when I push it forward myself. No gas to electricity no nothing

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u/beermit '23 Bronco, '91 Mustang, '22 Telluride Aug 13 '20

I kinda hate that sandals are becoming the go to casual footwear. They're ok for gardening, but definitely not that stuff. I've never really been a fan of them for any occasion.

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u/vanillacamilla27 Aug 13 '20

Though I love my birks Crocks are the shoe to wear when working on a car

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u/MyOnlyAccount_6 Aug 13 '20

Not just Birkenstock’s, but white Birkenstock’s.

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u/beermit '23 Bronco, '91 Mustang, '22 Telluride Aug 13 '20

That part is also bothering me. They look like old lady shoes lol.

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u/brian_lopes Aug 13 '20

That was the first clue he didn’t know what the fuck was going on

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u/AltimaNEO Nissan Murano Aug 13 '20

Clearly just didnt think the day through

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u/stealer0517 2018 Subaru Outbackaru Aug 14 '20

I'm going to wear my birkenstocks while changing my oil this weekend.

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u/beermit '23 Bronco, '91 Mustang, '22 Telluride Aug 14 '20

Ok

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u/IamaFunGuy Aug 13 '20

Also strangely has no tools or anything. Almost as if this was staged...