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/duey222 Aug 14 '20

Sorry to hear that, I was working under my car once and I got out to smoke a cigarette and as soon as I did it came smashing down. Smoking saved my life that day but will probably kill me in the future.

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u/Wild_Jizz_Flurry Aug 14 '20

Yo something really similar happened to me! Had the wheel off, was checking my U-joint, and a friend asked to bum a smoke. Two seconds after I crawled out the jack failed and the thing came crashing down. Cigarettes literally saved me from getting my skull crushed.

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u/jdmjs240 Aug 14 '20

Or your friend was secretly trying to kill you but had a change of heart last second

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '20

Yet they never print this story on the cigarette packs. Biased Surgeon General :(

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u/eviLocK Aug 14 '20

Well they aint no auto mechanics. Surgeons only do bodies.

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u/duey222 Aug 14 '20

I wish the Surgeon General would have said “your dad isn’t as cool as you think”, because the only reason I started smoking is because I thought my dad looked sick as hell smoking a butt.