This seems to be one of those inventions that sounds good on paper.
And then you crawl under the car that you “jacked up” with air and you hear something pop right before everything goes black.
I’m sure they will tell you that it has some sort of safety precaution but in my mind there are so many ways to fail here.
Hose slipping off of exhaust pipe, bag exploding, flipping your vehicle…and the list goes on.
I think I’ll stick to the good ol’ method of AAA (or my really strong, mentally slow cousin who likes to lift heavy objects for fruit roll-ups).
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July 29th, 2008 at 12:21 am
The user(s) should be nominated for the Darwin Awards.
August 9th, 2008 at 12:57 pm
Or the inventors.
August 11th, 2008 at 2:43 pm
wow beautiful craftsmanship there gotta be American engineering
August 11th, 2008 at 11:30 pm
It’s only intended for wheel changing, not for going under the car.
August 19th, 2008 at 7:27 am
but a regular jack wouldn’t work on grass like that, it would sink. it might be helpful for situations like that.
September 8th, 2008 at 4:58 pm
It is designed for off-road situations (mud, rocks, dirt, etc.) where the “normal” jacks tend to sink/slip, and as shagger said, it is only meant to change a tire in these situations. In most of these cases AAA may not even be able to reach you, let alone change your tire.
September 14th, 2008 at 8:29 am
He is driving a SUV, so nothing more has to be said…