How not to raise your car to work underneath it!

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How not to raise your car to work underneath it!

#1 Post by Mitsuru » Mon Oct 15, 2012 8:40 pm

How not to raise your car to work underneath it!
I got this of the PPC Mag forum where they to thought was nuts!

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#2 Post by jimmyybob » Mon Oct 15, 2012 8:57 pm

Is it just me...but i dont think its quite as bad as it looks. :oops:

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#3 Post by Luxobarge » Mon Oct 15, 2012 9:03 pm

jimmyybob wrote:Is it just me...but i dont think its quite as bad as it looks. :oops:
Nope, not just you, looks reasonably sound to me, as far as one can tell in that photo. Unusual, yes, but unsafe? I've worked under far worse....
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#4 Post by TerryG » Mon Oct 15, 2012 9:27 pm

I'm seeing a bloke balancing a car on his head. ;)
Understeer: when you hit the wall with the front of the car.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.

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#5 Post by Mitsuru » Mon Oct 15, 2012 10:26 pm

I should have posted this one :shock:

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#6 Post by JPB » Mon Oct 15, 2012 10:31 pm

The first one's a bit eccentric but would appear to satisfy the need for under car access in an odd location.
The second one's just a bit crazy. Is it from Canada?
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#7 Post by Mitsuru » Tue Oct 16, 2012 1:13 am

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This one looks like it might go sideways if they tried to put the wheels back on.
(I wonder what the space saver wheel would like for it! :lol: )

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#8 Post by Xantia-nut » Tue Oct 16, 2012 5:05 pm

:shock:
If in doubt, give it a clout!

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#9 Post by alfaSleep » Tue Oct 16, 2012 6:06 pm

BURRPPPP!! "Jeezz, Cleatus, yrrrr rayyyt, boy... thems kegs IS easier to move wunn yall drunkk 'em up"

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:lol: :lol: .. :roll:

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#10 Post by Mitsuru » Wed Oct 17, 2012 12:51 am

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and the use of a bike lift to lift a car, well it is a proper mini not a bmw version.

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