I guess it’s all been said about these two being incompetent. From the folks I’ve run into on the highways with flats or whatever, I wonder if most people are this way. But I’m one who won’t spend more than $3000 on a vehicle and then fix it up. The price of new vehicles to me is outrageous, like a few other items in life these days.
Get a wrench extension, or a new long wrench at an auto parts store. It is longer (about an arm’s length) so you can get them off easier. I’m a woman and I can do it with them. The regular ones that come with the car stink, too hard to get them off.
Well, I had a flat yesterday and found out I DIDN’T know how to change the tire on my ‘new’ car. I got the car (used) last December and never had a reason to open the owner’s manual (or the nice little zippered case the manual should have been in.) All that was there was warranty info and a maintenance guide.I knew the tire was in the back, under the “floor” in the rear cargo compartment. And I soon found the crowbar/lug wrench and another long piece of something. But no jack.Fortunately, my husband has the same model car (bought it new 5 years ago), so I called him to find out where the heck the jack was hiding. Under the driver’s seat, accessed from the back seat. What an odd place to put the jack.
I need to go to the car’s website and download a manual….or just go out to my husband’s car and “borrow” his.
skeeterhawk about 13 years ago
I guess it’s all been said about these two being incompetent. From the folks I’ve run into on the highways with flats or whatever, I wonder if most people are this way. But I’m one who won’t spend more than $3000 on a vehicle and then fix it up. The price of new vehicles to me is outrageous, like a few other items in life these days.
Plods with ...™ about 13 years ago
This sad arc is almost over? Maybe- hopefully… we’ll see.
Jolly1995 about 13 years ago
Nice folks helped them out…..
clms95 about 13 years ago
Okay, the tire was flat, but the battery wasn’t dead. Why couldn’t they just charge their own cell phone and call for help?
hippogriff about 13 years ago
comicsssfan: Not necessarily. I have jumped on them without effect.
coolvq about 13 years ago
Get a wrench extension, or a new long wrench at an auto parts store. It is longer (about an arm’s length) so you can get them off easier. I’m a woman and I can do it with them. The regular ones that come with the car stink, too hard to get them off.
Dewsolo about 13 years ago
Well, I had a flat yesterday and found out I DIDN’T know how to change the tire on my ‘new’ car. I got the car (used) last December and never had a reason to open the owner’s manual (or the nice little zippered case the manual should have been in.) All that was there was warranty info and a maintenance guide.I knew the tire was in the back, under the “floor” in the rear cargo compartment. And I soon found the crowbar/lug wrench and another long piece of something. But no jack.Fortunately, my husband has the same model car (bought it new 5 years ago), so I called him to find out where the heck the jack was hiding. Under the driver’s seat, accessed from the back seat. What an odd place to put the jack.
I need to go to the car’s website and download a manual….or just go out to my husband’s car and “borrow” his.
willg1970 about 13 years ago
They are what my mother would call educated fools. Your a college graduate but can’t change a tire, So Sad