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Fumesucker

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23. I'm a biggish guy who knows how to use my weight and strength in that situation

Sun Mar 17, 2013, 03:22 AM

Mar 2013

And I've run across wheels I couldn't get off a car with normal hand tools because some moron (almost certainly male) overtightened the lug nuts with an air impact wrench.

Hell, I've seen them so tight it wrung the stud off when trying to remove the nut.

That being said I did teach my daughter how to change a tire before she started driving.

Oh, and to the person who said to get a breaker bar, that doesn't always work with the lug wrenches included with the car, those are usually angled in such a way that if you put a breaker bar on the end they just slip off the nut and round it off which makes it even harder to remove.

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On changing tires for people [View all] noamnety Mar 2013 OP

Or you could just buy a road service plan proud2BlibKansan Mar 2013 #1

Alright, I'll make an exception for that. noamnety Mar 2013 #2

onstar datasuspect Mar 2013 #5

Which is good if you get multiple flats or have other issues, winter is coming Mar 2013 #7

depends on how drunk a person is datasuspect Mar 2013 #8

Yeah, I used to have one of those too. Curmudgeoness Mar 2013 #11

Get a breaker bar. alarimer Mar 2013 #18

why would you hold a tire iron in a menacing/threatening manner toward a complete stranger datasuspect Mar 2013 #3

I think it was clear I wasn't going to attack him. noamnety Mar 2013 #4

You don't know that they just want to help alarimer Mar 2013 #17

i can tell within 3 seconds if someone means to do harm datasuspect Mar 2013 #19

Yeah, I didn't feel physically threatened in that location noamnety Mar 2013 #24

what zip code do you live in? snooper2 Mar 2013 #6

I'm not sure I get the question. noamnety Mar 2013 #9

My dad used to say auntsue Mar 2013 #10

Heeeeeeeeyyyyyyy! Your father sounds like my father!!! Squinch Mar 2013 #30

PROPER DAD. sibelian Mar 2013 #31

my dad was the same way fizzgig Mar 2013 #35

I think your dad was related to mine. First thing I learned, then on to jumping a car, and gapping msanthrope Mar 2013 #37

We had to change the one in the ambulance. nadinbrzezinski Mar 2013 #12

2013 began with me changing a tire benld74 Mar 2013 #13

I showed the kids to do that! noamnety Mar 2013 #26

I changed a tire for one of my friends Aerows Mar 2013 #28

The problem is, many teens encounter rough times and rough roads thru life and... BlueJazz Mar 2013 #14

That's why we teach them well Lordquinton Mar 2013 #21

Just say no to the dumbdown! Mopar151 Mar 2013 #15

I learned how to do because I do not want some strange man stopping by to help me. alarimer Mar 2013 #16

It's my understanding that even if you know us you shouldn't trust us Fumesucker Mar 2013 #22

Although I agree that we should be able to do this ourselves, Curmudgeoness Mar 2013 #33

My father wouldn't sign for my leaner's permit until I knew how. Lugnut Mar 2013 #20

I wish my parents had done that. noamnety Mar 2013 #25

I'm a biggish guy who knows how to use my weight and strength in that situation Fumesucker Mar 2013 #23

I carry a 24" Long 1/2" Drive Breaker Bar, MineralMan Mar 2013 #27

Loosen the nuts BEFORE you jack up the car. alphafemale Mar 2013 #29

Changing a tire was part of our Driver's Ed class csziggy Mar 2013 #32

Good for you and I think girls should learn all of that stuff treestar Mar 2013 #34

A car dealer I worked at gave open to the public classes MindPilot Mar 2013 #36

I helped a neighbor and helped him change a tire and I was struck with how completely... Populist_Prole Mar 2013 #38

A cop changed my tire for me.. HipChick Mar 2013 #39