My incident

[milly00]

So I met the GF for lunch last Friday. She drives an 04 Range Rover HSE. Shes been having problems with her tires. I kept ragging her to get new ones, but she doesn't like to spend money on her car. She says it's a waist of money (woman talk. no offense other ladies). Anyways, we get done lunch and head out the restaurant. I'm about to pull off next to her and I glance over at her truck and notice her tire is flat.

I go "Pull over there so I can put the spare on."

She does, and I get the spare in the trunk and jack out. As I'm tearing this trunk floor to pieces, I tell her to make sure the e-brake is on. "Ok." she says calmly.

So I move on to breaking the lug nuts loose. Broke them loose, place the jack under the car and start cranking. Then the car starts rolling backwards! WTF! I jump back and scream "Did you engage the e-brake!?"

She says "Yes! Don't worry about it Drew, just call you're friend to come fix it."

Feeling like a complete idiot I had too redeem myself. "No, I said I can do it. I change the tires all the time on the millenia and other cars before. It's really nothing. Just make sure that e-brake is engaged. ****!"

"Ok I got it!" she yelled. I said "WTF did you have it on before!?" She said it was on the P but I got it now.

Not even thinking straight from almost crapping my pants earlier I go at it again. This time I get the wheel off. I hear this "ssssssssss" noise when the wheel was off. So I teetered back knowing it was the air suspension moving. Then all **** broke loose...

The car rolls back, bends the jack, and slams the pavement in the parking lot on the rotor. It actually left a divot equaling that of a golf ball on a green in the parking lot. That could have been my leg or face! I was freaked out, felt like a complete moron, and felt as big as Gary Coleman.

At this point I was peeved, so I start taking it out on the girlfriend about the e-brake. She yells back at me and we look like a redneck couple fighting over custody of a dog. Luckily nobody was watching. Thank God.

I call my friend since I'm totally SOL now on getting this thing in the air and he laughs at me and says he'll take care of it. He also said he would check any damage that it might have done when it smacked down.

Let's just say it's mostly my fault for not checking the e-brake myself. The "P" on her Rover stands for the parking beep for the sensors. I knew this but apparently she didn't and I didn't think about her pushing that button lol.

Moral of the story, and this extravaganza of mine is this...Never trust a woman when your life is at risk under the car and use wheel chalks! lol. I know from now on I will be using them. Even though no such incident has happened to me on any other car.

The Rover was fine. A little marking on the rotor. Nothing major. No cracks seen or anything. She purchased all 4 new tires now. Now all I need is for her to get new wipers. The worn out ones she has now are about as useful as a magic wand at taking rain off the windshield.

This stuff only seems to happen when I'm working on someone else car. I swear it never fails. But hey, Milly is one piece and thank the Lord I am too.

[adminAF]

Yeah, you are lucky you got out of the way fast enough. Safety is really important even if you do something 100 times. I have actually seen a guy run himself over and die while trying to change a tire. Wasn't pretty.

Nadeem

[T2T]

Wow! That sounded like a close call on you getting injured. I'm sure her bill to get a new rotor, etc. might make her realize how import it is to keep a car maintained (new tires, etc.).

[Goliat6288]

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW.... close call man. SMH. Glad ur ok dude.

[milly00]

Originally Posted by adminAF

Yeah, you are lucky you got out of the way fast enough. Safety is really important even if you do something 100 times. I have actually seen a guy run himself over and die while trying to change a tire. Wasn't pretty.

Nadeem

Terrible man. Luckily God was watching over me. I read in the paper a few days ago a guy had a van like my work van on a ramp and it came down on him and crushed him. Worked on cars for like 40 years it said. Sad. Very sad. I guess we can never be careful enough. I don't use ramps and choose not too. I've had my own experiences with them as well. Scary stuff. I'm getting wheel chalks now.

[Goliat6288]

used ramps once... not doin that again. Too scared of goin over the ramp and be stuck. Whats wheel chalk? Whats it for?

[milly00]

to hold the rear wheels steady. looks like a ramp but more of an incline so the rear wheels dont roll back. naw mean?

[Goliat6288]

oooo iiiiight lmao.

[adminAF]

I believe it's spelled Chock.

Nadeem

[milly00]

yeah you're right because I just ordered a pair off amazon.

What kind of car you have Nadeem?