So I stopped by pep-boys and bought some jack-stands once Nikki got home.
I go down there and realize, I only have one jack, and there's only 3 bricks holding the car up.... this might pose a problem.
So I commander the jack from Nikki's tiny little hatchback toy car and try my best to stabilize the car.
This is when Physics enters the equation. See, the bricks? They aren't all the same size. Jacking up the car at any of the four points, puts un-even pressure on the remaining point and I can hear these landscaping blocks crumbling. I can then see the car starting to shift.
Ok, no go on these stock scissor jacks in our trunks. Instead I just have them at opposite corners supporting the bricks. In order to get these jack stands under my car, I have to lift it at least 4 inches. These blocks will crack, I'll need at least 4 jacks to lift the car at an equal rate.
So, what are my options here? It's like they never really designed these fucking things to be operated with no tires on it. Gosh... whoda thunk it?
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Sara LynnI can handle myself.Registered Userregular
edited June 2010
I listened to "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted" on my way home from work and thought of Dan
So I stopped by pep-boys and bought some jack-stands once Nikki got home.
I go down there and realize, I only have one jack, and there's only 3 bricks holding the car up.... this might pose a problem.
So I commander the jack from Nikki's tiny little hatchback toy car and try my best to stabilize the car.
This is when Physics enters the equation. See, the bricks? They aren't all the same size. Jacking up the car at any of the four points, puts un-even pressure on the remaining point and I can hear these landscaping blocks crumbling. I can then see the car starting to shift.
Ok, no go on these stock scissor jacks in our trunks. Instead I just have them at opposite corners supporting the bricks. In order to get these jack stands under my car, I have to lift it at least 4 inches. These blocks will crack, I'll need at least 4 jacks to lift the car at an equal rate.
So, what are my options here? It's like they never really designed these fucking things to be operated with no tires on it. Gosh... whoda thunk it?
call a mechanic or maybe a tow truck place. they have to have the tools and/or know-how on how to do this kind of thing safely.
It looks like from your pictures that there is a cross member in the rear of each rear wheel arch that is sufficiently high enough off the ground for you to get a stand under each, if only for a few minutes.
Secure the rear there, jack the front end up and secure the front proper on the stands.
Then move to the rear, jack that up and remove the bricks and replace the stands.
It looks like from your pictures that there is a cross member in the rear of each rear wheel arch that is sufficiently high enough off the ground for you to get a stand under each, if only for a few minutes.
Secure the rear there, jack the front end up and secure the front proper on the stands.
Then move to the rear, jack that up and remove the bricks and replace the stands.
Then pray the bricks havn't damaged your body.
That was my second try at things, when the car actually started shifting.
I decided then to leave this for a guy with wide plate floor jacks, as if they fuck up and drop it on the rotors, they can take the blame.
Of course this means I'll have to get it towed to my insurance "concierge center". So be it.
I'm concerned about where the bricks are underneath the car, they aren't at jackpoints, and I can see them pushing up what seem to be the brake lines and electrical conduits. Might as well get it looked at.
Holy shit man! That sucks. I lived down the street from you in a semi shady apartment building for like a year and a half with no major problems. Some fun stories, like meeting a girl at the pool who was living with a bunch of post-rehab people.
I call up my insurance agent, "Yeah, thats terrible, but this is not a theft, it's vandalism, so that'll be a $2500 deductible, too bad they didn't just steal the car"
Yes fuck-wad.... too bad for me huh?
Call bullshit on this.
If it's vandalism ask them to show them the part of the car that has been vandalised, if they say the wheels ask them if they are super sure because they appear to have been fucking stolen.
The only thing that has been vandalised is maybe the contact area of the bricks.
It looks like from your pictures that there is a cross member in the rear of each rear wheel arch that is sufficiently high enough off the ground for you to get a stand under each, if only for a few minutes.
Secure the rear there, jack the front end up and secure the front proper on the stands.
Then move to the rear, jack that up and remove the bricks and replace the stands.
Then pray the bricks havn't damaged your body.
That was my second try at things, when the car actually started shifting.
I decided then to leave this for a guy with wide plate floor jacks, as if they fuck up and drop it on the rotors, they can take the blame.
Of course this means I'll have to get it towed to my insurance "concierge center". So be it.
I'm concerned about where the bricks are underneath the car, they aren't at jackpoints, and I can see them pushing up what seem to be the brake lines and electrical conduits. Might as well get it looked at.
Do you have a small donut spare tire that will still get on one of your wheels?
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NogsCrap, crap, mega crap.Crap, crap, mega crap.Registered Userregular
It looks like from your pictures that there is a cross member in the rear of each rear wheel arch that is sufficiently high enough off the ground for you to get a stand under each, if only for a few minutes.
Secure the rear there, jack the front end up and secure the front proper on the stands.
Then move to the rear, jack that up and remove the bricks and replace the stands.
Then pray the bricks havn't damaged your body.
That was my second try at things, when the car actually started shifting.
I decided then to leave this for a guy with wide plate floor jacks, as if they fuck up and drop it on the rotors, they can take the blame.
Of course this means I'll have to get it towed to my insurance "concierge center". So be it.
I'm concerned about where the bricks are underneath the car, they aren't at jackpoints, and I can see them pushing up what seem to be the brake lines and electrical conduits. Might as well get it looked at.
stale
what if the bricks have damaged over 25% of the car's value?
So I stopped by pep-boys and bought some jack-stands once Nikki got home.
I go down there and realize, I only have one jack, and there's only 3 bricks holding the car up.... this might pose a problem.
So I commander the jack from Nikki's tiny little hatchback toy car and try my best to stabilize the car.
This is when Physics enters the equation. See, the bricks? They aren't all the same size. Jacking up the car at any of the four points, puts un-even pressure on the remaining point and I can hear these landscaping blocks crumbling. I can then see the car starting to shift.
Ok, no go on these stock scissor jacks in our trunks. Instead I just have them at opposite corners supporting the bricks. In order to get these jack stands under my car, I have to lift it at least 4 inches. These blocks will crack, I'll need at least 4 jacks to lift the car at an equal rate.
So, what are my options here? It's like they never really designed these fucking things to be operated with no tires on it. Gosh... whoda thunk it?
Are there two bricks that are at least close to even?
Jack the other two points are re level it.
Alternatively four people four jacks and do it evenly.
Yah. What if you just knocked the bricks out and said that is how you found it, would that be enough damage? Of course if it wasn't then you're even more fucked...
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NogsCrap, crap, mega crap.Crap, crap, mega crap.Registered Userregular
Yah. What if you just knocked the bricks out and said that is how you found it, would that be enough damage? Of course if it wasn't then you're even more fucked...
what im saying is, the bricks may have damaged the foundation already enough with the poor support that would require an almost entire new frame on the bottom or something
that could very well be over 25% of the car's value.
Holy shit man! That sucks. I lived down the street from you in a semi shady apartment building for like a year and a half with no major problems. Some fun stories, like meeting a girl at the pool who was living with a bunch of post-rehab people.
Yah. What if you just knocked the bricks out and said that is how you found it, would that be enough damage? Of course if it wasn't then you're even more fucked...
what im saying is, the bricks may have damaged the foundation already enough with the poor support that would require an almost entire new frame on the bottom or something
that could very well be over 25% of the car's value.
Well, I'll know tomorrow when they tow it.
however the fuck they're going to do that. That really sounds like an "insurance-man tow truck" problem and not a "Stale's wallet" problem.
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Blake TDo you have enemies then?Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.Registered Userregular
edited June 2010
Seriously though stale can't you argue the vandalism part of your car?
Seriously though stale can't you argue the vandalism part of your car?
Because that's bullshit if it is vandalism.
Evidently not, reading the super-fine print on my policy.
My time with Traveler's insurance has come to an end.
Oh man that's fucking ridiculous.
Definitely end it but first call em up and tell them you are quitting and see if you can go up the chain and get an exclusion first.
Then quit like a month later.
Also try calling the leasing company, they might be able to help you resource the wheels as they might have had some experience in getting replacements before as well.
I'm still confused by the insurance shit. I am pretty sure I have collision and comprehensive. And comprehensive should cover anything that isn't me crashing into something or someone crashing into me. I will have to ask when I renew if I get keyed or something minor and want to cover it if that would be comprehensive or not.
I'm still confused by the insurance shit. I am pretty sure I have collision and comprehensive. And comprehensive should cover anything that isn't me crashing into something or someone crashing into me. I will have to ask when I renew if I get keyed or something minor and want to cover it if that would be comprehensive or not.
Call them now.
Specifically ask if *this* situation happens, is it covered and write down the excess. Ask for a call reference number (it will be recorded) write it all down in a notepad file and upload it to a dropbox.
My roommate's girlfriend apparently put up some posters about her stolen shit, and was contacted by a guy who says he knows who did it because "this guy always tries to sell me stolen stuff (I don't know his name though)" and he can get it for her if she pays him like $400
We all suspect that he is in fact the guy who stole the stuff to begin with and probably pulls this shit on college kids all the time
then you pop out of the trunk with a titanium rod and beat the shit out of them.
I have guns.
I don't need rods.
No, Stale, you don't get it.
You need to break their knees.
Cripple them.
Then
Then
You steal the wheels of their cars.
Use their own bricks against them.
JUSTICE
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FramlingFaceHeadGeebs has bad ideas.Registered Userregular
edited June 2010
Anyway, someone stole the wheels off my car a while back.
My fucking '92 Buick LeSabre. Someone stole the fucking 1992 Buick LeSabre wheels off my 1992 Buick LeSabre.
I had to spend three hundred fucking dollars on new stupid fucking wheels for my stupid fucking car I didn't even want anymore and I was fucking unemployed.
Hey guy who stole my stupid fucking wheels when I was unemployed:
If I ever figure out who you are...
You will wish that I hadn't.
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Donovan PuppyfuckerA dagger in the dark isworth a thousand swords in the morningRegistered Userregular
edited June 2010
Man that shit is so fucking stupid. They stole your wheels just to piss you off.
How many stupid enemies do you have Stale?
Also, $2500 deductible? Surely you can get a set of brand new wheels and tyres for less than that.
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FramlingFaceHeadGeebs has bad ideas.Registered Userregular
edited June 2010
It's a lease so he has to have OEM wheels and tires on it when he returns it and they cost $Texas.
(This has been covered about six times.)
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Donovan PuppyfuckerA dagger in the dark isworth a thousand swords in the morningRegistered Userregular
edited June 2010
Well shit I guess I should have read past like the second page before I posted.
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I laughed and immediately felt guilty for it.
Get one of these
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I go down there and realize, I only have one jack, and there's only 3 bricks holding the car up.... this might pose a problem.
So I commander the jack from Nikki's tiny little hatchback toy car and try my best to stabilize the car.
This is when Physics enters the equation. See, the bricks? They aren't all the same size. Jacking up the car at any of the four points, puts un-even pressure on the remaining point and I can hear these landscaping blocks crumbling. I can then see the car starting to shift.
Ok, no go on these stock scissor jacks in our trunks. Instead I just have them at opposite corners supporting the bricks. In order to get these jack stands under my car, I have to lift it at least 4 inches. These blocks will crack, I'll need at least 4 jacks to lift the car at an equal rate.
So, what are my options here? It's like they never really designed these fucking things to be operated with no tires on it. Gosh... whoda thunk it?
sitting in his car
no wheels to go anywhere
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zCz8SKmGek
Hoping and praying for someone to care
Always moving and goin no where
call a mechanic or maybe a tow truck place. they have to have the tools and/or know-how on how to do this kind of thing safely.
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Secure the rear there, jack the front end up and secure the front proper on the stands.
Then move to the rear, jack that up and remove the bricks and replace the stands.
Then pray the bricks havn't damaged your body.
That was my second try at things, when the car actually started shifting.
I decided then to leave this for a guy with wide plate floor jacks, as if they fuck up and drop it on the rotors, they can take the blame.
Of course this means I'll have to get it towed to my insurance "concierge center". So be it.
I'm concerned about where the bricks are underneath the car, they aren't at jackpoints, and I can see them pushing up what seem to be the brake lines and electrical conduits. Might as well get it looked at.
I saw these on craigslist, posted before today, but seems like a deal.
Call bullshit on this.
If it's vandalism ask them to show them the part of the car that has been vandalised, if they say the wheels ask them if they are super sure because they appear to have been fucking stolen.
The only thing that has been vandalised is maybe the contact area of the bricks.
Satans..... hints.....
Do you have a small donut spare tire that will still get on one of your wheels?
No man should have that kind of power.(Twitter)
stale
what if the bricks have damaged over 25% of the car's value?
PARKER, YOU'RE FIRED! <-- My comic book podcast! Satan look here!
Are there two bricks that are at least close to even?
Jack the other two points are re level it.
Alternatively four people four jacks and do it evenly.
Satans..... hints.....
what im saying is, the bricks may have damaged the foundation already enough with the poor support that would require an almost entire new frame on the bottom or something
that could very well be over 25% of the car's value.
PARKER, YOU'RE FIRED! <-- My comic book podcast! Satan look here!
HOLY SHIT
I'M GOING TO FUCKING KISS YOU
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what the fuck? didn't we jack that thing just yesterday? how come it still got tires?
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Well, I'll know tomorrow when they tow it.
however the fuck they're going to do that. That really sounds like an "insurance-man tow truck" problem and not a "Stale's wallet" problem.
Because that's bullshit if it is vandalism.
Satans..... hints.....
I have guns.
I don't need rods.
Evidently not, reading the super-fine print on my policy.
My time with Traveler's insurance has come to an end.
If they really retail for $2500, seems kind of sketchy though, but who knows.
Oh man that's fucking ridiculous.
Definitely end it but first call em up and tell them you are quitting and see if you can go up the chain and get an exclusion first.
Then quit like a month later.
Also try calling the leasing company, they might be able to help you resource the wheels as they might have had some experience in getting replacements before as well.
Satans..... hints.....
if these turn out to be mine, I take no responsibility for what happens.
Well yah, that second posting did show up today so who knows....
Call them now.
Specifically ask if *this* situation happens, is it covered and write down the excess. Ask for a call reference number (it will be recorded) write it all down in a notepad file and upload it to a dropbox.
Satans..... hints.....
3DS: 5241-1953-7031
PSN: Robo_Wizard1
We all suspect that he is in fact the guy who stole the stuff to begin with and probably pulls this shit on college kids all the time
No, Stale, you don't get it.
You need to break their knees.
Cripple them.
Then
Then
You steal the wheels of their cars.
your = belonging to you
their = belonging to them
there = not here
they're = they are
Use their own bricks against them.
JUSTICE
No man should have that kind of power.(Twitter)
My fucking '92 Buick LeSabre. Someone stole the fucking 1992 Buick LeSabre wheels off my 1992 Buick LeSabre.
I had to spend three hundred fucking dollars on new stupid fucking wheels for my stupid fucking car I didn't even want anymore and I was fucking unemployed.
Hey guy who stole my stupid fucking wheels when I was unemployed:
If I ever figure out who you are...
You will wish that I hadn't.
your = belonging to you
their = belonging to them
there = not here
they're = they are
How many stupid enemies do you have Stale?
Also, $2500 deductible? Surely you can get a set of brand new wheels and tyres for less than that.
(This has been covered about six times.)
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their = belonging to them
there = not here
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