Are bottle jacks safe for lifting cars?

[JCH13]

Necro from the 1-post user a-a-ron sixtynine. Classy.

Mods?

 

[BonzaiDuck]

A necro thread comes back to haunt me.

A tale of whoa

So Friday evening we set out to obtain dinner, driving the Honda Fit. As we pulled away from the curb it became quite clear something was wrong as the car made very bad, very expensive sounding noises, like sheet metal tearing. So we parked the car and took the truck for the evening. On...

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Just reading the pain and horror of others makes me nauseous -- as if it were my own pain and horror . . .

Jackstands! Jackstands are cheap! And I'll make my own mental note here to avoid being in a hurry to do something requiring a jack without using them . . .