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Post by 1:( on Jul 12, 2005 1:07:24 GMT -5
Hey, did I ever post those pictures from my other accident when I had my permit? Back in March, I learned it is better to stall the car than to drive into the garage door.   Oddly enough, the rest of the car was almost in tact, but the windsheild kerploded. |
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Post by thrashed on Jul 12, 2005 1:22:17 GMT -5
that poor car...
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Post by metallico on Jul 12, 2005 1:33:45 GMT -5
Ayyyyyyyyy. You kinda suck.
I have no idea how to judge other drivers because by the time I got my license I had been racing cars for some time, but damn, people really need to look a bit sharper than they do. Look, everybody, learn to control the car like it's a part of you. When it snows, go to the church parking lot and do donuts. I'm as serious as a heart attack. Practice skidding the car and recovering. If you don't have ABS, practice panic stops until you can do it reflexively without locking the brakes. If you have to, buy used tires just for this purpose. Learn to brake with the left foot, because it'll reduce understeer. Learn how the car handles at the limit, so when you get into an emergency situation, you don't fuck up and kill someone.
Or spend a thousand bucks on skid school. They ought to require it before anyone gets their license anyway.
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Post by Shevy on Jul 12, 2005 4:45:52 GMT -5
Or spend a thousand bucks on skid school. They ought to require it before anyone gets their license anyway. I totally agree. I think the training one receives to get their license is way too little. If it were up to me those little books would be replaced with checklists for hands-on training in FWD and RWD vehicles. I would also require a seperate license just to drive a 4x4 or AWD. |
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Post by 1:( on Jul 12, 2005 20:17:03 GMT -5
DAMNIT!!!
Two fucking days with my license. TWO. And on the way home, I GOT A FUCKING FLAT TIRE!! What the fuck!!
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Post by unclemeat on Jul 12, 2005 20:54:27 GMT -5
DAMNIT!!! Two fucking days with my license. TWO. And on the way home, I GOT A FUCKING FLAT TIRE!! What the fuck!! The universe is trying to tell you something |
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Post by metallico on Jul 12, 2005 21:09:02 GMT -5
Did you look like an utter retard trying to change it?
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Post by thrashed on Jul 12, 2005 21:24:06 GMT -5
It's a message from god. He's trying to tell you to stop driving because you will get into a fatal car accident and die in the near future.
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Post by 1:( on Jul 12, 2005 21:33:16 GMT -5
Did you look like an utter retard trying to change it? I was actually very close to my house when this happened so I just went 10 mph the rest of the way home after I found out what the problem was. So the car is sitting at the side of the road, on my lawn, with a flat tire. |
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Post by thrashed on Jul 12, 2005 21:37:57 GMT -5
Don't your parents ever get tired of seeing you with car troubles? :  |
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Post by metallico on Jul 12, 2005 23:21:26 GMT -5
Changing tires is all sorts of fun. Especially when you spin the spinner too fast and hit your wrist, and you think it's broken for days.
Or when you try to jack up the car on a hill with the little scissor jack that comes with the car, and you break the jack and you're a hundred miles from nowhere.
One time I was working on my car, and the next door neighbor's daughter tried to pull into their driveway. She rolled the bead of the tire on the curb because she's dumb. Anyway, we watched this happen, holding in our hands a jack and an impact wrench, and they called a tow truck to change the tire. They were like ten feet away from us. We would have done it cheaper and faster than the tow truck. I guess they like the triple A.
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Post by 1:( on Jul 12, 2005 23:39:52 GMT -5
Alright...n00b driver, n00b question.
How exactly do you change a tire? And how long does it take? If I can get my tire changed quickly tomorrow so I don't have to use my bike to get to tutoring, I'll try it. My mom mentioned something about a jack in the back seat(it used to be her car). I'm assuming there's a spare tire there too, but I don't feel like checking right now because it's 12:40am and I don't want to go outside.
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Post by metallico on Jul 13, 2005 0:05:49 GMT -5
Usually the spare tire is under the floor of the trunk. The jack and tire iron are in there with it. You jack the car up and use the tire iron to take off the lug nuts. Then you put the spare on and tighten the lug nuts as hard as you can. Like put 60% of your weight on the tire iron. Then stuff the other wheel back in the trunk and do a burnout. It takes 7-8 minutes if you know what you're doing, it takes an hour if you can't figure out the jack and you're too weak to break torque on the lug nuts.
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Post by sc00ts on Jul 13, 2005 7:20:49 GMT -5
stick a pipe over the opposite end of the lug wrench to give yourself some extra leverage. when you put the lugs back on, put one in, then the one opposite it, and so on. hand tighten them all in the same order and then tighten them fully with the lug wrench. never rely on a jack to hold the car up (i.e. it'll be good enough to change the tire but don't get under the car for any reason).
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Post by 1:( on Jul 13, 2005 13:18:16 GMT -5
Okay, I'm stuck. Where am I supposed to put the jack?
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Post by sc00ts on Jul 13, 2005 13:30:28 GMT -5
you probably shouldn't be doing this by yourself
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Post by 1:( on Jul 13, 2005 13:33:08 GMT -5
Figures.
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Post by sc00ts on Jul 13, 2005 14:06:57 GMT -5
do yourself a favor and learn how to do simple tasks like changing tires, oil, etc on your car
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Post by 1:( on Jul 13, 2005 14:12:41 GMT -5
Changing a tire is exactly what I'm trying to do and you just told me I shouldn't be doing it by myself.
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Post by sc00ts on Jul 13, 2005 14:30:40 GMT -5
without seeing the underside of your car or knowing what kind of jack you own and based on the fact that you have less than no experience and apparently zero luck, i can't really help you out over the internet.
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