To anyone who works on their car, Just something to think about Options

[ILuvMyCelica95]

I'm only writing this so people think twice before working on a car in haste.

On Friday a very close family friend was working on the u-joint of his truck. From what I understand the car was on ramps. The car rolled onto him killing him.

Not only did he lose his life but he has 2 daughters and his wife is 7 months pregnant with his first son.

All I am saying is think twice before you get under your car. MAKE SURE that everything is secure. I know I don't have to say any of this and I'm sure people are reading this thinking "That will never happen to me" or "I've been working on my car for years and this hasn't happened" This guy was always working on his car. He knew what he was doing. So it CAN happen.

I know I myself have done stupid things when I'm in a rush.


Note: Please do not make comments about how this was stupid or any negative ****. I am not in the mood for it and If I see it I will just have a mod delete it. Just be respectful; If you have nothing nice to say please don't say anything.

[lagos]

Oh man, thats terrible. Poor guy.
There was a similar story on the news a few weeks ago. Some guy went to the junk yard to pull a part off of a car. He got under the car with only a jack, and the jack slipped and the car fell on top of him. He managed to get this cell phone and call 911. It took the police a while to try to locate him in the yard, but they did and he ended up being rescued and made a full recovery (lucky guy).

Never get under your car unless its properly secured with jackstands. Make sure to place them in the correct location too. They should go on the left and right side of the frame rail as indicated in the owners manual. Ive seen a lot of people use them improperly under the cross member and other unsafe locations where they could slip.