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Re: Audi/VW widowmaker.
Posted by andym (more from andym) on Sun, 9 Nov 2014 16:18:12
In Reply to: Audi/VW widowmaker., dmz789qqq, Sat, 8 Nov 2014 11:20:15
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I recall stopping to help a woman standing outside her Volvo wagon with a flat tire. I pulled the jack and spare out and asked if she would get her two teenage daughters out of the car while I jacked it up. She said no, it was too cold. I roll my eyes and keep going, already regretting my attempt to help.
So I bust the lugs on the offending front passenger side wheel, jack it up with a jack just like the Audi design, and pull the front wheel with the flat. The mom slams the rear hatch door down with such force, the car rolled off the jack. The car is sitting on its brake rotor.
Much shouting ensues, the two teens don't notice and are furiously texting somebody, and finally the woman became so abusive I just walked back to my car to leave. It was about 18 degrees, why am I putting up with this?
Then she says her husband is on her way, but can the tire be repaired? Since it was a sidewall blowout that she ran on for far too long, I said "sure, take it to [insert name of a hyper expensive and crooked Indy in town that specialized in Volvos], he can fix that for next to nothing". I figured they deserved each other.
But that Volvo jack was part of the problem, like the Audi, a bad design. Give me a SAAB scissors jack anytime.
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Posts in this Thread:
- Audi/VW widowmaker., dmz789qqq, Sat, 8 Nov 2014 11:20:15
- Dont worry, auto makers have resolved this, JustinHiFi , Tue, 11 Nov 2014 07:27:47
- Re: Audi/VW widowmaker., Tom G , Tue, 11 Nov 2014 07:27:21
- Good thing the tire & wheel were there..., Noel, Tue, 11 Nov 2014 05:47:59
- How does it work?, AdamSAAB2kAero , Sun, 9 Nov 2014 20:57:42
- Re: Audi/VW widowmaker., andym, Sun, 9 Nov 2014 16:18:12 <-- Viewing This Message
- ''03 9-3 jack, soccersaab, Tue, 11 Nov 2014 06:43:55
- Any jack can roll ..., dmz789qqq, Mon, 10 Nov 2014 13:52:16
- I had a car roll off a scissors jack once, MI-Roger , Mon, 10 Nov 2014 04:31:21
- Volvo 242/244 had the best Jack, EAnderson, Sun, 9 Nov 2014 19:25:10
- Re: Audi/VW widowmaker., Bill Homer , Sun, 9 Nov 2014 07:20:11
- Re: Audi/VW widowmaker., nateh89spg , Sun, 9 Nov 2014 06:43:17
- Re: Audi/VW widowmaker., Slug , Sun, 9 Nov 2014 06:04:06
- Dude., Justin VanAbrahams , Sat, 8 Nov 2014 16:23:30
- Re: Audi/VW widowmaker., Craig, Sat, 8 Nov 2014 13:37:41
- Re: Audi/VW widowmaker., Name Left Blank, Sat, 8 Nov 2014 11:56:54
- Re: Audi/VW widowmaker., Name Left Blank, Sat, 8 Nov 2014 11:53:39
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