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Car Forum / Driving, Maintenance, Tuning / Driving / January 2006A great place to jack a car
Those self-serve car washes are great places for jacking cars. Especially when people are vacuuming their cars, looking down at the floor mats, completely unaware of their surroundings, and with the noise of the vaccum making it impossible to hear anything. I've seen women in nice SUVs at such car washes in bad areas of Indy, only their a.s sticking out the door as they were vacuuming their mats. They probably think that during the day they're safe. It's so stupid to tempt fate like that. > Those self-serve car washes are great places for jacking cars. And all this time I thought a good place to jack a car was the frame. Go figure. > > Those self-serve car washes are great places for jacking cars. > > And all this time I thought a good place to jack a car was the frame. Go > figure. Be careful. My car has "chassis rails" that run down the length of the car. But most of the length of them is just flimsy metal (it's only the bits forward of about the driver's door hinge that are strong metal and help to support the engine and trans), I really have no idea why the car designer put them there. Anyway, I tried to jack my car up on these rails one time to change a wheel, thinking they were real chassis rails, and they just crumpled. I then tried using the sills, which also buckled. Finally I decided to put the jack under the suspension arm (which I still do, unless I'm planning to remove part of the suspension!). Anyhow, one time recently I went to my local inspection station (NZ requires six-monthly inspections), and there was a new guy on, and he failed it due to buckled chassis rails -- a $200 job for a panelbeater to fix. Gah... > > Those self-serve car washes are great places for jacking cars. > > And all this time I thought a good place to jack a car was the frame. Go > figure. Be careful. My car has "chassis rails" that run down the length of the car. But most of the length of them is just flimsy metal (it's only the bits forward of about the driver's door hinge that are strong metal and help to support the engine and trans), I really have no idea why the car designer put them there. Anyway, I tried to jack my car up on these rails one time to change a wheel, thinking they were real chassis rails, and they just crumpled. I then tried using the sills, which also buckled. Finally I decided to put the jack under the suspension arm (which I still do, unless I'm planning to remove part of the suspension!). Anyhow, one time recently I went to my local inspection station (NZ requires six-monthly inspections), and there was a new guy on, and he failed it due to buckled chassis rails -- a $200 job for a panelbeater to fix. Gah... >Those self-serve car washes are great places for jacking cars. >Especially when people are vacuuming their cars, looking down [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >vacuuming their mats. They probably think that during the day >they're safe. It's so stupid to tempt fate like that. In Indy, the potential jacker may have to consider that the lady may have a ,40 auto on her someplace, and that she knows how to use it and is willing to use it. > Those self-serve car washes are great places for jacking cars. > Especially when people are vacuuming their cars, looking down [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > vacuuming their mats. They probably think that during the day > they're safe. It's so stupid to tempt fate like that. Indiana is one of the sensible states that allows conceal carry. You would be surprised how well that deters jackers. (however given your name of 223rem, i am sure you probably understand it very well) >> Those self-serve car washes are great places for jacking cars. >> Especially when people are vacuuming their cars, looking down [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] >be surprised how well that deters jackers. (however given your name of >223rem, i am sure you probably understand it very well) How easy is it to conceal an assault rifle? :)  SignatureFriends don't let friends shop at Best Buy. >>> Those self-serve car washes are great places for jacking cars. >>> Especially when people are vacuuming their cars, looking down [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > How easy is it to conceal an assault rifle? :) there are handguns with the .223 caliber... they are goofy looking , but they exist. > there are handguns with the .223 caliber... they are goofy looking , but > they exist. You mean they shoot 223 remington ammo? That's not possible. >> there are handguns with the .223 caliber... they are goofy looking , >> but they exist. > > You mean they shoot 223 remington ammo? That's not possible. Yes, there's the OA series made by Olympic Arms. They're huge, like Desert Eagle size. See: http://www.olyarms.com/?page=m1_oa_models Bushmaster markets a few things like the above with the Professional Ordnance acquisition from a few years back. AKA the Carbon 15 pistols. But they are all 20" and larger. Kind of a grey area there IMHO. >> there are handguns with the .223 caliber... they are goofy looking , >> but they exist. > > You mean they shoot 223 remington ammo? That's not possible. http://www.tcarms.com/TC_HTML/TC_G2_Pistol_CalChart.htm >>> there are handguns with the .223 caliber... they are goofy looking , >>> but they exist. >> >> You mean they shoot 223 remington ammo? That's not possible. > > http://www.tcarms.com/TC_HTML/TC_G2_Pistol_CalChart.htm Also the Carbon-15 handgun. Looks like an AR-15 with no buttstock,and a 9" barrel. SignatureJim Yanik jyanik at kua.net > How easy is it to conceal an assault rifle? :) A lot of light hunting bolt-action rifles shoot 223 remington. >> How easy is it to conceal an assault rifle? :) > >A lot of light hunting bolt-action rifles shoot >223 remington. Those aren't readily concealable, either. ;) SignatureFriends don't let friends shop at Best Buy. >Those self-serve car washes are great places for jacking cars. >Especially when people are vacuuming their cars, looking down [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >vacuuming their mats. They probably think that during the day >they're safe. It's so stupid to tempt fate like that. Got any up-skirt pictures? SignatureFriends don't let friends shop at Best Buy. Scott en Aztlán, <scottenaztlan@yahooNOSPAM.com> was motivated to say this in rec.autos.driving on Sat, 07 Jan 2006 14:29:50 -0800: > >Those self-serve car washes are great places for jacking cars. > >Especially when people are vacuuming their cars, looking down [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Got any up-skirt pictures? Scott, don't even take us there, please............ > Those self-serve car washes are great places for jacking cars. > Especially when people are vacuuming their cars, looking down [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > vacuuming their mats. They probably think that during the day > they're safe. It's so stupid to tempt fate like that. In such a lawless country I dare say you're right ! Graham |
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