Comments on: DOH! Driving Into The Quik Lube http://toolmonger.com/2008/09/05/doh-driving-into-the-quick-lube/ All tools. All the time. Your source for news, information, and reviews of hand tools, power tools, and tools of all kinds. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:59:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: bob http://toolmonger.com/2008/09/05/doh-driving-into-the-quick-lube/#comment-696098 bob Tue, 09 Dec 2008 02:18:38 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/?p=12196#comment-696098 This happened to a guy I know who had a VW fox. The Jiffy lube guy drove his car into the pit just like that. Most people don't know how to drive a car without power steering. The VW fox in the US never came with power steering. So the guy at jiffy lube ended up totaling his car. This happened to a guy I know who had a VW fox. The Jiffy lube guy drove his car into the pit just like that. Most people don’t know how to drive a car without power steering. The VW fox in the US never came with power steering. So the guy at jiffy lube ended up totaling his car.

]]> By: Dennisb http://toolmonger.com/2008/09/05/doh-driving-into-the-quick-lube/#comment-513966 Dennisb Sat, 06 Sep 2008 11:03:46 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/?p=12196#comment-513966 Seems like quite a huge liability for the quick lubes. In the eighties at a Goodyear shop I used to work at, one of the guys had a garbage truck that fell into the old style alignment pit. He had the truck up on two air jacks sitting on two blocks made from railroad ties and the truck shifted to one side, the front of the truck fell into the alignment pit. The pit was about 36" deep. I think the guy jumped out of the back of pit on pure reflex once he knew the gargbage truck was going down. It took a large wrecker to pull the gargbage truck out. He said it seemed like a slow motion nightmare that he couldn't wake up from. Seems like quite a huge liability for the quick lubes. In the eighties at a Goodyear shop I used to work at, one of the guys had a garbage truck that fell into the old style alignment pit. He had the truck up on two air jacks sitting on two blocks made from railroad ties and the truck shifted to one side, the front of the truck fell into the alignment pit. The pit was about 36″ deep. I think the guy jumped out of the back of pit on pure reflex once he knew the gargbage truck was going down. It took a large wrecker to pull the gargbage truck out. He said it seemed like a slow motion nightmare that he couldn’t wake up from.

]]> By: Adam http://toolmonger.com/2008/09/05/doh-driving-into-the-quick-lube/#comment-512793 Adam Sat, 06 Sep 2008 01:51:07 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/?p=12196#comment-512793 Chuck : Cool! What do you do? Anything to do with television production involves a lot of tools of some sort or other, I'd imagine. Hopefully a blow-torch, at least. :-D Chuck :

Cool! What do you do? Anything to do with television production involves a lot of tools of some sort or other, I’d imagine.

Hopefully a blow-torch, at least. :-D

]]> By: TSpence http://toolmonger.com/2008/09/05/doh-driving-into-the-quick-lube/#comment-512063 TSpence Fri, 05 Sep 2008 21:42:17 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/?p=12196#comment-512063 Pfffffttt......that was nothing! Drove my neighbor's small toyota pickem-up truck into their oil pit and was unfortunately all by myself on this one Eventually got the truck out by using a whole bunch of cinderblocks, a floor jack, tons of sweat and A LOT of thought. Pfffffttt……that was nothing!

Drove my neighbor’s small toyota pickem-up truck into their oil pit and was unfortunately all by myself on this one

Eventually got the truck out by using a whole bunch of cinderblocks, a floor jack, tons of sweat and A LOT of thought.

]]> By: James Z http://toolmonger.com/2008/09/05/doh-driving-into-the-quick-lube/#comment-512053 James Z Fri, 05 Sep 2008 21:40:08 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/?p=12196#comment-512053 If you cannot change your own oil, maybe this is the wrong blog for you. If you cannot change your own oil, maybe this is the wrong blog for you.

]]> By: chuck http://toolmonger.com/2008/09/05/doh-driving-into-the-quick-lube/#comment-511664 chuck Fri, 05 Sep 2008 19:43:14 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/?p=12196#comment-511664 If you want to see more of cars driving into lube pits, you might want to check out "Country Fried Home Videos" on CMT. There are many more in the latest show. It's on tonight, in fact (check your cable listings). You'll get Bill Engvall's jokes and less boom-thumpas. They are always into tools: the next installment has a unique use for table saws. *disclaimer* I work for the show-- but this is my own .014 euros (at today's exchange rate) If you want to see more of cars driving into lube pits, you might want to check out “Country Fried Home Videos” on CMT. There are many more in the latest show. It’s on tonight, in fact (check your cable listings). You’ll get Bill Engvall’s jokes and less boom-thumpas. They are always into tools: the next installment has a unique use for table saws.

*disclaimer* I work for the show– but this is my own .014 euros (at today’s exchange rate)

]]> By: Adam http://toolmonger.com/2008/09/05/doh-driving-into-the-quick-lube/#comment-511588 Adam Fri, 05 Sep 2008 19:21:40 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/?p=12196#comment-511588 I've always wondered how many people have done that... I mean, driving into the quickie lube in my civic makes that slit in the floor seem awefully wide, although I'm certain most gigantic American vehicles don't have that same sensation... Decent (if short) video clip. But... can we have it without the stupid boom-thumpa soundtrack? I’ve always wondered how many people have done that… I mean, driving into the quickie lube in my civic makes that slit in the floor seem awefully wide, although I’m certain most gigantic American vehicles don’t have that same sensation… Decent (if short) video clip.

But… can we have it without the stupid boom-thumpa soundtrack?

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