Bloody tire jack, part 2

[Daniel Hussey <GY3WSX@VM.SC.EDU>]

   Yes, it could be the name of a new Wes Craven movie, but it's not!

   Instead, it still resides in my trunk!  I would have to say, I think
any of you out there with the OEM tire jack and a car heavier than a
4KQ should throw it away and find a better one.  It is Dangerous, and
that is the bottom line.

   So, to report on my findings...well, I'm not having much luck.  I
bought an MVP scissor type jack (looked pretty solid) at Wal Mart for
$16 and used it to remove my tire and put on the spare.  Hard to crank,
but seemed to work!  Went to Sears and had it plugged.  Charged me $15
and it took them 2 hours!  Morons!  Anyways, I went jack the car up to
put it back on and my car (weighing 2400 lbs) bent this new jack (which
is rated at 2 tons!).  I had to have one of the guys bring it in and
use a floor jack to lift it up so we could put the good wheel back on.
Serious pain in the ass!  Went to see if Sears had any better
Chraftsman compact jack for the trunk.  No luck!  They didn't have a
single one.  Had a few floor jacks though.

   I, of course, brought my bent scissor type jack back to Wal Mart and
returned it.  Glad they took it back!  If my 3400 lb car bent a jack
rated good to 4000 lbs, that should be advertising fraud or something!

   Anyways, the search for a new and better jack goes on....  Any help
would be appreciated.  I have heard Porsche has some pretty good jacks
that I should check out and someone told me Volvo jacks are very beefy
and work well.  I have to search the boneyard for one of these!

   Well, gotta run!

   Later,
   Dan