Gruber
Senior Member
- First Name
- Mark
- Joined
- Jan 27, 2018
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- Location
- TN
- Vehicle(s)
- 2018 Honda Civic Sport Touring; 2009 Honda CR-V EX-L
To the credit of your dad, the current Honda civic manual also advocates putting the wheel under the car when changing a tire. Likewise, proably almost all roadside tire changing how-to's.Better safe than sorry! I remember my first time getting under a car, I had jack stands and all but it's still a scary experience.
Two jack stands, wheel chocks, first gear and handbrake later and I feel much better going under. My dad also always advocated that if you had to change a tire on the side of the road, use the tire as a jack stand and place it under the car while you install the spare. This way if the car goes down, you still have your tire to hold it up.
Ramps are the safest and the simplest to use, but some people feel uncomfortable getting on them. In addition the civic is too low/long in the front to get on standard ramps without scraping some underbody parts. But at least all those great drivers on the forum who heel-toe all the way to the grocery store, should be able to easily and masterfully hop on the ramps.
Another issue is level ground. Many driveways are at least slightly sloping and at some point it becomes problematic to lift and support a car on a slope.
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