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ST Poll -- Do you know how to change a tire?

Posted by znufrii Sep 22 '14, 07:27

no.

Responses:

how can you not know? -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 22, 11:49
Yes. It's really easy. -- nm - Loyola Sep 22, 08:17
yes, but haven't done so in 20 years. -- nm - diva Sep 22, 08:12
Yes -- nm - JD Sep 22, 07:58
Yes. Haven't changed one in a while though. (Thanks AAA!) -- nm - kelly Sep 22, 07:48
Yeah, I was ride sharing one and we had a flat tire. The two dumb girls in the front seats we bewildered that I was able to - Guigue Sep 22, 07:48
yes, although I don't have a proper jack or a spare. -- nm - Reagen Sep 22, 07:48 1
- (the fun job is changing a tire on a tractor) - Reagen Sep 22, 07:50
Yes but I also have AAA so I don't have to (but only if I'm not in a hurry). -- nm - Covington Sep 22, 07:46
I learned in HS but could I? maybe. my new car has some "inflater" thing instead of a spare tire so I am covered there... -- nm - vice president peggy ann Sep 22, 07:41
Fun high school story - my dad wanted to teach me how to change a tire right after i got my license (i was 17) - Andie Sep 22, 07:40 15
- That doesn't seem like you -- nm - con_carne Sep 22, 07:49 13
  - it is exactly like 17 year old me. -- nm - Andie Sep 22, 07:51 9
    - So when did you become a liberated woman? -- nm - con_carne Sep 22, 07:53 6
      - oh my mom is a super feminist, i always was. i was just far too cool to want to learn anything from my dad. -- nm - Andie Sep 22, 07:53 5
        
        (Dave's nickname for my mother is "Suffragette Joan." -- nm - Andie Sep 22, 07:54 4
        
        joan is a very common mom name in my friend group. maybe it's just the time? -- nm - vice president peggy ann Sep 22, 08:00 3
        
        It was a top 10 name in the 30s, top 25 in the 40s. -- nm - Reagen Sep 22, 08:03 2
        
        my mom has three friends, also named Joan. (although my mom's name is actually Evelyn. - Andie Sep 22, 08:09 1
        
        yeah my mom's family too -- nm - Epiphany Sep 22, 08:17
    - 17 year old me would have been there in 10 minutes to change your tire. nm -- nm - groiny Sep 22, 07:52 1
      - 17 year old me would have beat you there by 5 minutes. -- nm - Spawn Sep 22, 07:55
  - This was before she became too lucky for a flat to happen. -- nm - Spawn Sep 22, 07:50 2
    - "Listen up. You let this happen again, and I'm gonna have to find myself a new Leprechaun. Got it?" -- nm - Andie with a flat Sep 22, 07:58 1
      - I'll be good -- nm - Leprechaun Sep 22, 07:59
- the only time I ever needed to change a tire I was driving home from my mom's house with an as yet undaignosed calcium deposit on my elbow. I could - vice president peggy ann Sep 22, 07:45
I'd guess that I've changed over 100 tires. nm - Dignan Sep 22, 07:37 5
- I'm now picturing Dignan like Bill Murray in Groundhog Day - changing the old ladies' tires before they can even get out of the car. - Inigo Sep 22, 07:45 1
  - get out? they would be locking the doors and digging out the pepper spray. nm -- nm - groiny Sep 22, 07:46
- "I'll change your tire for a blowjob." -- nm - Dignan's business card Sep 22, 07:45
- drive better -- nm - Beaker Sep 22, 07:41
- Wow. I was counting and realized I am closer to a dozen than half, but that is crazy. - Spawn Sep 22, 07:39
jesus man, it is amazing you can change your underwear. - groiny Sep 22, 07:36
do I know how? yes - could I actually do it? likely not - breaking the lug nuts loose is beyond me -- nm - Epiphany Sep 22, 07:36 1
- tip: loosen them BEFORE you jack the car up -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 22, 11:50
Step 1) Call roadside assistance -- nm - oblique Sep 22, 07:34 6
- this -- nm - Beaker Sep 22, 07:39 1
  - *shakes head* -- nm - Fox and Friends Sep 22, 07:40
- "You are where? We will be there in .... 7.5 hours. Approximately." -- nm - Andie Sep 22, 07:35 3
  - How cute are you? Oh... well, make it 15 hours. -- nm - Roadside Assistance Sep 22, 07:42
  - Just enough time to make sweet love to your lady by the engine fire. -- nm - Was Bar Was Sep 22, 07:38
  - *waiting 7.5 hours later* -- nm - oblik Sep 22, 07:37
Yes. -- nm - Ender Sep 22, 07:34
yes. had to do it once, thank goodness for manuals (did you know that if you use a jack on the wrong part of your car you can damage it?) -- nm - Andie Sep 22, 07:32
I was going to say no, but I've done it (alone) -- nm - ty97 Sep 22, 07:31
Definite maybe. -- nm - Was Bar Was Sep 22, 07:30
I worked in the outback for five years, I'd better. -- nm - mafic Sep 22, 07:30
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Yes. Had one awhile back where I post a pic of a huge bolt puncturing the tire. -- nm - budice Sep 22, 07:30
Um, yeah. I think the worst one ever was in drizzling rain in December on the New Jersey Turnpike. That sucked -- nm - CQ Sep 22, 07:29 2
- yeah, in the snow sucks. frozen fingers and dropped lugnuts -- nm - decline Sep 22, 07:44 1
  - But I didn't say ,"fudge" -- nm - CQ Sep 22, 07:45
sure -- nm - decline Sep 22, 07:28
I learned in school :D -- nm - Roo Sep 22, 07:28
Yes, it's pretty easy to do. -- nm - Inigo Sep 22, 07:28
I have changed maybe a half-dozen tires. -- nm - Spawn Sep 22, 07:28
In theory. -- nm - Roger More Sep 22, 07:27 1
- this. -- nm - spamlet Sep 22, 07:29

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