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Old Mar 1, 2006 | 05:35 PM
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sure i dont care

its just taking up space in my garage

im thinkin aobut asking john if its covered under warranty
 
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Old Mar 1, 2006 | 05:36 PM
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i mean it is part of the car, and it was defective
 
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Old Mar 1, 2006 | 07:33 PM
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Seriously, it should be covered under warranty.
 
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Old Mar 2, 2006 | 09:24 AM
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IMO there is a difference between putting diesel fuel into your unleaded tank (will the nozzel even fit) and using a jack that bends. Putting diesel in you gasoline tank is clearly user error, but a bent jack may be poor manufacturing or materials, or poor engineering.
 
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Old Mar 2, 2006 | 09:35 AM
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if its covered, they have to prove user error, not the other way around...
 
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Old Mar 2, 2006 | 10:04 AM
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Originally Posted by DrRabbitFurHead
"User error" should NOT and probably will not be covered under warranty.

If you put diesel fuel into the gas tank, should that be covered under warranty? I'm sure there are instructions in the owners manual that tell EXACTLY how to use the jack and I for one know that the parking brake was not applied. What about 'chocks' (or however you spell them). Shouldn't they be used too?
it definately wasnt user error todd

if you seen my jack you could tell that i used it numerous times to jack my car up and down. lightweights's jack couldnt handle the pressure and buckled.
 
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Old Mar 2, 2006 | 10:31 AM
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Originally Posted by SFLG35
it definately wasnt user error todd

if you seen my jack you could tell that i used it numerous times to jack my car up and down. lightweights's jack couldnt handle the pressure and buckled.
Dan and I have probably jacked up a G35 about 50 times and Dan's jack is well used all the time. This was Lightweight's jack first action and it buckeled on the very first crank. I was there and the jack just failed.
 
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Old Mar 2, 2006 | 11:00 AM
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Is his jack different than yours?
 
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Old Mar 2, 2006 | 11:02 AM
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Its the standard scissor jack that comes with all our cars.
 
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Old Mar 2, 2006 | 11:11 AM
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its an automatic...parking brake is just an added bonus....

if the car rolled down the street u can blame the parking brake....if the car falls straight to the ground the brake had nothing to do with it....
 
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Old Mar 2, 2006 | 11:14 AM
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The jack buckled to the right and as we started to crank it back down...it completely buckeled. And you cant blame the lack of chocks or parking brake on it. It simply crumpled under the weight. You will be hard pressed to find someone who has jacked up the G more than Danny boy.
 
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Old Mar 2, 2006 | 11:26 AM
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You will be hard pressed to find someone who has jacked up the G more than Danny boy.
take that out of context....
 
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Old Mar 2, 2006 | 11:27 AM
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You guys need to get a nice low-slung floor jack.
 
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