I had a flat tire on Mon, and since I only knew the theory of how to change a tire I took inventory of what my car did and didn't have, and called my dad to come and help me.
(My car had a spare tire, and only the jack part of the jack, not the lever to make the jack go up-an no other tools)
After he got there it took him less then 15 minutes to get the spare on, and then went to see if the tire store could repair the tire, (he ended up having to buy me a new tire)
On Tue morning he went to put the new tire on, and I asked him to let me do everything so that I wouldn't need to call him next time.
It did not go off to a very good start, step one I went to loosen the bolts- turned out I was not strong enough; he had to start it for me. Step two, while I could get the car up a little bit, I was not strong enough to bring the car up to where it needed to be. Failure three, I could not pull the spare tire off the car, and failure four, I could not lift the new tire off the ground to put it on to the car. At that point I gave up doing anything and just watched him finish.
So while in theory I know how to change a tire I would not be able to do it with out help.
(My car had a spare tire, and only the jack part of the jack, not the lever to make the jack go up-an no other tools)
After he got there it took him less then 15 minutes to get the spare on, and then went to see if the tire store could repair the tire, (he ended up having to buy me a new tire)
On Tue morning he went to put the new tire on, and I asked him to let me do everything so that I wouldn't need to call him next time.
It did not go off to a very good start, step one I went to loosen the bolts- turned out I was not strong enough; he had to start it for me. Step two, while I could get the car up a little bit, I was not strong enough to bring the car up to where it needed to be. Failure three, I could not pull the spare tire off the car, and failure four, I could not lift the new tire off the ground to put it on to the car. At that point I gave up doing anything and just watched him finish.
So while in theory I know how to change a tire I would not be able to do it with out help.
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