Actor Anton Yelchin died

[mongers]

At the moment it feels like the UK failed to apply the parking brake properly. 

[LaCroix]

Do you know which way to turn the tires when parking up or down hill?

Do you use the parking brake when on a hill?

no hills where I grew up. just flat prairie for as far as the eye can see

[Solmyr]

Best threadjack ever.

[garbon]

I've only ever used the emergency break when parking on a noticeable incline.

You should definitely use it when changing a flat.

Why would a person need to do that themselves?

[dps]

I've only ever used the emergency break when parking on a noticeable incline.

You should definitely use it when changing a flat.

Why would a person need to do that themselves?

So you don't have to wait for help. 

[11B4V]

I've only ever used the emergency break when parking on a noticeable incline.

You should definitely use it when changing a flat.

Why would a person need to do that themselves?

Why would l d you not?

[LaCroix]

no desire to learn + willingness to pay = no need to do it yourself

[dps]

no desire to learn + willingness to pay = no need to do it yourself

It's not about the money.  It's about wasting your time waiting for help to show up.  When you get a flat, (or any kind of car trouble, really) it's almost always at a place and time that help is going to take a while to show up, and usually it's in a place you don't want to wait any longer than absolutely necessary.

To be honest, though,it's not something that you actually need to learn ahead of time.  Nobody ever showed me how to change a flat, but the first time I had one, it took about 30 seconds of skimming the owner's manual to figure it out.

[DGuller]

I'm sure I'd be able to figure it out if I had no choice, but doing it otherwise seems like a classic false economy.  I can fuck something up from inexperience, I can get hit by traffic, I can hurt myself by not jacking up the car properly.  I don't really see the point of doing it yourself if you can afford to have someone else do it for you.

[MadBurgerMaker]

The last time I got a flat I had to call a truck to take my car to a parking lot so I (we, actually, dude stuck around and helped, which was nice) could cahnge the tire without getting smoked by traffic.  The tire went just as I was going from one highway to another, and I ended up having to stop on the ramp.  The shoulder on the I-37 to I-35 onramp is really fucking narrow.  When dude pulled up in the truck, he blocked a little of the lane so I could open my door without dying.  Good times.

The tires on that A4 really hoovered up everything on the road.  I've never had any other tires need to be patched or replaced so much. 

[LaCroix]

It's not about the money.  It's about wasting your time waiting for help to show up.  When you get a flat, (or any kind of car trouble, really) it's almost always at a place and time that help is going to take a while to show up, and usually it's in a place you don't want to wait any longer than absolutely necessary.

risk vs reward. I'm OK wasting an hour or three of it ever does happen. for those who find satisfaction learning about cars and doing their own fixes, great! but not everyone does

[garbon]

I've only ever used the emergency break when parking on a noticeable incline.

You should definitely use it when changing a flat.

Why would a person need to do that themselves?

Why would l d you not?

AAA is pretty cheap.

[11B4V]

I've only ever used the emergency break when parking on a noticeable incline.

You should definitely use it when changing a flat.

Why would a person need to do that themselves?

Why would l d you not?

AAA is pretty cheap.

Yes I have AAA.