by shammers still slogging along on February 8th, 2008

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If you have a flat tire on your car, can you change it yourself?

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by Jade on February 9th, 2008
Yes, I can and many other auto related tasks as well.
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by Flbound on February 8th, 2008
I'm one of the few girls I know that can!!
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by Zack on February 9th, 2008
I could change all four if I had to.
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by Cowboy-Matter of Fact on February 8th, 2008
Yes, I can.
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by Empress of Everything Ever on February 8th, 2008
If I can - if some super testosteroned jock hasn't tighten the nuts so tight that it took a super heavy duty air compressor gun thingie to get them off.

If that hasn't happened then I can and do change my tires and anybody else's who can't do it for themselves. I can also change the oil, spark plugs and other routine maintenance type things that go with having a car.
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by impondering on March 1st, 2008
Yes. If you can't change a flat tire then you should consider trading places in life with a quadriplegic, because they are the only people who have an excuse not to be able to perform this simple task. Literally, a 12 year old could comprehend this. If you don't know how to do this, go outside and take the jack out of your trunk. POSITION IT UNDER THE FRAME OF YOUR CAR. THE _FRAME_. Today cars are not thick enough to simply put it under a random part of the body. They are made of beer cans. BREAK THE LUGS on your wheel with a TIRE IRON. THEN JACK UP YOUR CAR (THE JACK HAS A SIMPLE MECHANISM FOR THIS. IT MAY INVOLVE CRANKING). Remove the LUGS. REPLACE WHEEL WITH SPARE WHEEL. TIGHTEN LUGS until the wheel is square against the assembly. ALTERNATE tightening THE LUGS IN A STAR FORMATION. Let the jack down and tighten them again hard. IF you fail to change your own tire, try finding some real instructions or a friend for help. If you still fail, don't drive a car.
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by couperdecar on February 23rd, 2008
If you can't change a tire- you shouldn't be driving !
just my .02
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by chocolate monster has left the building on February 9th, 2008
absolutely :)
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by loveschimps on February 8th, 2008
sorry no can do...
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by TX Rules is sad about new AB on February 8th, 2008
Sure I can. I also showed my wife and made sure she could.
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by Meg is exhausted on February 8th, 2008
yup. My dad wanted to make sure his girls could take care of business themselves and taught my sister and I how to do it. I can also change my own oil. I rock.
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by .avallach on February 8th, 2008
Yes but I carry a AAA card so I don't have to.
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by Nelson - Jetpacking from bed on February 8th, 2008
I can, I have, and I've done it for my wife and others. One of those things my dad taught me as a kid.
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by slothmister on February 8th, 2008
Yes of course, its the easiest bit of maintenance you can do on a car!

Jack it up, undo a few bolts, change the whole wheel to the spare, then redo the bolts, drop the jack!

Bang bang, done!
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by Answer me on February 8th, 2008
Only if I can find my jack in the midst of everything in my trunk. I even change tires for others when I can.
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by Cyndi Ninja on February 8th, 2008
Yes, Dad make sure that I was able to do so as soon as I started driving. Good 'ol Dad :)
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  by shammers still slogging along on February 8th, 2008
- I actually had to change hubby's tire when we started dating...he had NO clue how to do it and he was going to wait 2 hours for road-side service!
  
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  by Cyndi Ninja on February 8th, 2008
- Way to go!!!!
  
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  by shammers still slogging along on February 8th, 2008
- And I always thought it was something inherent in the Y chromosome that they just automatically knew how to do it ;)
  
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  by Cyndi Ninja on February 8th, 2008
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by raf3592 on April 30th, 2009
yea! easy!
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by Ditto on April 27th, 2009
That's child's play. Too easy.
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by maximista on March 1st, 2009
i could, but i wouldn't.
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by Sam on November 3rd, 2008
I am able to change a tire. I have done it a few times. However, I pay for AAA and my care has roadside assistance built into its purchase. If it is not a long wait I would let someone else do the job that is dressed for it and has better equipment, as well.
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by bopski on November 2nd, 2008
Yes, but though I'm a guy, I still find it annoying. The hard part is the removing/installing the 4 or 5 wheel nuts and the yanking in and out of the tire. The tire is heavy, and you get dirty. I wish car makers would mass produce those wheels with one huge screw in the center which is removed and installed by a pneumatic tool, like in Rally and Formula 1 cars.
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by grease monky on August 26th, 2008
yes
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by eric on August 15th, 2008
Sure. Everyone should know how to do that.
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by hhhttt on August 15th, 2008
Yes I can.
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by FingerBoX on August 9th, 2008
i could if i had a spare! lol.
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by mynameismolly222 on August 9th, 2008
Yes I have before. And I'm a 16 year old girl haha
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by Anonymous on August 8th, 2008
yes i can .i can fix about anything on a car
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by SuperBabe on July 18th, 2008
I would wait till some nice guy offerd his help ;o)
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by keigan on June 12th, 2008
you are dumb if you dont know how to change a flat tire
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by rustyrazor on June 6th, 2008
Yup, there was this one time when I got a flat driving out to my freinds log cabin (about 50 miles on an old logging road) and when I pulled the spare out from under my truck it was flat because the rim of the spare rusted out. It was probably the road salt. I put the spare on anyways and my friend had some mono expanding foam insulation at his camp so I pulled the valve out of the valve stem and jammed the straw from the can of mono in there and emptied the can into the tire. The tire held up for the whole ride home while the theme song to McGygver was playing in the background (or in my head).
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by JaySurf on May 26th, 2008
nope, there's no way i could change it, sadly
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by Skirtsnhose on May 22nd, 2008
Yes, of course.
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by Freaky Yo on May 22nd, 2008
Yes I Can!
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by Someguy on April 16th, 2008
Yep. quite easily
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by Anonymous on April 16th, 2008
long as you have the gear
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by emac13 on April 4th, 2008
I would hope so. I belive it should be part of the dmv exam to get your DL>
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by Taciturnu on March 24th, 2008
Sure can, and I have. I've assisted friends before, too. It was one of the first things I taught myself when I started driving.
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by Nick on March 24th, 2008
Yes I can, and I have done so before.
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by sailor on March 24th, 2008
No problem as long as you can use the jack and wheel brace
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by Takei-Shihan on March 12th, 2008
Yes, easily ... but not with race track record breaking speed.
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by Ed the Jetpacking Headbanger on March 12th, 2008
Yes, the last time was 13 months ago. It takes me less than 15 minutes.
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by geek860 on March 12th, 2008
Yes. I've helped a few other stranded strangers with their tires too. It shocks me how little people seem to know about their vehicles.
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by ib422000@yahoo.com on March 12th, 2008
I could do that and al lot more like change waterpump, brake pads etc. Now, I'm 65 and have CPD, so I get out of breath just sitting down to place the jack. Old ageis not good. Avoid it.
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by Greekgod on March 11th, 2008
Easy peasy
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by Jeffers on March 11th, 2008
I am completely capable, but I usually call AAA motorclub anyway...

that's a reason I pay for it...
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by jude7186 on March 11th, 2008
no, but i can call someone who can.
the last time i had one ... i drove 25 MPH for 45 minutes to get home with a flat and wait for someone to fix it. it turns out the zoning inspector was there to check up on my house and he was nice enough to change it for me.
I don't know what i would do without random acts of kindness.
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by Mitchell on March 1st, 2008
yes!!
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by Hmmm...... on March 1st, 2008
Oh yeah! I was trained by some of the best and my skills have come to good use.
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by Merfish on March 1st, 2008
Yes I can and have done it before. But that doesn't mean that if my husband is around that I won't play the girl card and let him do it.
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by psych31mwo says call me Mark on March 1st, 2008
With the spare, no prob. Repairing or replacing it altogether I would need assistance.
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