A few years ago, I was getting ready to do the brakes on my wife's Suburban. I was jacking up the car when the jack slipped, and the jack shot out 3-4 feet from under the car, and the car fell and the tire (which was still on...thank God) landed about 2 inches from my leg.
I'll never do brakes again. That could have ended much worse if the same thing happened about 20 minutes later. I use jack stands, but still.
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