http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xN1Ev1pBlaA

Stands! And no idiots should be allowed in the garage.

For those that think a jack supplied in a car trunk is good enough, I have had a few failures. None of them serious, thank you.
My first time was at around age 20 with a VW beetle. The wheels were still on the ground, but the car shifted forward for some reason while I was removing the lug nuts. The jack just twisted until all 4 wheels were on the ground.
My dad's bumper jack on the 1951 caddy slipped on the bumper and the car came down. We had to get a wrecker to get it off the ground. The shoulder of the road was too unstable to support a jack.

If anyone considers a concrete garage floor safe, remember, the 850 jack placement raises both of the wheels off the ground and the car will move a little to the rear, even on a level floor! Go ahead and rotate your tires, but do not stick your head in the wheel well to check the inner brake pads...

When a jack fails and the car falls, it is in milleseconds. And the weight of the car will bottom the suspension, about 4 inches of ground clearance. If your head or chest is smaller than 4 inches, I guess you will survive.

Klaus
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Just driving a 1998 V70R :)

pulling the winters off my 1989 245 (i'd just flown out west, it took the train :) and the scissor jack fell over, twisting out of the jack bracket. probably because i'd not set it right. probably because i was jetlagged. probably the same reason i had sat down with both legs under the car when i tugged off the wheel. the car landed on the brake disk just touching my legs... i call it a lucky day.

Wow, you ought to start playing the lottery.

I had to change a wasted tire on my 940 on the interstate and the weirdo left-handed-can-opener jack sat quite far into the shoulder. I was able to change the tire, but it was a harrowing experience.

In contrast, the volvo crank-jack for my 140 worked okay, but it dug into the door and left a nice scratch.... I always use a floor jack for tire rotation, oil changes and fuel filter service.

If you put a half-dollar sized spacer between the jack arm and the sill on your
140 it will space the nose away from the door and you can avoid the nasty scratch.
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George Downs, Bartlesville, Heart of the USA!

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I tried to watch this video, but Youtube has removed it because of "violation of the terms of service." I can only guess that they consider it too violent!

I got a flat on my 95 850glt. I ran over screw. I was close to home so I drove the two blocks home on the rim-very slowly. It had been raining, and my parking spot is mud. I had to be somwhere, adn didnt have time to get it plugged, so I pulled out the sissor jack, never used it before, so I had to look at the manual. I was impatient, so I looked quickly underneath to find the spot where the jack latches onto the car. I mistakenly put it into another opening were the screw is. It must have been close to the real latching point, because after I jacked it up a little, it shifted violently to the front, then suddenly stopped- the jack had slid into the right latch about a half inch away. I really avoided a mess. By the way, I drove with the donut 80 miles to and from my destination that night--That little Volvo donut spare was tough!