I'm an Idiot

[81 Corvette]

After 2.5 years of Vette ownership and 1 flat tire, I finally found the jack and lug wrench hidden UNDER the plastic tray behind the passneger seat. I never could figure out how you were suppose to store the jack in the tray:L

 

[I_R_DA_ONE]

We are all ignorant of one thing or the other.... and those that think they know it all are the stupidest of them all....
Mike R

 

[gary55r]

Dude...:L

It took me a while to figure out how to get the key out. I didn't know about the little lever behind the switch untill I read the owners manual.:confused That is where I found out about the jack too. Learn something new everyday!

Gary

 

[Tritium007]

It was Will Rogers who said "Everyone is ignorant, just about different things." The first night I had my car in the garage I somehow set the alarm off. I was playing with the locks and reached in to open the door through the window. I felt paralized without a keyless entry fob to turn the damn thing off. I had to look real stupid standing next to the car quickly thumbing through the owner's manual to find out I needed to just put the key in the door and turn it.

H3

 

[tomtom72]

I'm as dumb as a box o rocks then...

When I got my 90 I had to read the owner's manual to get the key out of the ignition I still can't figure out how to get the lug wrench out of it's hold down behind my seat so I'm rideing round with a 1/2 set up & a 19mm in one of my compartments ! But ain't life great? We all have vettes!

 

[Dons97]

Ok...we all agree that we're all stupid and that....blah, blah, blah.


But don't you guys read the owner's manual?

:confused :eyerole :W

 

[GerryLP]

It happened to me twice. After a long ime of owning my Vette, I found the T-Top covers. After another year or so, I found the jack underneeth the covers...

I was not the original owner, so I didn't even have an owner's manual until about 3 years ago.

GerryLP:cool

 

[zgator]

I knew where the jack was in my 82CE but didn't know what this little tool looking thing was.I put it back with the jack stuff.Then I find out it's for the center caps,and I had been using a screw driver to remove my center caps.Oh well!!

 

[Mr. Chuck]

If you use your lug wrench very much and if you use your foot / leg to stand on the handle to loosen those tight lug nuts as I found to be the best way to avoid injury to hands and the like. You will no doubt experience the failure / breakage of the pivot pin that takes most of the stress. If so you can replace the broken pin with a case hardened bolt as I did some year ago. This prevents you from going to a "T" handle and still being able to store the wrench under the drop in tray.

 

[Rich80]

I didnt know it either till i read it in the manual after a year of ownership....

 

[Chrisr]

Hi Rich,
I was just wondering, is your '80 black with an oyster interior??

Chris

 

[Rich80]

Black with Oyster...

 

[Nut]

That jack is a piece of crap. I went out and bought a piston jack and made a plate to support it on the ground and a larger cap for the frame. I feel a lot more secure jacking up the car now than using that old scissor jack.

........ nut

 

[Chrisr]

Black with Oyster...

Thanks Rich. Those are the exact colors mine was!!!! I loved that color combo!!