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Old 01-01-2005, 02:48 PM   #1
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Default Supercheapauto™ super shit recall.
Just browsing SuperCheapAutos website and came across this:


Makes you wonder with some of the cheap products they put on the shelves what sort of quality control they go through before being sold to the public.
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Old 01-01-2005, 02:50 PM   #2
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Good thing I never bought one....and they've been selling them for over 3 years!!!
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Old 01-01-2005, 02:53 PM   #3
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Recalls happen, not really a big deal.
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Old 01-01-2005, 02:53 PM   #4
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I got mine for $20 at one of their sales a year ago... nice and cheap.
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Old 01-01-2005, 03:06 PM   #5
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Wow this has gotta be the 3rd or 4th supercheap jack that's been recalled.
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Old 01-01-2005, 03:12 PM   #6
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Dont know about you but I want a bit more than a $20 jack and some $10 axle stands, before I will climb under 1800Kg of car.

Please before working under your car ensure it is securely mouted as shown below.
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Old 01-01-2005, 03:30 PM   #7
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Dont know about you but I want a bit more than a $20 jack and some $10 axle stands, before I will climb under 1800Kg of car.

Please before working under your car ensure it is securely mouted as shown below.
I've seen this photo before...
but I just get a shiver down my spine whenever I see it again
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Old 01-01-2005, 03:33 PM   #8
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what do you expect from super cheap?
would you expect things to be of shit quality and break if they came from Clints as well?
its all in the name and the PRICE.
you get what you pay for.
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Old 01-01-2005, 03:44 PM   #9
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I've seen this photo before...
but I just get a shiver down my spine whenever I see it again
Just scanned it out of a back issue of Motor Mag, I had received it prior to that in on of the many regular e-mail mass mailings.
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Old 01-01-2005, 03:44 PM   #10
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Dont know about you but I want a bit more than a $20 jack and some $10 axle stands, before I will climb under 1800Kg of car.

Please before working under your car ensure it is securely mouted as shown below.
That’s an absolute ripper, what a knob head..
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doh. Now I have to take my jack back! I've never had any issues with it but s**t happens ey. Even my Hyundai jack got recalled but it was for a lousy sticker. :(

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Old 01-01-2005, 03:57 PM   #12
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I am the most paranoid car fixer at home. I put the BIG floor jack under it, and another cheap floor jack and some stands. I will never be squashed!!!
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I suspose it come's down to you get what you pay for, but in the interest of safety, I would never buy something like this from a cheap store anyway, it pay's to buy something that you can trust if you value your safety.
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you get what you pay for.
too true.

However, if a product has an advertised load limit of x kg's you would expect it to conform, especially if the particular product has been on the market for 4 years now.
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dont think ive ever bought a jack from supercheap, although my eski was only bout 950kg i always made sure i had adequate stability, think a car on top of ya might hurt just a little bit aye??? :P
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Ummmm

Can someone call me an ambulance, im sorta stuck under the car here... thank god Ive got my laptop... but even porn isnt jacking the car up...


Helllpppp.. anyone....
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Ummmm

Can someone call me an ambulance, im sorta stuck under the car here... thank god Ive got my laptop... but even porn isnt jacking the car up...


Helllpppp.. anyone....
Get better porn then Gary....either that or those little blue pills.
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Can someone call me an ambulance, im sorta stuck under the car here... thank god Ive got my laptop... but even porn isnt jacking the car up...


Helllpppp.. anyone....
must be watching the wrong kind of porn bro lol
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Dont worry Laminge, I've found a nurse who can help...
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Dont worry Laminge, I've found a nurse who can help...
oh dear, i suddenly feel quite ill, do you think she could do a "check up" on me please??? ive got my "lucky" hat with me too
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Damn, the desk just tipped over. I'm going to clean myself up now.
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I'll be happy for her to jack me up...
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Old 01-01-2005, 04:21 PM   #23
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You all know I'M FIRST IN LINE !!

ahhh HELL NO!!! :P biggest first hehehe, afta all we need more luvin than the rest hehehehe
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well if its taken this long for sca to recall it, then it must be recent findings, and to save their own *** they're going to recall all sold back for a couple of years...
return it and exhange for car ramps or something...

and stop baggin sca, they sell some good stuff, some cheap shit...
sell good oil, filters, spark plugs, hoses, spare parts n shit
really depends how stinjy you want to be
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return it and exhange for car ramps or something...

and stop baggin sca........

really depends how stinjy you want to be
I never want to become that stinjy!!!
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I shop at Super Cheap, but I never buy Super Cheap branded stuff (with the exception of one spanner, which I've used....once). I just go there for oils, spark plugs, brake pads and shit like that. Although I seem to be able to get it cheaper through Burson's and Repco now days.
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