Most new vehicles come with a jack to be used when changing tires. If you have a secondhand car, or if your jack has been lying around neglected, you may need to buy one. When shopping for a new jack, ...

For both amateur and professional mechanics, lifting a vehicle off the ground provides much better ease of access to components on its underside. This shortens the time it takes to perform oil changes ...

The most obvious reason to jack up a car is to change a tire, but other jobs such as inspecting brakes may also require you to get under the vehicle. (Even if you're skinny enough to squeeze yourself ...