And when you think people cant get any stupider.

[anonymous-user]

Major contender for the Darwin Awards right here.

Read the use in the description.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Stainless-Steel-Lowering...

[Alfanatic]

Aren't those the things you are supposed to use when dismantling suspension?

[hoppo4.2]

WTF

[V88Dicky]

Oh.

I thought they were spring compressors to remove the coil springs from a car.

Is he suggesting you actually drive around with these things compressing the suspension whilst underway?

[Lanby]

Never underestimate the stupidity of the the public, and they seem to be getting stupider!

Has anybody asked him if he knows what they really are?

[jke11y]

Sold quite a few sets going by the feedback. Must be interesting when one lets go.

[J4CKO]

Jesus, he has sold a lot of them. I am sure they "Work" but wrong in so many ways, I would hope a car would fail the MOT with those on, must be for those where the whole chainging a spring thing is too complex, cant imagine the racket they make, would they migrate round to meet each other and make the spring bow out sideways ?

[The Moose]

jke11y said:

Sold quite a few sets going by the feedback. Must be interesting when one lets go.

Whilst not the most comfortable thing to happen, I can't see it being catastrophic if it does let go?!

Oh, and saying stupider makes you sound more stupid

[TheLordJohn]

The only thing worse are the people who've bought them for his intended purpose!

[blugnu]

Oh my!

Reading the feedback (looking for a "it popped off and I crashed" comment) I noticed this sort of thing as feedback:

-:¦:-•:*'""*:•.-:¦:-•*SUPER eBAYER*•-:¦:-•:*'''''*:•-:¦:- Thank you!!! -:¦:-•:

What sort of person bothers typing all that 'punctuation' and why?

[shakindog]

Exhaust u clamps work just as well and cheaper.
We all do silly things when we young and dumb

[TheEnd]

They copy and paste it, in a similar way to what you've just done.

[blugnu]

TheEnd said:

They copy and paste it, in a similar way to what you've just done.

If only I'd thought to copy and paste :/

[MX7]

People leave spring compressors on their cars?!!! That's actually quite funny.

[Scuffers]

/shakes head/

unreal....

[Jasandjules]

Oh dear.

[The Moose]

blugnu said:

Oh my!

Reading the feedback (looking for a "it popped off and I crashed" comment) I noticed this sort of thing as feedback:

-:¦:-•:*'""*:•.-:¦:-•*SUPER eBAYER*•-:¦:-•:*'''''*:•-:¦:- Thank you!!! -:¦:-•:

What sort of person bothers typing all that 'punctuation' and why?

Isn't that one of the standard default bits of feedback you can leave?

[busta]

Make my universal lowering kit idea seem ingenious! It involves placing a sheet of 25mm steel on your boot floor.

[Steffan]

busta said:

Make my universal lowering kit idea seem ingenious! It involves placing a sheet of 25mm steel on your boot floor.

You must be Tarzan if you can lift that up. Or dwwn. Could be a twang as your nuts drop in protest! I admire the ingenuity but the downside risk? AAAARRRGGGHHH

[TVdinneR]

These contraptions are not actually proper coil spring compressors ie not designed specifically for compressing springs prior to removal/replacement,although they would,I assume,ultimately serve the same purpose.
These things have been around since at least the 80`s.
I, in my youth, bought a set.
In fact they are probably still somewhere in the shed.
And they were made, and still are it seems, by a reputable firm.
http://compare.ebay.co.uk/like/280913148119?var=lv...