# $295 For The Air In The Tires (Not A Typo)

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/295-for-the-air-in-the-tires-not-a-typo/91068>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Created:** [September 2, 2015, 2:12am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/295-for-the-air-in-the-tires-not-a-typo/91068 "2015-09-02T02:12:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2015, 5:07pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/295-for-the-air-in-the-tires-not-a-typo/91068/101 "2015-09-08T17:07:55Z")

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I bought my compressor to drive my impact driver, but use it for countless things now, including blowing stuff off my garage floor and even my driveway.

I wanted to get a “lift bag”, like those used by rescue crews, to use instead of a jack, but those things are surprisingly expensive. It’d be great to be able to just slide a bag under the car and blow it up with the compressor to lift the car. I checked into “air jacks”, but my car doesn’t have enough clearance.

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**Author:** ![Marnet](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/marnet/32/41_2.png) [@Marnet](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Marnet)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2015, 12:39am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/295-for-the-air-in-the-tires-not-a-typo/91068/102 "2015-09-09T00:39:22Z")

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My little compessor is really just a 120v / 12v tire inflator that runs either on an extension cord or, with the car motor running, off a 12v plug in the car. It fills tires slower than the air hoses at gas stations but is soooo much easier to use at home I don’t mind the few extra minutes total time it takes overall.

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