There’s a weirdly powerful feeling to being able to hoist an entire car up in the air. Not in a superhero sense—unless you consider a solid little piece of metal that works behind the scenes to do all the hard work. Meet the car jack, the unrecognized hero of roadside breakdowns, garage DIY jobs, and that one time someone decided they could get 200 miles down on a very clearly flat tire.
It resides there, stashed under the trunk liner or bolted within a storage compartment, forgotten until it becomes the most vital thing in the world. And when …