I like to work on my own cars and modify them. I really like how the jack is so fast & compact and doesn't get in the way of your work. It raised the car extremely fast and efficiently when paired with my Milwaukee M18 air compressor. However, I do need it to reach a higher extension at least equivalent to a regular floor jack. Increase height from 17.7" to 19.7" would be prefect. If you have a vehicle that sits up higher than normal (i.e. Jeep Wrangler) then you could put a block under it and that would work great. As for low profile cars like the BMW M235i the compressor can still be utilized, however you will have to remove the rubber pad on top and it barely slides under the cars jack point, but it works! The rubber pad easily unthreads quickly and threads on by hand in about 5 seconds. Overall its pretty cool!