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Originally Posted by rober
1. Engage the emergency brakes. Push the emergency brakes lever always down.
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Actually it is safer to let the car roll to the jack (meaning parking brake NOT on). The jack has enormously high rolling resistance, which means the saddle tends to slip much easier than if the wheels of the car roll towards the jack.
Depending on the condition of your pinch welds, you may be able to jack it up from the side, making the whole job much easier and faster. If they're the same thickness in the middle as at the notch for the factory jack, I'd give it a shot. On my Beretta, lifting at about the front of the drivers seat lifts the front and rear wheel equally.
I wouldn't tell you not to use jack stands, but I also wouldn't tell you that I use them unless any part of me is under the car
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Also, remember to loosen the lug nuts about 1 turn before you raise the wheel off the ground.