Spitted ones, My wife and I were headed for a concert yesterday evening, and since the weather was so nice here in southeast Michigan, we decided to take the Spit. I even decided to take the longer more sportscar friendly route around one of the many lakes.
About 8 miles into the 13 mile drive, I heard a sound from the left rear that sounded like driving over a close series of expansion strips. Except that there were no expansion strips that close. I checked the mirror for a low tire, but couldn't see anything so started to move to the shoulder to pull off the road when the tire went flat. Pulled into a parking lot and hopped out. Opened the boot to find that 1. the spare didn't have enough air to support the car and 2. the jack that I have been carrying around was so stiff that it wouldn't turn. Good thing I had my trusty AAA card and the cell phone. Twenty-five minutes later, the spare had air and was on the car. Great response from the garage. Concert was great, we only missed about 20 minutes. Lessons learned: 1. check the spare for air regularly. 2. run the jack from one end to the other at least once a year to ensure that it works. 3. Like the American Express card, don't leave home without the AAA card and the cell phone. BTW, Fix-A-Flat wouldn't have done any good, when I got the tire off the car, I could see the cause of the flat, there was cord showing on the inside edge. Also not good. Cheers, Doug -- Doug Mitchell mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] '73 Spitfire 1500 '73 Stag /// [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list /// Send admin requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool /// Archives at http://www.team.net/archive /// Send list postings to [EMAIL PROTECTED] /// Edit your replies! If they include this trailer, they will NOT be sent.
