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[Epidemic]

Cruising back from richmond last night at 7 or so doing bout 70+ or minus probably more +. My car felt a bit squishy. I stopped and looked and dag num it my tire was losing it. So I pulled back out into traffic and headed for the next exit. Oh well got up to about 40 the tire gasped and made the noise in the above title.

I puts on the spare and began lowering the car and it kept lowering and lowering. down down down it came. as the wind whipped through my bonez and little droplets of water spattered my face.

I whipped out my tire gauge and found about 10 psi in it.

too cold to care I packed up the vehicle and rode slowly to the gas station where I had to put in some air

Dagnumit.

All turned out well.


BTW Why the hell do they hide the stupid fricking jack so dag num far from the spare. you need to take apart the car to find the stupid thing. Also why are the stupid bolts so long on the spare tire. Took me like 2 minutes to spin the thing off the side of my car. Tell you one thing though with threads that long you could take a meteor impact an the spare tire would still be attached to the car

[wju425]

Be glad you don't have a wagon like mine. Id have to take all my tools out of the back just so I can lift the floor to get the spare out (a doughnut).

\o/ Billy

EDIT: By the way nice sound effect Epi

[Optimus Prime]

I wondered where that title came in, then i said it aloud, and thought "oh, right!". Of course, everyone in my office think i am now clinically insane, oh well .

[Epidemic]

Well Mine was no prize. I had about 300 pounds of tools and equipment in the back seat and trunk. made for some fun.

[Epidemic]

Originally posted by Optimus Prime
I wondered where that title came in, then i said it aloud, and thought "oh, right!". Of course, everyone in my office think i am now clinically insane, oh well .

I am not sure if I got it right by it was my attempt.

[whitebeard21]

You could have a van/pickup with it under the rear, suspended on a cable that gets frozen so you have to lay in the mud and beat on it, mash at least two fingers then find out it is flat.

[nomaxim]

I whipped out my tire gauge and found about 10 psi in it.

Sounds like someone was ill prepared for an emergency. Take it you were never a Boy Scout?

Sorry, I just find it funny that you had a tire gauge but no air in the tire.

[skybolt_1]

Key lessons learned here:

1: "Spare" does not mean "ornament." Make sure yours is full and it good condition.

2: You didn't mention it but I'm sure you absolutely hated the stock tire iron. They suck. Carry your Craftsman set with you, and make sure you have a long socket that will fit your wheel nuts.

3: If you are really not in the mood to do any of this, I gotta admit that I love Fix-A-Flat (especially if it is an older tire) because you can then happily drive away in 5 mins. I would NOT use it on a new tire (just seems wrong because then that stuff is in there FOREVER. dunno why I feel that way).

Sounds like you had a great time!!!

skybolt_1

[Epidemic]

Nah the spare is brand new tire on a alloy rim. Still has the blue junk on the lettering.

Should I have checked it. I do periodically but just a whack to see if it is holding pressure. It felt pretty hard.

But ultimately I had not checked it's pressure formally. Apparently my thump method is not effective until the pressure goes down a bit more.

[Prison Kids]

Speaking of tires and air...

I once had a friend over years ago, and we got to talking about cars (I then knew alittle about them), and he told me his car shook at speeds over 45mph. In a serious, professional voice, I told him I once had that problem, and then I asked him "when was the last time you changed the air in your tires?"

He was unaware you had to do this, so I made up something to the fact that the air becomes stale over the years, and causes the tires to rotate improperly. I told him I change mine reularly, and sent him to the gass station with a valve stem remover. Needless to say he came back about 20 minutes later, not a happy camper (got 3 tires empty, before the attendant ask wtf are you doing?).

Sorry, this thread reminded me of that. Thought you might get a kick out of it!