Horrible Meeting...

[Crayman]

Ok, The meeting was not horrible , it was very good with lots of information and fun. The trip home is what sucked, nothing better than getting a flat tire on the MassPike while driving the wifes car. pull over to the side and curse, get out and look ing the trunk, NO SPARE or well for a spare . Flip the 2 back seats up to see if it is under there, no . Now I am still 60 mile from home with cars flying by @ 60-80 mph. So I break down and pull out the owners manual, something I am not used to doing, look up spare tire. The quote was "IF equiped with a spare tire do not drive on it for a long time" now I wish I had gone out to dinner after the meeting so, now I toss the manual back in the glove box, never to be seen again. rummage thru the trunk again, now this trunk is small I see a thumb tab with a tire picture, pull that all I see is a nut. I now try and look under the car, a PT Cruiser, there is a dounut tire, just like on my F-150, who would have thought that. 5 minutes to change tire, 20 minute to find it, and on the road again.

 

[ed4copies]

Of course, one guy talking to another, I am deeply distressed that you LOOKED AT the manual.

However, since you apparently did NOT READ it, you gain back some "guy points".

All-in-all, we will allow you to stay at the "guy table" at the next meeting in the pub.

(BUT, it WAS a close call!!!)

Have you considered carrying "fix a flat", the air with goo that goes in the tire and makes it roll again??? Then your WIFE can fix it, when it goes flat again!!! It's HER car!!!

 

[wolftat]

It was the day of the tire it seemed. I went out to dinner and then noticed my tire was a bit low. I went to Auto Zone to get some fix a flat and found that the tire was fine, it was the valve stem. I pulled it out a bit more and watched it blow out ccompletely. I said screw it, called AAA and let them change my tire. I'm happy to say that my Jeep had a brand new full size spare on it. I was able to drive it 120 miles home, but I had to sit in a traffic jam for almost 2 hours due to and accident closing down the highway. I was getting a bit nervous watching the clouds rolling in since I didn't have my doors or windows with me and I didn't feel like putting the roof up on the highway. Other than that, it was a pretty good day. I never did look at my manual though, while I waited for AAA I played with my new toys I bought at HF. AAA did okay, it only took them 10 minutes to get someone there.

 

[ed4copies]

"Call for help" not high on the "manly" scale.

But you do gain on the IQ scale!!!!!

 

[JerrySambrook]

Craig,
Seeing that all of Mass is only 60 miles away, I assume you got the flat in the parking lot (would explain why the cars were ONLY doing 60-80). Sorry you had a problem, and hope it won't deter you from coming back.

Jerry

 

[fstinard]

Neil haveing to call triple a for a flat explains why you want the af medic to carpool with you:biggrin: