Re: No AAA member, what if I get a flat tire?

hpjeannie wrote:
> 
> "Karen MN" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > WHOA!    Sweeping generalization there.  I'm a woman, and a small one at
> > that (under 5'), and I have changed all my own flats except for one on a new
> > car where even with a cross-wrench and a mallet, I couldn't get the darn
> > nuts loose. Of course, if I drove some big truck with huge tires that I
> > couldn't even lift, I might opt for paying to have someone else do it.  :)
> > If I can possibly do it myself, I would rather, than to sit in the car
> > waiting for someone to offer to help who may or may not be there to actually
> > help.
> 
> I've found that standing on the end of the lug wrench (with hands on
> the fender for balance, of course) and gently bouncing up and down
> works quite well to break lug nuts loose after the gorilla at the shop
> has overtightened them.

27-foot monsterhome with big truck tires.  4-corner lug wrench.  Two
3-foot cheaters.  Two people.  Two hammers.  We thought we'd end up
breaking the wrench so we took it back to the tire place and had them
loosen and retighten the nuts looser.
 
> I bought my first car (a '77 Buick Skylark) from my dad, and before I
> was allowed to insure it, I had to rotate the tires.  All four of
> them.  In the driveway.  Using only one jack stand plus the equipment
> that came with the car (bumper jack and lug wrench).
> 
> I recommend this for anyone who owns a car.  By the fourth tire you've
> managed to learn the best way to do everything and you're not likely
> to forget it.

Maybe that's why there are so many pedestrians.

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Cheers, Bev
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