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Old 01-21-2013, 09:24 AM   #22
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it was about 10 degrees above freezing one night. Tire went down. Get out the spare. Lug tool is not in the car.... I'm near an exit where a friend lives. New phone's microphone craps out. Didn't mattter friend isn't answering as it was pretty late. Can't call triple A. I'm near highway state office where the toll workers hang out so I walk over and see if they have a lug wrench.
They're like "how did you get in here?" I'm like "Through the door". They give me the number to the highway tow service. Well that's going to cost like $300. So I cave seeing no other option that doesn't require dragging a friend out of bed in freezing temps. As I'm waiting for the tow truck a random guy in an SUV pulls over and walks over with a lug wrench...like a nice one. Just then the tow truck arrives I happily tell him to hit the road. The good samaritan guy sticks around until I'm done changing the tire, I offer cash as grattitude he declines.

Lesson learned. I keep one of those X shaped cro bars from the auto store, torque wrench, folding knife, portable tire inflator and a can of that a flat.

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If I hadn't recently changed the tire on an old Volvo I don't think I would have ever figured out how to use the Porsche jack...
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