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What's in here?
by brian @ 13:33:50 - [perma-link]Not air, that's for sure! I got a flat tire in the Vanagon on the way
back from Hood River last weekend. Our whole rally contingent pulled
over and helped me change it (the vanagon carries a full-sized spare
in a compartment under the front of the van). The lug nuts were
tighter than I could loosen with just the lug wrench so Josh had to
turn around in his service truck and go at them with a 3-foot breaker
bar. I'll have to add one of those to the under-seat tool box.
As bad as the tire looks now, the flat didn't horrible affect
driving. Granted we were in a 35-mph zone, but I just felt the car
start driving a little weird and had to ask my sister to look out the
window and tell me if the rear tire was flat. "No... Um.. yes...
wait, no. Maybe. Uhhhh... Oh yeah, its really flat!"
I just looked at the other tires when I was swapping in a good spare,
and they all still look good, and actually have a whole lot of tread
left. I was thinking that they were kind of old, but now I'll have to
find the tire receipt and see if this one is still under warranty. :)
In any case, I can drive the van around without worry (I've been sort of
avoiding it since I got back home), and take my time finding some nice
15" wheels and new tires for it.
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