XPost: alt.home.repair   
   From: bowman@montana.com   
      
   On Wed, 07 Jun 2023 16:48:17 -0400, Michael Trew wrote:   
      
   > Around 1 AM, I had a dead flat tire once, and one lug was different, so   
   > I couldn't put the donut on.  After waiting over 2 hours for AAA, the   
   > dispatcher called me and said no one could come out until after 6 AM.   
   > Being about 10 minutes from home, and almost no one on the 45 MPH   
   > stretch of road, plus a nearly bald tire to begin with, I opted to drive   
   > 15 MPH home on the flat.  Shockingly, the mangled tire was still on the   
   > rim, and it didn't destroy the steel rim, either.   
      
   I had a rear tire blowout on a rental on the way to Madison GA from   
   Atlanta. It was rather drunk out that night and the jack wasn't apparent   
   to my passenger or myself. I continued considerably faster than 15 mph.   
   The next morning showed the rubber was mostly gone, the wire from the bead   
   was wrapped around the axle, and the steel wheel was ground down to a nub.   
   Oh, and there was a groove machined into the motel parking lot. The owner   
   said, laconically, "I heard you boys come in last night."   
      
   I've been leery about buying used rentals since I always drove them like I   
   stole it.   
      
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