XPost: alt.home.repair   
   From: bowman@montana.com   
      
   On Thu, 08 Jun 2023 01:03:40 -0400, Michael Trew wrote:   
      
   > On 6/7/2023 19:30, rbowman wrote:   
   >> 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.   
   >   
   > "Drunk out"... I'm assuming that wasn't a typo, LOL.  I'm assuming you   
   > had some trouble with the rental company over that one.   
      
   Not that I can recall. They seem to expect a little wear and tear. The   
   only time I recall them being miffed was one time when I was in Canada for   
   their Thanksgiving and everything was closed. I dumped the car at the   
   airport and told them where it was. Canadian Thanksgiving falls on a   
   different date than the US version so it was just another day for me.   
      
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