XPost: alt.home.repair   
   From: michael.trew@att.net   
      
   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.   
      
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