Yea, that's kind of what I was saying, until tonight.
I was on my way home around dusk and had another 40 miles to go. I was just about to take my exit off the freeway when I heard this loud bang and wondered what the heck was that? Waited at the light and about a quarter mile later I could hear and feel it. Yup - I got a flat tire. I was able to get around the corner and pull into an entrance drive for a large business. The gate was closed but plenty of room for me to pull in off the road and lots of light. So I pulled out the fix-a-flat kit still in it's bubble-wrap, glanced over the pictorial instructions and proceeded to try get the thing inflated.
No joy. It took all of the sealant but wouldn't hold even a hint of pressure so I called AAA. To be honest I probably would not have tried to get home if it had held because I had about 30 miles of very dark two lane levy road where there is absolutely no place to pull off. In fact it is like the lord was watching out for me by making the tire go flat so quickly where I was because if it had gone flat out there I would have been in great danger.
Anyway, I had already bookmarked this site and placed the order as soon as I got home so I will, from now on, have an emergency spare. As for the replacement for the damaged tire, I don't know, I've got about 7k miles on them now so maybe I should just get a pair. Unfortunately I don't think the good one will fit the spare wheel kit, it would be nice if it did.
Finally, here's the kicker, it has probably been 40 years since I last had a flat tire.
Nice way to start off the new year but AAA was great. They were there in less than an hour.
I was on my way home around dusk and had another 40 miles to go. I was just about to take my exit off the freeway when I heard this loud bang and wondered what the heck was that? Waited at the light and about a quarter mile later I could hear and feel it. Yup - I got a flat tire. I was able to get around the corner and pull into an entrance drive for a large business. The gate was closed but plenty of room for me to pull in off the road and lots of light. So I pulled out the fix-a-flat kit still in it's bubble-wrap, glanced over the pictorial instructions and proceeded to try get the thing inflated.
No joy. It took all of the sealant but wouldn't hold even a hint of pressure so I called AAA. To be honest I probably would not have tried to get home if it had held because I had about 30 miles of very dark two lane levy road where there is absolutely no place to pull off. In fact it is like the lord was watching out for me by making the tire go flat so quickly where I was because if it had gone flat out there I would have been in great danger.
Anyway, I had already bookmarked this site and placed the order as soon as I got home so I will, from now on, have an emergency spare. As for the replacement for the damaged tire, I don't know, I've got about 7k miles on them now so maybe I should just get a pair. Unfortunately I don't think the good one will fit the spare wheel kit, it would be nice if it did.
Finally, here's the kicker, it has probably been 40 years since I last had a flat tire.
Nice way to start off the new year but AAA was great. They were there in less than an hour.
