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Old 04-27-2016, 07:51 AM   #1
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This is why people shouldn't speed and tailgate. You can't see what's going to happen, and you don't have time to brake or turn out of the way. Last Friday coming back from the swap meet in Le Sueur we passed 8 cars on the side of highway 169 in a 5 block stretch. Something was in the road and all 8 cars and trucks had torn tires.
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Old 04-27-2016, 08:03 AM   #2
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This is why people shouldn't speed and tailgate. You can't see what's going to happen, and you don't have time to brake or turn out of the way. Last Friday coming back from the swap meet in Le Sueur we passed 8 cars on the side of highway 169 in a 5 block stretch. Something was in the road and all 8 cars and trucks had torn tires.
Come to IL where you get to play the interstate game of "dodge the landmines" a few stretches your better off going most of the way on the shoulder to avoid potholes that look to be 4-6" deep and about a foot or more wide...this is going 65-70mph too...

if i do have a tailgater usually they start following in your tracks - thats when you line up a piece of roadkill then at the last second swerve around it they usually get the hint. Never will forget the time my blazer could clear (barely - i heard it hit) a big coon but the bmw behind me could not haha, plastic airdams dont hold up to well...

I cant speak for model A's but in my moderns I've had 5 flats while traveling. 2 were screws which can happen anywhere, one was a soybean stalk thru the sidewall, one was my own windshield washer tank bolt (fell out of the fender, bounced out of the engine compartment and right into the rear tire) and one I dont know what I hit but it just went flat in a hurry while I was driving.
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Old 04-27-2016, 09:05 AM   #3
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I've not had the unpleasant situation yet of changing out a flat (knock on wood) on Sarah, I do carry a modern jack but the one I would rely on more would be my Model 1882224357, guaranteed to work by AAA but only if I have coverage for my cell phone. .....
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This is why people shouldn't speed and tailgate. You can't see what's going to happen, and you don't have time to brake or turn out of the way. Last Friday coming back from the swap meet in Le Sueur we passed 8 cars on the side of highway 169 in a 5 block stretch. Something was in the road and all 8 cars and trucks had torn tires.
Some years ago we were driving our minivan along a local urban highway when a pickup in front of us dropped a load of porcelain tiles. We lost all four tyres. The nearly $1,000 bill was on us as the truck took off and never came back.
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I carry an original jack and have used it several times . In fact the only tools I carry are the original tool kit . They are all made to purpose and work really well
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