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rbpru
Dec 09, 2016Explorer II
Well all I can say is time has past us old fuddy duddies by.
Some new cars do not come with a spare tire and if you order one there is only room for a donut. It appears folks do not get enough flat tires to worry about it and when they do they call road service or use the fix-a-flat that comes with the car.
I have had three flats while towing, two on the TV and one on the TT. They were all road hazard punctures and fortunately I was at the campsite when I changed them. Never lost a tire.
I change them myself, because I don't have the patience to wait for road service and it takes about twenty minutes. Others it seems are fine with letting others do it instead.
But then I still use maps to back up my GPS because I may want to take an alternate route. The GPS figures it out eventually.
It is a mind set, I will do what I can when I can. Others find it far easier to let the pros do it.
Some new cars do not come with a spare tire and if you order one there is only room for a donut. It appears folks do not get enough flat tires to worry about it and when they do they call road service or use the fix-a-flat that comes with the car.
I have had three flats while towing, two on the TV and one on the TT. They were all road hazard punctures and fortunately I was at the campsite when I changed them. Never lost a tire.
I change them myself, because I don't have the patience to wait for road service and it takes about twenty minutes. Others it seems are fine with letting others do it instead.
But then I still use maps to back up my GPS because I may want to take an alternate route. The GPS figures it out eventually.
It is a mind set, I will do what I can when I can. Others find it far easier to let the pros do it.
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