basic driving skills
Not strictly RV related, but wonder how many of us can relate. Yesterday I took wife to Dr's office in a big medical complex yesterday. Dropped her at door, and parked in sun to wait. Noticed a coup...
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Talking about "spare tires" Many new cars do NOT have even a donut spare, only an inflator kit with slime.
And I know several such vehicles that people I know have and almost all of them did not know the car had no spare tire.
Or the cars that have donut spares and the spot for it is to small to put the real tire in. So if you do have a flat, hope you've got lots of extra space in the back or the passenger is going to have a flat tire on their lap.
And first thing I did with my mercedes with the long lug bolts was to replace them with stand head bolts w/o the extension on them.
And the lug wrenches on lots of vehicles, especially trucks are pretty short for the amount of torque needed 150ish ft/lbs.
I suspect lots of people don't even know where tire changing tools for the car are located, let alone know where the jack points are.
My mercedes came with hinged wheel chocks, really a clever implementation. So I went on ebay and got a couple to put in our other vehicles. The fold down flat but flip open making a nice wheel chock.
And I know several such vehicles that people I know have and almost all of them did not know the car had no spare tire.
Or the cars that have donut spares and the spot for it is to small to put the real tire in. So if you do have a flat, hope you've got lots of extra space in the back or the passenger is going to have a flat tire on their lap.
And first thing I did with my mercedes with the long lug bolts was to replace them with stand head bolts w/o the extension on them.
And the lug wrenches on lots of vehicles, especially trucks are pretty short for the amount of torque needed 150ish ft/lbs.
I suspect lots of people don't even know where tire changing tools for the car are located, let alone know where the jack points are.
My mercedes came with hinged wheel chocks, really a clever implementation. So I went on ebay and got a couple to put in our other vehicles. The fold down flat but flip open making a nice wheel chock.
