Out running around last night , started to get on the Interstate and noticed a pull on the wheel. Made it to the main exit and a car wash but the tire was very flat. The rain was pretty steady and I got soaked. It was a little frustrating trying to get the jack, the handle and the spare out in the dark and rain. If you have never had your's out, I would suggest a practice run so you will be familiar with it should you have an emergency. Had 32,542 miles on the factory tires so had them replaced with Michelins this morning. The rain was wonderful as we have been in a drouth, but made it a little messy and a little hard to see everything. Even at that, it beat 105 degrees like we have been having. Could always be worse!

 

I hate flats. My dad had a sidewall blow out on his BFG Longtrails (or something like that) last week. They were only a few years old with about 50K on them, but they still had TONS of tread on them. He was in the fast lane when it happened, and luckily he made it over to the shoulder safely.

 

I hate that for you. You mean to tell me you dont carry a Mag-Lite® in that bad boy?

 

I have a light. A battery powered latern that is several years old and had never been used. Let's just say it now has new batteries. But, the problem was trying to hold the light to show through the slit between the rear bumper and get the tool in the right place with one hand, all in the rain (with glasses). It was not a major problem, just took time and patience and would have been much easier had i made a previous dry run. Dry being a pun. I stripped down to my boxers in the car wash on a main street, cleaned off as best I could and drove my wife on to the grocery store. Woulsn't you know, it was the only time a sacker came out to the truck to get the cart that I can ever remember. of course, my wife had to explain to him why I was not getting out. At least there was rain on the windows.

 

I thought Texans were too tough to carry a flashlight.

 

We carry them for others to use, they just don't have batteries that work.

 

I was soaking wet, lying on the concrete half under my truck, trying to get the spare off the cable, and some girl comes up to me and asks if I have change for a $5, so she can vaccuum her dang Toyota. I tell her that the machine will change a $5 and she says, yeah, I just don't won't that many quarters. I tell, her sorry, I don't although I did in the truck, but dadgum if I was going to get out of that water and sand and get her change for a Toyota!

 

I would have thrown the dead lantern at her.

 

"Tough" is a gimme.

We carry flash lights cause we're smart and prepared. We're smarter than you think.

 

Would this be rant #2?! Your on a rant-streak! Welcome to the dark side my son!

 

This hardly qualifies as a rant, it was advisitory in nature. Telling you that have not dropped your spare before, you might want to do it once as practice. Not even a semi-rant.

 

Eh, I can't practice as I don't carry my jack. It made too much noise under the seat so I took it out. It never made it into the bed of the truck, either. maybe I'll just take the spare out all together for weight savings...

 

Might as well if you don't have a jack. How could the thing rattle? Mine was so stapped down, took me 15 minutes just to figure out how to get it out.

 

No need for a spare when you live in Detroit....you wouldn't get out to change the flat anyways....ride on the rim until you get out of the city...

you'd be dead if you stopped.

 

I was gonna say something similar, but that was better.