iluvpink
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Post by iluvpink on Sept 27, 2017 20:16:59 GMT
I would have called roadside assistance.
Well actually if it were me I'd call dh first if he was not too far away. If he was or not able to help then I'd call roadside assistance. I wouldn't even try to get those lug nuts off myself. They are just too tight with the machines they use now.
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Post by lisacharlotte on Sept 27, 2017 20:20:06 GMT
None of the above. I'd change the tire myself.
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scrappert
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Post by scrappert on Sept 27, 2017 20:21:43 GMT
Because of a similar situation, I now have AAA.  |
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Post by used2scrap on Sept 27, 2017 20:28:23 GMT
Re new cars not coming with a spare anymore, we have always negotiated when buying new car to get a full spare included, not a donut, even if there isn't a space for it. The dealers balk, but in the end we've gotten one 5 times. The salesmen are always impressed st the end lol.
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Post by amom23 on Sept 27, 2017 20:58:17 GMT
The neighbor is a friend and faster.  as foreign as calling a neighbor is to you - the same it true about roadside assistance for others why would i wait on the side of the road for god knows how long when jim bob will be here in 5 and don't worry - if his cows get out - i'll go help him get them back in gina Exactly and I'll add we don't even have roadside assistance out here. |
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Post by gmcwife1 on Sept 27, 2017 21:39:09 GMT
I would have dd call roadside assistance that is why we have it. I can change a tire but why would I if I can have someone do it for me?Why would I bother a neighbor when I can have a service do it? I would save the neighbor favour for some other time. Last time I got a flat I called dh so he could decide if it was too flat to drive or not. He was going to change it but I told him we should call roadside assistance since we never use them. So we went and got lunch while we waited. The worst part of all was where I got the flat - the scrapbook store  OP this is a great question, I called dd and dh into the living room and ask them/her what she would do. Her first thought was to call dad, but I specifically told her she got a flat at 10:30 at night so dad was at work It was a good family discussion, thank you |
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Post by bethany102399 on Sept 27, 2017 21:42:18 GMT
That made me twitchy just reading it, knowing you'll ruin the rim driving on a flat. It was not my best moment, but in my defense I was coming back from the hospital where I had just sat with my mom in the emergency room for several hours as she was having trouble breathing and they were concerned about her heart. (Mom was eventually admitted). While I was sitting with her, DH got pulled into his bosses office and got read the riot act about people not being happy with his work. He listened, went into the bathroom and had a panic attack and left work early. He proceeds to tell me all this while I'm standing in the room they have set aside as you can't use your phone in the ER. By the time I got out of there I was just cooked and not thinking straight. Plus it wasn't the best area of town and I had no idea how long I'd have to wait for the tow guy. |
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Post by Zee on Sept 27, 2017 21:49:17 GMT
Last time I tried I simply could not get the lug nuts loose, even standing on the iron. I had to have my son come rescue me. Fortunately it was not in the middle of the night and I was in a parking lot in a safe area. So in my defense, I tried to do it myself!
I don't know my neighbors like that, we don't have each other's numbers.
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Post by KelleeM on Sept 27, 2017 21:53:48 GMT
I don't have anyplace to put a spare tire even if I did get one... there's no place to put it in my car. (KIA Soul) It doesn't even have a lug wrench- he was going to rotate the tires himself, but couldn't do it because we didn't have the means to even remove the tires. This is the only thing I don’t like about my Soul. Dh and I both have them so obviously we like the car! |
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Post by crimsoncat05 on Sept 27, 2017 22:26:07 GMT
This is the only thing I don’t like about my Soul. Dh and I both have them so obviously we like the car! I love mine, too- the Kia Soul actually got me to switch my years-long allegiance to Honda, lol. (well, that and the fact that Honda re-styled the CRV, and no longer makes the Element.) I need to have room to transport my SB stuff to the retreats I attend; I can't haul around a spare tire!! That, and hauling three Shelties to/from the dog park, groomers, or the vet. |
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Post by moodyblue on Sept 27, 2017 22:50:07 GMT
A lot would depend on where I was and if someone were with me or I was alone.
Also, while I know how to change a tire, and have actually done it twice, that was before the days of pneumatic lug wrenches. I am pretty sure that I wouldn't be able to get the lug nuts off.
I have roadside assistance as part of my insurance coverage. Most likely I'd use that. I might call for someone to come and wait with me if it would be a while before assistance arrived. My husband currently has a chemo pump 'round the clock so I wouldn't want him to try changing it with that to deal with.
If I were anywhere local, I could call our nephew-in-law, who runs/is part owner of a car dealership. He has lots of resources to help and would jump right on helping either of us with anything, including car trouble.
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Post by cadoodlebug on Sept 27, 2017 23:10:40 GMT
I guess we've been extremely lucky with AAA ~ they always arrive relatively quickly. When we locked our keys in the car up at Emerald Bay up at Tahoe, they had to come from South Shore and were there in less than 20 minutes.  Like others have said, lug nuts are extremely hard to remove these days so I stand by my vote of calling AAA. |
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Post by AussieMeg on Sept 27, 2017 23:18:04 GMT
Earlier this year DD and I both had a flat tyre one after the other. Mine happened at night when I left work. I called roadside assistance who came and changed my tyre for me. DD's happened about 50 metres from our house. DD called her boyfriend to come and help her change it, then she called me to laugh about it happening the very next day after mine. I went down the road to wait with her. OK, truth is I went down the road to take video of her trying to change her tyre herself! In answer to your question, I would have done exactly what you did and told DD to ring roadside assistance. Like you said, if she wasn't far from home and it was night I might go and wait with her. Even our strong, Marine neighbor struggled with the lug nuts. The lug nuts are tightened with a special tool/machine when you get new tyres, they are incredibly difficult to get off without that same tool. The guy from roadside assistance told me there was no way I would have been able to get them off myself with the lug wrench I had in my car. |
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Post by twistedscissors on Sept 27, 2017 23:58:03 GMT
I don't have anyplace to put a spare tire even if I did get one... there's no place to put it in my car. (KIA Soul) It doesn't even have a lug wrench- he was going to rotate the tires himself, but couldn't do it because we didn't have the means to even remove the tires. This is the only thing I don’t like about my Soul. Dh and I both have them so obviously we like the car! My Soul has a spare tire and jack/lug wrench! |
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Post by walkerdill on Sept 28, 2017 0:00:49 GMT
I've done all those scenarios...lol
I usually call dh first if he's in town. If not I call my dad if it's not late or I'm not out of town. I don't know my neighbors.
I've called roadside assistance & have had to wait HOURS in the dark before by myself. I've learned just leave it til the next day. If they red tag it you have 24 hours.
Another time my tire wasn't blown but my car stalled & it was late at night so I just left it on the side of the road. Left a note & figured I'd deal with it the next day.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 28, 2017 0:50:55 GMT
That happened to me when I was a teenager. My Dad told me to change the tire then hung up. I changed the tire because we didn't have roadside assistance. My Dad always said if you are responsible enough to drive you are responsible enough to know how to save yourself from basic car maintenance. Thank the good Lord above he taught me how to change a flat tire. Love you Dad!!! I don't have a lot of faith in roadside assistance after my experience with them two months ago. DD lost both smart keys to the Prius and we didn't have the locator tile on her keychain - I just bought the tiles two days before and hadn't put them on the ring.  Anyhow, it took seven hours - SEVEN HOURS - in the hot Texas summer to get a tow truck to tow the Prius to the dealership in order to get two new smart keys. DD is still paying for that lack of responsibility. When I lived in Washington DC I had a co-worker who had a blowout in SE part of the District late at night. He drove on the rim until he could get out of the area and to a safe location. It cost him a lot more than a tire and rim but he got out with his life intact. Another story. We had eight girls who drove from Dallas, TX to Pagosa Springs, CO for summer vacation a few years ago. Before leaving I had the vehicle checked end to end at the dealership to make sure everything was OK. It was my mom, my sister and our collection of kids. We set out on early Sunday AM. Right outside of Chama, NM my mini van got a flat tire. It was after 6PM. Out of five cell phones - each from different carriers - not one single phone was able to get a signal to call roadside service. I kid you not. The one person who did stop said they would try to find a store open in town and send help but with it being a Sunday after 6PM it wasn't optimistic. Because my Dad taught me to change a flat, I unloaded all the freakin' luggage out of the back of my mini van. In front of my girls and my nieces I changed that flat tire and got us back on the road in 45 minutes. The lug nuts on my van were being difficult, too, and I had to "jump" onto the wrench using my body weight to get them loose. My sister was speechless. My mother cried. I was a hero to my daughter's and niece's. We went to the tire store the next day. The tire wall facing on the underside of the van - the three tires left were coming unthreaded/shredding. It's a wonder we made it from TX to CO without another tire going flat in the middle of nowhere. I ended up buying four new tires. When we returned home I went back to the dealership and had a very long talk with the service manager about what did and didn't happen during their point-to-point safety inspection. All kidding aside your DD needs to know how to change a flat tire. Parents, neighbors, and friends aren't always going to be there. Roadside assistance may not be able to rise to the occasion. Cell phones don't always work. |
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Post by bc2ca on Sept 28, 2017 1:24:22 GMT
That happened to me when I was a teenager. My Dad told me to change the tire then hung up. I changed the tire because we didn't have roadside assistance. My Dad always said if you are responsible enough to drive you are responsible enough to know how to save yourself from basic car maintenance. Thank the good Lord above he taught me how to change a flat tire. Love you Dad!!! I don't have a lot of faith in roadside assistance after my experience with them two months ago. DD lost both smart keys to the Prius and we didn't have the locator tile on her keychain - I just bought the tiles two days before and hadn't put them on the ring. Anyhow, it took seven hours - SEVEN HOURS - in the hot Texas summer to get a tow truck to tow the Prius to the dealership in order to get two new smart keys. DD is still paying for that lack of responsibility. When I lived in Washington DC I had a co-worker who had a blowout in SE part of the District late at night. He drove on the rim until he could get out of the area and to a safe location. It cost him a lot more than a tire and rim but he got out with his life intact. Another story. We had eight girls who drove from Dallas, TX to Pagosa Springs, CO for summer vacation a few years ago. Before leaving I had the vehicle checked end to end at the dealership to make sure everything was OK. It was my mom, my sister and our collection of kids. We set out on early Sunday AM. Right outside of Chama, NM my mini van got a flat tire. It was after 6PM. Out of five cell phones - each from different carriers - not one single phone was able to get a signal to call roadside service. I kid you not. The one person who did stop said they would try to find a store open in town and send help but with it being a Sunday after 6PM it wasn't optimistic. Because my Dad taught me to change a flat, I unloaded all the freakin' luggage out of the back of my mini van. In front of my girls and my nieces I changed that flat tire and got us back on the road in 45 minutes. The lug nuts on my van were being difficult, too, and I had to "jump" onto the wrench using my body weight to get them loose. My sister was speechless. My mother cried. I was a hero to my daughter's and niece's. We went to the tire store the next day. The tire wall facing on the underside of the van - the three tires left were coming unthreaded/shredding. It's a wonder we made it from TX to CO without another tire going flat in the middle of nowhere. I ended up buying four new tires. When we returned home I went back to the dealership and had a very long talk with the service manager about what did and didn't happen during their point-to-point safety inspection. All kidding aside your DD needs to know how to change a flat tire. Parents, neighbors, and friends aren't always going to be there. Roadside assistance may not be able to rise to the occasion. Cell phones don't always work. DD does know how to change a tire, but in this case she had other options. I've been in a similar scenario to yours, where a tire blew on the I5 between towns in WA. I was traveling with an infant & toddler, in a time before cell phones. Not much choice except to unload the trunk, get out the spare and get to work. I was struggling with the lug nuts, doing the same jump on the wrench thing when a very kind young man stopped to help me. It was the first time I'd had to change a tire since leaving home (where we used to rotate dad's tire for practice) and could not believe how tight the nuts were. DH asked them to manually tighten the nuts yesterday when the new tire went on. |
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Post by cmpeter on Sept 28, 2017 1:43:47 GMT
I would call roadside assistance.
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Post by quiltz on Sept 28, 2017 2:00:46 GMT
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Anyhow, it took seven hours - SEVEN HOURS - in the hot Texas summer to get a tow truck to tow the Prius to the dealership in order to get two new smart keys. DD is still paying for that lack of responsibility.
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