<VV> Emergency Car Care Kit (No Corvair)

[Roger Gault]

The paranoids are after us.  ;-)
You should move out of that dangerous iowuh place and move down to God's
country (Texas).

In 42 years of driving and being occasionally dead beside the road, I don't
think I've ever had to wait more than 10 minutes (probably 5) for some kind
soul to stop and help.  On at least two occasions, I've had guys stop, take
me back 20 miles or so to the nearest town, wait while I bought tools/parts,
take me back to the car and wait until I got it fixed in case I needed
another ride.

Last year, while I was having electrical problems in the convert, I ended up
stranded on a freeway turn-around lane with a dead battery.  I got out and
held up a pair of jumper cables.  As soon as they went up, a guy jumped out
of a car on the farside of the service road (traffic was stopped for a
light) and blocked traffic so his buddy could cut across two lanes and come
to my rescue.

It works both ways.  I few years ago I was coming back from the coast and
watched a 16 year old kid go to sleep and roll his Jeep Cherokee (now
there's a car that's unsafe at any speed).  It landed wheels down, and
nobody was hurt, but the kid was freaked out.  I stopped, and stayed with
the kid for nearly an hour until the cops showed up.  The guy behind me
stopped and went for the cops.

You guys that think the country has gone to hell need to quit watching the
pinko news media and get out and meet some real 'mericans.  ;-)

Redneck without a gun,
  Roger

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Delta Inc" <deltainc@grm.net>
To: <virtualvairs@corvair.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2004 9:11 AM
Subject: Re: <VV> Emergency Car Care Kit (LONG)


> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bryan Blackwell" <bryan@skiblack.com>
>
> > Personally, I don't carry tools as a general rule, if I'm not confident
> > of driving it then I don't.  The three most important (and usually
> > only) things I carry are:
> ************
> EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEK.   .......... no tools.
>
> I think this is BigMistake. Please rethink this, as with the Terrorist
> hourly attacks, and MethHeads all about us, the days of the friendly
passing
> motorists are getting few-er and few-er.  20 lbs of tools, fuel pumps,
> vacuum/fuel  line and Ideal hose clamps, voltmeters, extra duracells, fan
> belts, tie-wraps, hook-up flexy wire, springs, etc. etc. etc.   just don't
> take up that much room  and " stuff" happens whether or not you "schedule
"
> it, or are looking for it, or ignore it.
> **************
> ....... and God replied ... " Hey, I sent a firetruck, and a boat and a
> helicopter, what more can I do ?? "
> ************
> Help yourselves, guysngals  ... and gee, you might even come upon another
> over-confidant stranded motorist ...
>
> Free advice from the Returned Ideas shelf...
> ken campbell, iowuh.
>
> ......... oh, and more than once I have used my 30 ft long flexy tow strap
> for my car, sometimes other cars; , weighs about 3 lbs, and out here in
> Redneck Pickem-up Truck country, and since Rednecks believe  in  carrying
> guns and knives they will usually stop and give you a tow, actually seem
to
> enjoy using their trucks liken that thar ....
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