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01-30-2009, 07:55 PM | #1 |
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Stranded Yaris
Has I was traveling the freeways today I say a Yaris Hatchback on the side of the road. The front tire was flat. As I passed noticed the flat tire was also the small spare. Too bad the driver wasn't a good looking female, I might have stopped. I have seen a lot of people drive 70 mph on the small spare. Maybe that's what caused the second flat.
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01-30-2009, 09:01 PM | #2 | |
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I know where you are coming from, but I wish people would help people that are in need of help when they need it no matter how that person "looks". Depending if Im late for something or I have all the time in the world, I try and stop and help people on the side of the road when I can. Imagine if everyone would do this? That would be awesome! |
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01-30-2009, 09:19 PM | #3 |
ALWAYS stop for another Yaris. Keep going if they are driving a FIT though.
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01-30-2009, 10:32 PM | #4 |
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or a VERSA!
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01-30-2009, 10:34 PM | #5 |
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I would have driven right past as well.... but I am an ass
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01-31-2009, 12:31 PM | #6 |
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01-31-2009, 01:32 PM | #7 |
What kind of car is that?
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01-31-2009, 04:19 PM | #8 |
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Too many people use those spacesaver spares like a regular tire.
A woman at my office had one on the front of her Windstar for several months. I've seen plenty in use at high speed on the highway.
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01-31-2009, 05:53 PM | #10 | |
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A) I am happily married and not looking. B) What would a great looking young female want with a bald, pot-bellied, middle aged man driving a Yaris instead instead of a Lexus. In my early 20's I did things to pick up women that I am really not proud of today.
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01-31-2009, 07:20 PM | #11 |
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Back in my younger days, I often stopped to help people in distress on the side of the road. However, with the commonality of cell phones; no one is really "stranded" like they once were. But if it is a female of any age, and she appears to need help; I will still stop. But I figure guys can help themselves. Of course, anyone driving a Yaris or Jeep is the exception, as they are "family"...
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01-31-2009, 08:25 PM | #13 |
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Donuts go flat just waiting in the trunk. I do 1-10 tire changes a week for a road side service company and the only donuts with 50+psi left in them are usually 09's and 08's. a few 07's. They are designed to be inflated to 60psi. From 06 and older they usually have between 25-45 lbs in them. Not really enough especially when folks don't follow the 50mph limit on the sidewall. I imagine they lose pressure from heat cycling every day. in texas the interior temps can be well over 130 degrees in the summer. and maybe losses from the valvestem.
if folks were smart they'd keep a cigarette lighter powered air compressor in the car with the other tire change tools. they are maybe $19 at Walmart? I run around with a 3 ton jack, wheel chocks, a long breaker bar and a set of sockets, a torque wrench, the little compressor, and a full size spare as well as the donut. but I'm getting paid to be prepared. the other thing that folks screw up on: not having the key for locking lugs in the car. or if the fancy new wheels take one kind of lugnut and the spare needs a regular factory lugnut. best to keep a set of the plain lugs with the spare. |
01-31-2009, 11:38 PM | #14 |
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Was she flat up top?
How long can you drive on the Yaris spare? I'm thinking like 1000 miles at least? |
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02-01-2009, 07:29 AM | #16 |
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Wow that's shady. I would've at least stopped and laughed at him
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02-01-2009, 09:52 AM | #17 |
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Being a represenative of the Micro Image community, I would have to stop for any Micro car .... even if it's a FIT, lol.
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02-01-2009, 02:35 PM | #18 |
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I was part of the Navy's Funeral Honor Guard for 8 months....We did the funeral of a young guy(sailor) who had stopped to help a stranger with a flat. Someone not paying attention drifted over the line and hit him, pinning him to the car of the stranger he was trying to help. Whether its a stranger or your uncle, pleaese be careful when stopping on the highway. Yaris, Fit or semi, it doesnt matter.
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