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tjc78 · October 3

corvette said:
I like front load washers. I think they use very little water, even in the highest usage settings. My top-load HE LG washer failed to wash blankets (and sometimes sheets) due to detecting an out of balance condition. Not sure whether that is an issue on the current front loaders.

Ours will throw an off balance when washing sheets and comforter together. The sheets tend to compact down more and end up on one side.

I'm not being condescending when I ask this because many people don't know... do you load it as if it has an agitator? The clothes should look like a "donut" with a big hole in the center.

ab348 · October 3

stickguy said:
we bought new machines for the new house, and got a front load again after having a top load at the old house. Because my wife couldn't reach the bottom of a large top loader. and wanted the pedestal under the front load.

How are you feeling today, stick?

corvette · October 3

tjc78 said:
I'm not being condescending when I ask this because many people don't know... do you load it as if it has an agitator? The clothes should look like a "donut" with a big hole in the center.

Yes, and, using the bedding cycle with just the blanket in it (which I believe is how they instruct), it ends up on one side and gets off balance. Same with sheets, sometimes. So they go in the Speed Queen, and I've had no issues.

suydam · October 3

Quick cycle works for us most times. But we are retired and don’t have young children or teenagers in the house. When the grandkids come to visit with their parents it’s a different story.
Were on a Time of Use electric plan and always run it in the late evening.

tjc78 · October 3

corvette said:

tjc78 said:
I'm not being condescending when I ask this because many people don't know... do you load it as if it has an agitator? The clothes should look like a "donut" with a big hole in the center.
Yes, and, using the bedding cycle with just the blanket in it (which I believe is how they instruct), it ends up on one side and gets off balance. Same with sheets, sometimes. So they go in the Speed Queen, and I've had no issues.

I figured as much, just thought I'd check. I've read that when the machine ages and the suspension gets worn it can go off balance more often, but ours did occasionally when newer too so I'm not sure that holds weight.

jmonroe1 · October 3

tjc78 said:

corvette said:
I like front load washers. I think they use very little water, even in the highest usage settings. My top-load HE LG washer failed to wash blankets (and sometimes sheets) due to detecting an out of balance condition. Not sure whether that is an issue on the current front loaders.

Ours will throw an off balance when washing sheets and comforter together. The sheets tend to compact down more and end up on one side.

I'm not being condescending when I ask this because many people don't know... do you load it as if it has an agitator? The clothes should look like a "donut" with a big hole in the center.

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I never heard about this “donut” thingy. That surely gets lost once the washing action starts. FWIW, I agree with you that top load HE washers are junk. I have no idea how that got rammed down buyers throats.

jmonroe

tjc78 · October 3

jmonroe1 said:

tjc78 said:

corvette said:
I like front load washers. I think they use very little water, even in the highest usage settings. My top-load HE LG washer failed to wash blankets (and sometimes sheets) due to detecting an out of balance condition. Not sure whether that is an issue on the current front loaders.

Ours will throw an off balance when washing sheets and comforter together. The sheets tend to compact down more and end up on one side.

I'm not being condescending when I ask this because many people don't know... do you load it as if it has an agitator? The clothes should look like a "donut" with a big hole in the center.
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I never heard about this “donut” thingy. That surely gets lost once the washing action starts. FWIW, I agree with you that top load HE washers are junk. I have no idea how that got rammed down buyers throats.

jmonroe

Loose heaps around the outside of the drum as if there is an agitator is there ... it's pretty well documented since these machines have been commonplace. Ours works best this way and when the load is done all the clothes are against the outside of the drum with a "donut hole" in the middle. I have experience with two Maytag HE and our current Samsung.

Having said all that... I'll stand on the hill that our bottom basement agitator top loader at the shore will out clean our top line HE top loader at home.

TLDR - place the clothes in as if there is an agitator there.

oldfarmer50 · October 3

On a more car related topic, my coworker just called me for advice. He was driving his 2024 Honda CRV down the highway and he says it is stuck at about 3000 rpms. And he can’t get it to throttle down. He got off the highway and shut it down but as soon as he turns it back on it revs right back up.

Hard for me to make a diagnosis over the phone but what could it be? Throttle position sensor? Floor mat stuck on the gas pedal?

Any thoughts?

EDIT: I called him back and told him to check the floor mat and sure enough, that’s what was causing the problem. He had just cleaned his car and threw the mat back without realizing it was pressing the gas pedal.

tjc78 · October 3

oldfarmer50 said:
On a more car related topic, my coworker just called me for advice. He was driving his 2024 Honda CRV down the highway and he says it is stuck at about 3000 rpms. And he can’t get it to throttle down. He got off the highway and shut it down but as soon as he turns it back on it revs right back up.

Hard for me to make a diagnosis over the phone but what could it be? Throttle position sensor? Floor mat stuck on the gas pedal?

Any thoughts?

100% get into the driver's footwell, remove the mat and make sure the gas pedal isn't stuck in some way. I tend to think this is the problem. DBW has redundancies to prevent this.

If it isn't something simple, its a dealer visit. Is it throwing a CEL?

Maybe pull the negative battery cable for 5 mins to see if a reset helps?

suydam · October 3

The high e

jmonroe1 said:

tjc78 said:

corvette said:
I like front load washers. I think they use very little water, even in the highest usage settings. My top-load HE LG washer failed to wash blankets (and sometimes sheets) due to detecting an out of balance condition. Not sure whether that is an issue on the current front loaders.

Ours will throw an off balance when washing sheets and comforter together. The sheets tend to compact down more and end up on one side.

I'm not being condescending when I ask this because many people don't know... do you load it as if it has an agitator? The clothes should look like a "donut" with a big hole in the center.
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I never heard about this “donut” thingy. That surely gets lost once the washing action starts. FWIW, I agree with you that top load HE washers are junk. I have no idea how that got rammed down buyers throats.

jmonroe

If you say so. I’ve always had them and they have always lasted. Current one is just under 10 years old.

andres3 · October 3

oldfarmer50 said:
On a more car related topic, my coworker just called me for advice. He was driving his 2024 Honda CRV down the highway and he says it is stuck at about 3000 rpms. And he can’t get it to throttle down. He got off the highway and shut it down but as soon as he turns it back on it revs right back up.

Hard for me to make a diagnosis over the phone but what could it be? Throttle position sensor? Floor mat stuck on the gas pedal?

Any thoughts?

EDIT: I called him back and told him to check the floor mat and sure enough, that’s what was causing the problem. He had just cleaned his car and threw the mat back without realizing it was pressing the gas pedal.

Based on your edit, sounds the usual, "human error."

tjc78 · October 3

@suydam said:
The high e
If you say so. I’ve always had them and they have always lasted. Current one is just under 10 years old.

I don’t think they are junk - they just don’t clean quite as well as an agitator model

oldfarmer50 · October 3

andres3 said:

oldfarmer50 said:
On a more car related topic, my coworker just called me for advice. He was driving his 2024 Honda CRV down the highway and he says it is stuck at about 3000 rpms. And he can’t get it to throttle down. He got off the highway and shut it down but as soon as he turns it back on it revs right back up.

Hard for me to make a diagnosis over the phone but what could it be? Throttle position sensor? Floor mat stuck on the gas pedal?

Any thoughts?

EDIT: I called him back and told him to check the floor mat and sure enough, that’s what was causing the problem. He had just cleaned his car and threw the mat back without realizing it was pressing the gas pedal.
Based on your edit, sounds the usual, "human error."

Thankfully, figuring out that it might be human error just got me a free lunch.😆

Michaell · October 3

@andres3 said:
Based on your edit, sounds the usual, "human error."

We used to call those SUE - “stupid user error”

corvette · October 3

@Michaell - "Loose nut on keyboard" was my favorite.

explorerx4 · October 3

I went in the garage to put something in the trash and saw someone coming from around the side of my garage and next walked up to the keypad for the garage door open it and push some keys.
I ran out and started screaming at them about what they were doing.
Guy said he was trying to get in his friends house. I told him to get the **** out of my driveway, walked behind his car to get the plate and went inside to get my phone.
He was gone by the time I got back outside.
The police showed up about 15 minutes later and I gave them a description of the car, driver and as much of the plate I could remember.
Still a bit amped right now.

Michaell · October 3

Or the “eye Dee ten tee” issue

jmonroe1 · October 3

tjc78 said:

@suydam said:

The high e

If you say so. I’ve always had them and they have always lasted. Current one is just under 10 years old.

I don’t think they are junk - they just don’t clean quite as well as an agitator model

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I’ll stick with my adjective. If a washing machine doesn’t clean cloths as well as the one you had before, it’s a piece of junk.

jmonroe

corvette · October 3

Let’s see whether this works:
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DPVZScxDK6F/?igsh=dTh3MW55amhoNDMy

jmonroe1 · October 3

oldfarmer50 said:

andres3 said:

oldfarmer50 said:
On a more car related topic, my coworker just called me for advice. He was driving his 2024 Honda CRV down the highway and he says it is stuck at about 3000 rpms. And he can’t get it to throttle down. He got off the highway and shut it down but as soon as he turns it back on it revs right back up.

Hard for me to make a diagnosis over the phone but what could it be? Throttle position sensor? Floor mat stuck on the gas pedal?

Any thoughts?

EDIT: I called him back and told him to check the floor mat and sure enough, that’s what was causing the problem. He had just cleaned his car and threw the mat back without realizing it was pressing the gas pedal.
Based on your edit, sounds the usual, "human error."
Thankfully, figuring out that it might be human error just got me a free lunch.😆

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Not only is your coworker not too bright he’s also cheap. He should be buying you dinner not a lunch. At least he didn’t offer a cup of coffee.

jmonroe

stickguy · October 3

feeling a lot better today. mostly back to normal. Tired of seeing doctors though!

Something interesting on the highway today. A fart can tuner boi 1st gen TSX with a license plate that was "covid19".

driver100 · October 3

Just wondering about "Spare tires", the kind you keep in your trunk, not the ones around your middle

.
My old tires were Run Flats, what if you are 200 miles from a home and it is 11 p.m. on a Sunday night? The RFT is good for 50 miles at 50 mph.
I didn't want RFTs again....and I really like my new Michelin Pilot Sports....what a difference, it really makes the car feel like a new one. I thought it would be easy to buy a donut tire but they only seem to be available from Modern Spare.....they sell you a spare that fits and a super jack, for a high price.
I asked our friends, he has a 2020 Volvo and she has a 2021 Honda CRV, both have non-RFTs, and both don't have a spare.
What would they do if they got a flat on a Sunday night at 11 p.m. and were 200 miles from home.
The tire patch cans probably won't get you home. Don't you kind of need a spare tire....just in case?

Michaell · October 3

CAA membership?

ab348 · October 3

Michaell said:
CAA membership?

That’s exactly what I did. The Cadillac came standard with Bridgestone runflats that I despised. Rode harsh, noisy, dangerously darty on the highway. I replaced them with non-runflat Michelin Pilots Sports which are great tires. And got a CAA membership which gives me the usual roadside assist benefits plus a discount on my CAA insurance.

corvette · October 3

The Ariya has a well but no spare (not sure the well would fit a proper sized spare) and standard "gets flat" tires. It has an inflator/sealer kit like the Volt did. I would call AAA in the event I had a flat that the inflator/sealer kit couldn't patch.

I'm unlikely to take it super far from home... The Maverick has a compact spare.

explorerx4 · October 3

Police called me and told me they found the guy.
Turns out he was doing a dog sitting job on the next street over so no ill intention.
They said he appologized for not being more forthcoming about why he was in my driveway.
I guess the dummy didn't have a phone to get directions from Google.

jmonroe1 · October 3

corvette said:
@Michaell - "Loose nut on keyboard" was my favorite.

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I had one of those but my torque wrench didn’t fit it.

jmonroe

driver100 · October 3

Michaell said:
CAA membership?

I have that, but what can they do if you have to drive home 200 miles, Christmas evening at 11 p.m., and you don't have a spare to put on the car.

driver100 · October 3

ab348 said:

Michaell said:
CAA membership?
That’s exactly what I did. The Cadillac came standard with Bridgestone runflats that I despised. Rode harsh, noisy, dangerously darty on the highway. I replaced them with non-runflat Michelin Pilots Sports which are great tires. And got a CAA membership which gives me the usual roadside assist benefits plus a discount on my CAA insurance.

I have CAA membership and have had it for 60 years. How can CAA help if you don't have a spare....they can fill a tire if it isn't a hole, and they could have some tire sealer....but, they won't give you a spare or a donut? Even a donut isn't great........a full size spare is the best solution, but they weigh too much to get top mileage.

stickguy · October 3

Honda, like many other manufacturers, just give you a can of fix a flat and an inflater. My TLX came that way, but the car was built with a well, and they actually offered a tire and jack kit as an option ($200-$300 IIRC). So I had one put in because I could not live with just that. I know that BMW offers it (or has in the past when I built an X3) as an option too.

driver100 · October 3

corvette said:
The Ariya has a well but no spare (not sure the well would fit a proper sized spare) and standard "gets flat" tires. It has an inflator/sealer kit like the Volt did. I would call AAA in the event I had a flat that the inflator/sealer kit couldn't patch.

I'm unlikely to take it super far from home... The Maverick has a compact spare.

My 2017 E400 has a well, and a cover, but no spare of course as it comes with run flats. Inflator/Sealer won't help if your tire has a torn sidewall or a big puncture. It could be a huge inconvenience if you get a flat even 50 miles away from home....on a Sunday evening.

driver100 · October 3

explorerx4 said:
Police called me and told me they found the guy.
Turns out he was doing a dog sitting job on the next street over so no ill intention.
They said he appologized for not being more forthcoming about why he was in my driveway.
I guess the dummy didn't have a phone to get directions from Google.

Dog sitting job....sounds like a phony story to me. He tries to get in through the garage!!!!!!

oldfarmer50 · 3:58AM

explorerx4 said:
I went in the garage to put something in the trash and saw someone coming from around the side of my garage and next walked up to the keypad for the garage door open it and push some keys.
I ran out and started screaming at them about what they were doing.
Guy said he was trying to get in his friends house. I told him to get the **** out of my driveway, walked behind his car to get the plate and went inside to get my phone.
He was gone by the time I got back outside.
The police showed up about 15 minutes later and I gave them a description of the car, driver and as much of the plate I could remember.
Still a bit amped right now.

I understand your anger. I had a similar situation a few years when I heard noise in my living room and went down stairs to find a middle age woman in my living room who claimed she was looking for her cousin. She was in no hurry to leave even after I threatened to call police. All sorts of thoughts went through my head as to her motives for just walking into a strangers house but the police said she was just somebody who had poor respect for boundaries.

oldfarmer50 · 4:07AM

jmonroe1 said:

oldfarmer50 said:

andres3 said:

oldfarmer50 said:
On a more car related topic, my coworker just called me for advice. He was driving his 2024 Honda CRV down the highway and he says it is stuck at about 3000 rpms. And he can’t get it to throttle down. He got off the highway and shut it down but as soon as he turns it back on it revs right back up.

Hard for me to make a diagnosis over the phone but what could it be? Throttle position sensor? Floor mat stuck on the gas pedal?

Any thoughts?

EDIT: I called him back and told him to check the floor mat and sure enough, that’s what was causing the problem. He had just cleaned his car and threw the mat back without realizing it was pressing the gas pedal.
Based on your edit, sounds the usual, "human error."
Thankfully, figuring out that it might be human error just got me a free lunch.😆
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Not only is your coworker not too bright he’s also cheap. He should be buying you dinner not a lunch. At least he didn’t offer a cup of coffee.

jmonroe

This man is a brilliant former college football coach who was recently inducted into the school’s hall of fame and who after retirement donated his time to local high school teams and currently coaches a woman’s football team which is virtually undefeated.

He knows nothing about cars though.

driver100 · 4:08AM

@oldfarmer50 The police are saying she disregards people's boundaries and it isn't serious, they've probably found her doing this before. Disrespecting the boundaries of others can be extremely serious, it means this person has no empathy for others, and the police have no idea how serious that can be....but they just wanted to resolve the issue and move on.
There have been so many cars stolen and hijacked in the Toronto area that the police advised people not to put up a fight to save your car from home invaders, leave the keys on a table by the front door.
Police took a lot of flack for that one!

oldfarmer50 · 4:11AM

explorerx4 said:
Police called me and told me they found the guy.
Turns out he was doing a dog sitting job on the next street over so no ill intention.
They said he appologized for not being more forthcoming about why he was in my driveway.
I guess the dummy didn't have a phone to get directions from Google.

You are lucky (as I was) that you had a police department that actually showed up, let alone investigated.

kyfdx · 4:25AM

My wife's car has some sort of inflatable temporary spare.

Of course, I've perused the manual, and I'll be ready to deploy it, if she ever has a flat (not)

stickguy · 4:39AM

both my cars have substantial spares (the Maverick is a normal full sized tire, not a donut, and I think the RDX is more than donut too). the only issue is they live underneath, and I would need the owners manual to figure out the process to crank them down. and after enough years, hope that the moving parts still move!

ab348 · 5:33AM

driver100 said:

Michaell said:
CAA membership?
I have that, but what can they do if you have to drive home 200 miles, Christmas evening at 11 p.m., and you don't have a spare to put on the car.

Simple. They put your car on a flatbed and you get to ride home with the truck driver.

Actually this situation was somewhat abused by my friend who moved up-country several years ago. He bought the '71 Cutlass that has been under restoration for the last several years from its owner in northern New Brunswick. I believe his original intent was to drive it back to his place but he soon realized it was not up to the task. So he called CAA and they brought it to his place in central Nova Scotia on a flatbed.

imidazol97 · 5:42AM

I picked the Malibu model with a real donut spare,

'BTW if you have a donut spare, check air pessure in it. I checked mine and it was 9 lbs. US.

I carry an air pump, but who wants to hope that works if one puts the donut on the car.

venture · 6:48AM

oldfarmer50 said:

explorerx4 said:
I went in the garage to put something in the trash and saw someone coming from around the side of my garage and next walked up to the keypad for the garage door open it and push some keys.
I ran out and started screaming at them about what they were doing.
Guy said he was trying to get in his friends house. I told him to get the **** out of my driveway, walked behind his car to get the plate and went inside to get my phone.
He was gone by the time I got back outside.
The police showed up about 15 minutes later and I gave them a description of the car, driver and as much of the plate I could remember.
Still a bit amped right now.
I understand your anger. I had a similar situation a few years when I heard noise in my living room and went down stairs to find a middle age woman in my living room who claimed she was looking for her cousin. She was in no hurry to leave even after I threatened to call police. All sorts of thoughts went through my head as to her motives for just walking into a strangers house but the police said she was just somebody who had poor respect for boundaries.

She's lucky. If that happened to me, she would have been looking at the bad end of a Glock.

suydam · 7:41AM

driver100 said:

ab348 said:

Michaell said:
CAA membership?
That’s exactly what I did. The Cadillac came standard with Bridgestone runflats that I despised. Rode harsh, noisy, dangerously darty on the highway. I replaced them with non-runflat Michelin Pilots Sports which are great tires. And got a CAA membership which gives me the usual roadside assist benefits plus a discount on my CAA insurance.
I have CAA membership and have had it for 60 years. How can CAA help if you don't have a spare....they can fill a tire if it isn't a hole, and they could have some tire sealer....but, they won't give you a spare or a donut? Even a donut isn't great........a full size spare is the best solution, but they weigh too much to get top mileage.

I’d call AAA, same as I would during the day. I take my cue from Tom Petty: “Most things I worry about never happen anyway.”

tjc78 · 7:58AM

@kyfdx said:
My wife's car has some sort of inflatable temporary spare.

Of course, I've perused the manual, and I'll be ready to deploy it, if she ever has a flat (not)

I have zero idea what my wife’s Benz has. It doesn’t matter because if she has a flat it’s my problem no matter what it came with.

laurasdada · 10:07AM

Audi has pump and goo.
BMWs, as we all know, run flats.

Either way, I hope we never have to deal with a flat.
The Jags had spare tires.

oldfarmer50 · 10:09AM

venture said:

oldfarmer50 said:

explorerx4 said:
I went in the garage to put something in the trash and saw someone coming from around the side of my garage and next walked up to the keypad for the garage door open it and push some keys.
I ran out and started screaming at them about what they were doing.
Guy said he was trying to get in his friends house. I told him to get the **** out of my driveway, walked behind his car to get the plate and went inside to get my phone.
He was gone by the time I got back outside.
The police showed up about 15 minutes later and I gave them a description of the car, driver and as much of the plate I could remember.
Still a bit amped right now.
I understand your anger. I had a similar situation a few years when I heard noise in my living room and went down stairs to find a middle age woman in my living room who claimed she was looking for her cousin. She was in no hurry to leave even after I threatened to call police. All sorts of thoughts went through my head as to her motives for just walking into a strangers house but the police said she was just somebody who had poor respect for boundaries.
She's lucky. If that happened to me, she would have been looking at the bad end of a Glock.

In my brief conversation with her I suggested that her behavior was a good way to get shot but she seemed clueless as to why that could happen. I guess she’d never been to Texas.

jmonroe1 · 10:27AM

corvette said:
The Ariya has a well but no spare (not sure the well would fit a proper sized spare) and standard "gets flat" tires. It has an inflator/sealer kit like the Volt did. I would call AAA in the event I had a flat that the inflator/sealer kit couldn't patch.

I'm unlikely to take it super far from home... The Maverick has a compact spare.

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If you get a flat and you don’t have a spare or a donut what does AAA do? Come out and shoot some glue in your flat tire?

jmonroe

driver100 · 10:40AM

suydam said:

driver100 said:

ab348 said:

Michaell said:
CAA membership?
That’s exactly what I did. The Cadillac came standard with Bridgestone runflats that I despised. Rode harsh, noisy, dangerously darty on the highway. I replaced them with non-runflat Michelin Pilots Sports which are great tires. And got a CAA membership which gives me the usual roadside assist benefits plus a discount on my CAA insurance.
I have CAA membership and have had it for 60 years. How can CAA help if you don't have a spare....they can fill a tire if it isn't a hole, and they could have some tire sealer....but, they won't give you a spare or a donut? Even a donut isn't great........a full size spare is the best solution, but they weigh too much to get top mileage.
I’d call AAA, same as I would during the day. I take my cue from Tom Petty: “Most things I worry about never happen anyway.”

I take my cue from the Boy Scouts, "Be prepared". They know more about surviving than Tom Petty.

jmonroe1 · 10:45AM

stickguy said:
both my cars have substantial spares (the Maverick is a normal full sized tire, not a donut, and I think the RDX is more than donut too). the only issue is they live underneath, and I would need the owners manual to figure out the process to crank them down. and after enough years, hope that the moving parts still move!

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Back in my younger days if I had a vehicle like that, probably the second thing I’d do (waxing it would be the first), would be to see how to use that set up. Today, I have AAA so I’d let them figure it out.

jmonroe

driver100 · 10:47AM

tjc78 said:

@kyfdx said:

My wife's car has some sort of inflatable temporary spare.

Of course, I've perused the manual, and I'll be ready to deploy it, if she ever has a flat (not)

I have zero idea what my wife’s Benz has. It doesn’t matter because if she has a flat it’s my problem no matter what it came with.

Here's a bit of a hint: MOE (Mercedes Original Extended):
These are run-flat like tires with reinforced sidewalls that allow for a limited range of driving after a puncture.
In other words, there will be no spare, if you are within 50 miles of home and the tire isn't too far gone you can drive on it for up to 50 miles. Hope she doesn't get a flat 200 miles from home on Christmas eve. Does she have Mercedes Roadside assistance, they can help or at least recommend a nice restaurant to go to?

driver100 · 10:52AM

jmonroe1 said:

corvette said:
The Ariya has a well but no spare (not sure the well would fit a proper sized spare) and standard "gets flat" tires. It has an inflator/sealer kit like the Volt did. I would call AAA in the event I had a flat that the inflator/sealer kit couldn't patch.

I'm unlikely to take it super far from home... The Maverick has a compact spare.
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If you get a flat and you don’t have a spare or a donut what does AAA do? Come out and shoot some glue in your flat tire?

jmonroe

That's what I don't get.....will AAA actually send out a flatbed because you don't have a spare?
@stickguy At least if you have a spare under your trunk, AAA will come out and will take that tire out and put it on. Not sure what they can do for you if you have no spare.....Krazy Glue!

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