Popular Mechanics Complete Car Care Manual_ Updated & Expanded

la t tires a re never a fun thing-but this o ne takes the cake. It's late, of course, and in the middle of a frog-choking rain. You're stuck in the a nkl e-deep mud on the sho ulder of a deserted road. How deserted? Our-of-cell- phone-coverage deserted, or yo u'd be sittin g in the cab of a serv ice truck w hil e so mebod y else gets drenched . That's how deserted. Yes, yo u could drive a lo ng the should er 0 11 th e rim for a few miles to civili zation, but in sura nce wo n't cover the dam- age to you r expens ive a ll oy rim. It's tim e to kn uck le d own an d put o n th e spare.