[stomachmonkey]

Early in my relationship with my wife I was at her house. Her father was trying to do some simple home repair. I offered to help and asked where his tools were.

I go out to the garage and there is a workbench with pegboard that contained exactly one slotted screwdriver, one phillips, pliers, a hammer, a hacksaw.

I sighed, drove home and got some tools.

As far as tires, on my SUV's I call roadside if I'm out on the road. The bottle jack that is supplied maxes out about 2 inches short of the tires leaving the ground. The only way to change them is with a floor jack and I can't be bothered to lug one around for the rare occasion I need it.

I do carry a tire plug kit in each car.

On Monday I went to help a friend with brakes on his volvo. Get there and he says I have a low front tire which I already suspected because the steering was off.

Took a look and yup, there's the nail. Grabbed the plug kit, yanked the nail, plugged the leak and used the portable compressor to air back up.

Actually took less time than putting on the spare.