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How to Have a Flat Tire and Not Ruin Your Day – Starting With Roadside Assistance

January 2, 2022 by Scotty Reiss Leave a Comment

Roadside assistance

Don’t panic. It’s not as awful as you think.  Not long ago I got a call from my daughter, one that all moms dread: “Mom, we have a flat tire! What do we do???”   Both my daughters were in the car and they were panicked. They were on the highway and road flotsam slashed… 

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Filed Under: Maintenance, She Buys Tagged With: car maintenance, flat tire, roadside assistance, roadside safety, spare tire

Is Your Parked Car Ready to Hit the Road Now That Quarantine is Ending?

May 8, 2020 by Scotty Reiss Leave a Comment

Parked car

Um… is that a squirrel’s nest?  It might be. Nesting under your hood or in your trunk. The New York Times recently reported that a number of drivers are finding rats and other rodents have nested in the engine compartments of idle cars over the last few months. Turns out that rats, squirrels and other… 

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Filed Under: Maintenance, She Drives Tagged With: maintenance, parked cars, roadside assistance, rodent damage, tire damage

Is AAA Worth It? 9 Reasons to Consider Joining

October 26, 2017 by Kristin Shaw 1 Comment

Is AAA Worth It roadside assistance

A flat! And I don’t know how to change a tire (embarrassing)… I was driving to the airport on a weekday morning in my Nissan Altima, on my way to New Orleans for a work trip, when I heard a loud BANG. Then my car started fishtailing in the middle of GA-400 in Atlanta, and… 

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Filed Under: Finance, She Buys Tagged With: AAA cost, AAA discounts, roadside assistance

Don’t Know How To Change A Tire? That’s Not a Bad Thing

March 15, 2014 by Scotty Reiss Leave a Comment

Changing a flat tire Photo: Alicia Nijdam

Why I Won’t Learn to Change a Tire, and You Don’t Need To, Either. It was a point of pride when I was a young new driver: I learned to change a tire. And I hated every minute of it. The tools were greasy and the tires were heavy. The process would ruin the clothes… 

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Filed Under: Maintenance Tagged With: change a tire, how to change a tire, roadside assistance, run flat tires

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