Re: [Amc-list] AMC Spare

["Swygert, Francis G MSgt 436 CES/CECM" <Francis.Swygert3@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

For 90% of flats a temp fix with fix-a-flat works fine. Just don't put
off getting it fixed for more than a day or two! That's the big
"problem" with temporary spares -- people tend to run on them for days
or even weeks! I couldn't help but laugh when I saw some idiot on the
side of the road a couple days ago with a flat. He had obviously been
running the temp spare for a while (from the looks of the wheel) -- it
was flat!! There's a reason they call them temporary -- and fix-a-flat a
temporary fix...

I can live with a carburetor, but won't do points for long! Pertronix is
just to easy and precise, and makes a difference overall in power and
economy by staying in tune. I know a well tuned set of points is really
just as good, but it takes time to set them correctly, then it has to be
done every 5K miles or so. I don't mind tinkering with my cars, but
prefer to keep scheduled maintenance to a minimum. There is a big
difference with electronic ignition, and it's cheap enough at around
$100 to pay for itself. Just the convenience of quicker starts is worth
it to me. For those who don't trust electronics, the Pertronix is really
the way to go -- keep a set of points for a quick fix since it's easy to
pull the Pertronix unit and drop the points back in. 


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Date: Tuesday, February 20, 2007 11:02 PM
From: Keleigh Hardie <keleigh3000@xxxxxxxxx>

Agreed, it is. I've been craving a simpler car myself lately. Something
with points and a carburetor. I understand. On an intellectual level,
though, I do agree with Frank. Space savers make sense. Flat tires
aren't all that common any more, and with modern cars some wheel/tire
assemblies are so expensive and heavy that it doesn't make sense to
waste a lot of money and weight on a wheel and tire you may never use. I
know that hardly any of my customers are likely to change their own any
more. Heck, some  of our cars don't come with any spare at all, just a
high tech bottle of "fix-a-flat". Hope their AAA membership is
current...

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