Driving home yesterday, I come across a poor lad in a Classic Mini Cooper S (1966 ORIGINAL, not a reshell) stuck along side highway 73. Seems he had a blow out and the jack that comes with doesn’t lift the car high enough to actually allow removal of the tire. He had just purchased the Mini from the Mini Guy in Ventura. Looks pretty good:
Too bad the factory jack we have doesn’t work either.
He had already called AAA anyway, so I waited with him, and checked out the Mini. He said he got a great price since it was pretty rough looking. But it had all the go fast part under the hood, disc brakes all the way around and a roll bar!
AAA showed up, the car was jacked up and spare installed and I was on my way. Hope he made it to his destination ok.
What, you couldn’t just lift it up for the poor lad? :)
You know, I actually had that thought about 3 miles away. I could have given him a lift too, but had I more carefully read your comment….
btw, I did try, but I wasn’t quite feeling my oats that day :D