Hi folks,
The morning's usual 55 mile commute in the 77B wasn't without a bit of
adrenalin. Remember the thread about falling spare tires? .....
At one part of my commute the multi-lane highway that I'm on splits into
two parts as it goes over a hill. My part goes off to the left. At 5:45 am
there's not too much traffic so we're all cruising along at about 60-65 mph. My
standard procedure is to be in the left hand lane until the top of the hill and
then swing over into the right hand lane just after an entrance ramp. I was
behind a couple of vehicles going up the hill, which bends to the left. At the
top I swung over to the right and discovered something directly in front of me
-- a compact spare lying almost in the middle of the lane. Thanks to the B's
quick steering I was able to straddle it. It just barely contacted what had to
be the lowest part of the the front cross member. Whew!
I'm glad that it wasn't a full size spare.
Bud Krueger
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