Free or pay, air compressors at service stations have almost disappeared at
stations in Metropolitan Atlanta.  The only reliable place I've found is
QuikTrip, the last well run chain of convenience/gas stores around here.

Donald Baxter
Atlanta now, Iowa City, October 21

----- Original Message -----
From: "=David-M=" <dmc@CYBURBAN.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Saturday, September 16, 2000 11:14 PM
Subject: SUV Roll Overs = Death Patch = lack of free air?

> >Some good info is coming out of the Firestone recall
> >mess that has killed 88 in the us already.  This info
> >is pertinent because the vanagon is vulnerable to roll
> >over due to its high center of gravity, Roll overs more frequently
>involve fatalities
> >than most accidents.
> >Tires are a critical factor, as is tire pressure,
> >
> And I'm willing to bet that the demise of free air has had a significant
> effect on drivers checking their tire pressures.
> I know I don't check nearly as often now, because I never seem to have
> quarters on me for the air machine.
> Free air is virtually non-existent in the New York metropolitan area.