--- Dave Baker <DBAKER5@kc.rr.com> wrote:

> > What else is smart to always
> > carry around
>
> Green tea bags, water, a teapot, and a camp stove.
> Then when something like
> this happens, you find a place to pull over, brew a
> cup of tea, and casually
> consider your options.

This is a great response....  I like this
recommendation as it certainly would apply well to
me.  Whenever I have a problem on the road, I have
a bad knee-jerk reaction of simple panic and it makes
for my mind to go blank for solutions to whatever
the dilemma is.  So, David, thank you for this and
I think I'll carry a tea service in my vehicles from
now on.....

On top of this valuable piece of advice, I'd also
add that you bring a large capacity
bucket-o-experience (BOE).  Where can you can get this
BOE?  Well, I've
built up mine through getting my hands dirty and
doing as much of my own preventive maintenance as
possible.  Has this "always" helped?  Well no, it
hasn't.  But I don't always remember the situations
that were easy to fix or anticipate.   But I've gotten
out of more potentially expensive situations more than
once just by paying attention to the needs of my
VWs/Nissan rather than passively waiting for problems
to pop up.  So get yourself some experience and start
filling your bucket now so down the road, you won't
always be at the mercy of your vehicle's temperment...

Cheers!

Steven

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