Agreed!  I own 4 different vehicles, and I have a tool kit that I
AWAYS carry when I go further from home than my CAA/AAA will tow me.
Breaker bar and deep 6 point socket is in there.  Saved my butt a few
times, and it has saved a few random people driving VW's I have
stopped for as well.

Jason

On Sun, Feb 26, 2012 at 11:33 AM, Rob <becida@comcast.net> wrote:
> A breaker bar with the proper 6 point socket for the wheels you are
> using is the best thing you can buy for your can or van. Alloy wheels
> & steel nuts seem to glue themselves together & if the flat happens
> on rain or snow filled night the lug nuts will for sure be too tight <g>.
> With the socket/breaker bar on, chant 'lefty loosee' and stand on the
> end of the bar & gently bounce, the lug nut will come loose.
>
> The $20 or $30 you spend on a bar/socket will be the best investment
> you have made the first time you have to loosen the lug nuts.
>
> Rob
> becida@comcast.net
>
>
> At �2/26/2012 07:45 AM, Richard Koerner wrote:
>
>> �And I also bought long socket to fit said hardware so that I don't
>> need to use that nearly useless stamped "lug wrench" that comes
>> with Vanagons. �Oh yeah, and a 2 foot length of steel pipe which I
>> use as a cheater bar for my ratchet--