IMHO, AAA is all you need. Have faith in your LBC. My wife and I drove a
rental car to Arkansas from North Carolina when we purchased our 1966 TR4A
IRS. The PO was shocked to find out that I was going to drive the car home.
We had a jack, a good spare tire, and our AAA card. We opened her up heading
East on I-40, eyeball-to-lugnut, with those 18wheelers on a pothole filled
I-40. We spent the first night on Memphis (stopped to see Elvis), the second
night in Knoxville, and the next day home in NC. We drove 55 -65 all the
way.
We have also done Atlanta, several rallyes, and this year we will be driving
to the BMW plant in SC (Good Lord willing).
Go for it! Enjoy your car. Be sure you have AAA Plus. (BTW, let me know what
you come up with for an emergency kit.)
tw
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Thomas P. Winslow
1966 TR4A IRS - CTC57665L <> 1968 TR250 - CD4783L <> 1968 TR250 - CD5272L <>
1980 MGB LE GVVDJ2AG503563
189 Hicks Creek Road, Troutman, NC 28166
h704-528-5868 * f704-528-5868 * p704-878-1157
E-Mail: winslow@vnet.net * tom_winslow@msn.com
Web Page: http://www.iredell.com/triumph.html <>
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-----Original Message-----
From: owner-triumphs@autox.team.net
[mailto:owner-triumphs@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of HMENTZEN@aol.com
Sent: Monday, March 08, 1999 6:30 PM
To: triumphs@autox.team.net
Subject: Emergency Kit
I'm planning a 5 - 6 hour drive to Maine this May. I've had my Spit for a
little over 2 years now, but have never gone more than 100- 150 miles at
any
one time. I've stayed off the Interstates because of concerns about running
the car at higher rpm's and the interstates aren't any fun. What I'd like
to
do is put together an emergency kit and was looking for advice from the
experienced listers.( Not to be pessimistic , my AAA is paid up .)
Actually
the only breakdown I've experienced on the road was a broken accelerator
cable. I enjoy reading about other people's cars and repairs but I
really
like hearing about where people drive their cars.
Hans Mentzen
79 Spitfire (still looking for a name)
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