My front tire blew out on the Yellowhead at 5pm last Tuesday

Pulled over and realized my spare was flat too, so I just sat there for 45 minutes waiting for roadside, anyone else carry a compressor now after something like that?

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evaperez4mo ago

That's a brutal way to spend a Tuesday evening, no joke. 45 minutes just sitting there watching traffic fly by while you've got two flat tires is pretty much the universe's way of telling you it's not your day. Honestly, after that I'd be tempted to just buy a whole new car out of spite, not just a compressor. But yeah, I picked up one from Canadian Tire after a similar roadside disaster and it's been sitting in my trunk ever since, waiting to haunt me again. Still, beats the feeling of being completely stranded, right?

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hayden7204mo ago

Get yourself a dual cylinder one from Princess Auto (they go on sale for like $50, way better than the cheap single piston ones). I had the exact same thing happen on the Coquihalla last winter and now I keep a compressor AND a plug kit under my seat, takes about 10 minutes to patch a tire well enough to get to a shop. Just make sure the compressor plugs into your 12v and not the cigarette lighter port (learned that one the hard way, blew the fuse on my old van).

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