Blowout in the Big Dig
By adamg - Fri, 09/19/2008 - 7:59am.
Yoav now knows first hand what happens when you get a flat in the O'Neill Tunnel:
... I'm just cruising along (below the speed limit, thank you very much), when all of I sudden I hear a bang and feel a jerk on the back right side of the car. Sure enough, the tire pressure warning indicator lights up.
Unfortunately I had to go a little ways until I found a reasonable spot to pull over, because the right-hand lanes were full of cones and construction equipment.
In fact, I bet it was a stray piece of equipment or gear that caused my tire explosion. ...
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What?
Cars have "low tire pressure" warnings?
More modern ones, at any rate
Although they've been standard on certain Eurocars from cold countries for awhile now, I thought.
Europeans indeed
I think the integrated circuit that they use is made by Infineon. Which is based in Germany I believe.
Just guessing this had something to do with the slow uptake.
The one feature I miss from my old Dodge Omni
It had an "oxygen sensor" on the dash. I used to tell people who rode with me that if it ever lit up, they had five seconds to roll down their window or they'd asphyxiate.
After awhile, people stopped asking me for rides ...
Moi, aussi
Moi, aussi! Except mine was a Horizon. I had no idea the entire time I had the car what it actually meant. Now I do.
Avast!
Arrrrr, 'tis true that the scurvy dogs what fixes the tunnels need to stow their gear lest they be keel-hauled!