Locate an Auto Repair Shop in Eureka, Nevada

He used to have a PT Cruiser. I already knew his experience with that would be horrible because the PT Crusier was a Neon with a more appealing body and sheet metal layout (for some). He did say that the car was horrible. He did say it was very expensive to replace the automatic transmission, which is where I jumped in and said I wished I could have warned him because my Chrysler auto tranny only lasted 60,000 miles, so I could have warned him about the horrific quality issues prior to them costing him half his retirement. He's 27 years old. He owns a Scion (box car) now. End of story on why the bailouts were a bad idea. Lost customer for life. P.S. In Eureka CA went to a wedding last year and one of the people there was complaining about a failed tranny in their Pacifica (another Chrysler ) They said they were having a hard time getting the dealer/manufacturer to pay for all of it (low miles vehicle), and it was taking them over a month to get the job done (because so many trannies had failed that Chrysler was OUT OF replacement TRANNIES) HILARIOUS!

Who has experience towing with the Commander 4.7? Please give me your thoughts and experience. Also, has the ignition issue been resolved? What about cost normal maintanance, breaks, tires, oil changes etc...?

Re: carrying a small air compressor. It seems ironic to reduce weight in a car trunk to reduce the fuel used starting the vehicle moving due to the lesser mass and reduce fuel due to increased rolling resistance due to higher weight on the road tires and yet turn around and carry an air compressor to partly compensate for the missing real size spare tire. It sounds like something the government politicians would come up with. I did have a small Harbor Freight foreign junk $7.50 compressor in the trunk. But the tires I saw did not show low pressure when I stopped alongside the interstate. So I felt safe driving on. The pressure detecting system on my car is the earlier one that uses ratios between tires' rates of rotation to detect when one is going low and rotating more than the others at that speed. I was hoping someone would notice the irony in the next exit when I needed help was named 'Eureka.' It was especially a 'Eureka' moment when there was a single gas station present--only one Shell, and it did have a free air hose so I didn't have to ask the clerk to turn it on for me. I am the only one enjoying the irony of the road name (it's an exit at Detroit's airport access).

Stopped, checked, and drove to the Eureka! exit which had one Shell station with a free air hose! I carry a small air compressor in my trunk, cost about $20-25 at Meijers and will fully inflate a tire in a few minutes. Yeah its slower than what you would get with a gas station air hose, but you don't have to drive anywhere to put air in your tire.

>Why in the world would a person buy a new car that comes with no spare? I think we have the EPA to blame for the lack of a spare wheel. It is a mileage increasing technique because the lowered mass due to the donut instead of the spare tire helps increase fuel mileage along with performance (acceleration) numbers. Some cars even come with just an inflator can with sealant in it. That saves even the mass of the donut spare. The other end of the argument is the trunk room debate. The spare or donut take up room. IF there's a drop volume in the trunk, those seem to be size-restricted by the other parts under the rear of the car, so the companies went to smaller, donut-sized volumes under the trunk floor. On the third wing of the discussion, when was the last time you had a flat sitting in the garage or parked? While driving the car? Now that most cars are equiped with some system to give early warning about dropping tire pressure. E.g., I hadn't checked the tire pressures on the '03 for about 6-8 weeks since I had the tires rotated and balanced. Returning from Plymouth, Mi, about 8 miles down I-275 the warning came on to check tire pressures. Stopped, checked, and drove to the Eureka! exit which had one Shell station with a free air hose! Eureka is what I said about convenience and luck. And Eureka was the name of the road. But I didn't relish the idea of driving home on a 50-mile spare tire for 200 miles. But the tire only had normal seepage around the alloy/chrome rim. My fault for not checking pressures before the trip. Do we really need full-sized spares? I feel better with one in the trunk, but I'll settle for a donut. No spare? Not for me.