My Chevy SSR encountered a rock on the Blue Ridge parkway and it flattened by front passenger-side tire. Since there are two different sizes of tire on the SSR you can’t carry a spare. Instead, it comes with an inflation kit- an electric airpump, powered by a cigarette lighter adapter, and a bottle of sealant. But in my case this kit was useless as the rock gashed the sidewall of my tire.
Luckily I was travelling with good friends who helped me get the disabled truck off the Parkway and into a repair shop. They also got me to a car rental agency 5 minutes before closing on a busy Friday night. Unfortunately all of the vehicles were picked over. The only thing left was a broken Chevy Uplander that was looked and smelled like someone had transported the losing Iditarod dogsled racing team in it. We dubbed it the Loser Cruiser and I was its captain.
It did have the distinct pungency of canine exercise… What a great time, though!