Got to my car tonight and found I had a flat tire. It had a slow leak, but must have got unlucky and parked it in such a way the leak was way faster than normal. Thought, no problem ... I'll just pop the spare on. Problem ... couldn't get the damn plastic retainer that holds the cover to the spare well off. It was really stiff, and then just started slipping (so the metal nut buried inside the plastic was just spinning freely). Arghhhhh! 50 minutes for CAA to arrive and give me some air
Moral of the story is to check your spare regularly for access and air! Spring is a good time to do this.
Took about 45 minutes o hack away at the plastic and get the nut off. I wonder how much GM is going to zing me for this part.
-GT