We hope your cars are always running under their own power, but once in a while you’ll need to haul it. Whether it’s trailering a race car to a track, taking a classic car to a show, or bringing home a new project, anyone who dabbles in older automobiles will at some point need a tow vehicle. Fortunately for JNC owners Japanese cars are typically lightweight, so that opens up a lot of options for trucks and SUVs with lower towing capacities that may be JNCs themselves.
What’s the best tow vehicle?
The most entertaining comment by next week will receive a prize. Scroll down to see the winner of last week’s QotW, ” What are your gasoline filling routines?“.
The Answers of the Week educated us a lot about the peculiarities of filling stations in other parts of the world. We were shocked to learn on a trip to Germany, for example, that you have to have Euros in hand if you want to use the toilet at a gas station there. Sebastian Motsch further taught us that if you’re close enough to the southern border of Germany it’s cheaper just to go to Austria. Nigel informed us that in Canada it’s cheaper to refuel after 7:00 pm, and ynori‘s description of an Aussie station sounds like an introvert’s worst nightmare.
Some readers had routines surrounding their refueling. Taylor C. takes the opportunity to check things like tire pressure and calculate mpg. speedie adds pre-mix to the rotary engine. We were halfway through Negishi no Keibajo‘s precision ritual before we realized it was for a plane.
There’s even a whole laundry list of ways to get to the gas station more efficiently. Nismo_pwr uses GasBuddy, but the browser version only because the app apparently harvests massive amounts of personal data. LiouxLioux just goes to shortest line to the pump because hoses are long enough. Kyuusha Corner only picks stations that en route. And Jacob B lives life on the edge by never looking at prices.
We expected some readers, such as Alan and speedie, to choose their brand of gasoline based on Top Tier ratings, which has additives to help reduce engine deposits. What we didn’t expect was that sometimes the brand was dependent on the food options inside the convenience store. Next time we’re in Maryland we’ll have to try Ian G.‘s Royal Farms chicken.
The winner this week was Sammy B, who enlightened us to the fact that at Circle K locations the Lawson brand still exists in Ohio in the form of French onion dip!
For my JNC, I go about 10 miles to the town over that has ethanol-free gas. So worth it! My daily drivers tend to go to Costco (we’re lucky that there’s one fairly close by, so this isn’t too bad). If I do happen to be nearby I’ll get the dailies the non-ethanol gas too and will run inside for a polar pop. 79 cents for any size always gets me.
Added bonus for that Ethanol-free station: it’s a Circle K that still sells Lawson’s french onion dip! Lawson’s started in my area (just north of Akron, OH) and you can still get their dip at some Circle K stores in Northeast Ohio. So the Van gets no ethanol and I get chips and dip later that day 🙂
Omedetou, your comment has earned you a set of decals from the JNC Shop!
