Just don’t forget that left turn at Albuquerque.
Heh, but no. NO left turns in Albuquerque. Going South, that gets you headed towards Texas! Heading back North, that sends you to Arizona (which is better than Texas, but still a no!). NO turns. Based on the last drive I did (with a muuuuuuch less fuel efficient vehicle) this is going to be a one-stop trip on the way south, probably a two stop on the way back north. I’ll stop in Las Vegas, use the loo, stretch and tank up. Otherwise it’s drive baby drive!
I have 6-8 tire tacks that I moved over from the old car, but only one tube of ooze left, but, agreed, those are the first line when it comes to a simple puncture. Which is really all the FaF is good for anyway.
I also fully admit to @LSLGuy that I’m perhaps a touch paranoid, and have minor prepper tendencies. I moved over the sealed box that had a good sized emergency first aid kit, a 3600 calorie bar (one year before end of shelf life, but probably still good after) and 6 coast guard rated water pouches (125ml) along with a couple of mylar tarps. During winter, there’s the extra wool blanket, 2 pairs extra socks, one heavy flannel shirt and one insulated pullover in an additional box (though many Coloradans have that kit for winter).
Thus again, me saying “you’re not wrong” when you mentioned my excess planning/preparedness for unlikely issues. Low order problems, and like @Tired_and_Cranky almost all the tire losses I’ve had have been from punctures, some large enough to hear hissing like a large snake, but most from the usual nail/screw debris - I haven’t had an explosive blowout yet and (knock on wood) never will.
I have lived in parts of the country where prolonged exposure to the ordinary daily weather can be fatal to the unprepared. And on the rare occasions there when I left civilization I brought appropriate hot- or cold-weather survival stuff in case I got stranded.
But I admit my preparedness instincts grew up and matured on the mean streets of upper crust SoCal suburbia. A place with utterly benign weather and plentiful assistance immediately available unless you’re broke as well as broken down.
Prepping for survival is one thing, but prepping to counteract a low probability of minor inconvenience is just worry-wartism. The hard part is knowing which is which.
As Alfred E Neuman so often said
What, me worry?
Of course, he was an idjit by design. 