The patent-pending and multiple award-winning Spare Me is a multi-function auto rescue tool with five different features that will get you out of almost any jam that doesn’t require AAA. It scrapes snow and ice off your windshield. It shovels debris from around your tires. It can be used as a traction tool to get out of parking spots. It can be used as a lift to raise a tire when you’re putting on a spare. It can even be used as a cheater bar when you’re loosening lug nuts with your never long enough tire iron. In other words, this Made in the USA product was almost purpose built for the hellish existence that is owning a car during a Chicago winter. If it doesn’t involve a dead battery or a situation when you should be calling the police, the Spare Me is going to be a useful piece of emergency gear in just about any other situation.
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