I knew a guy with a Vega wagon.He kept a case of oil in the back.
I once went from Eureka,CA to Grants Pass,Oregon with a Friend,
to buy some t shirts ($1 each!) at the Champion factory outlet store.We'd
spent all our money on them,& on the way back,about 40 miles down the
road,the oil light came on.
We stopped in front of the local Sheriff's house,& he gave us a quart
of oil.We then went to a nearby store,where we got another quart of oil,leaving
the spare tire as collateral.
We went back the next week,to retrieve the spare, but took my '72 Toyota pickup instead.