What A Relief!
I re-inflated my leaky tire this morning (now down to 20 lbs.) at a nearby convenience store and visited by buddy, the tire guy. He removed the wheel and immediately saw a nail in the tire. Ten minutes and nine dollars later the tire was plugged, pressure re-checked and I was good to go and on my way. I'll check the pressure daily for a week or so to make sure the plug is good and that nothing else is wrong. I'm confident that the very, very minor wheel scrape did not harm the valve stem and that this is the end of the story. I hope the tire plug can be expected to last for the lifetime of the tire. As I said, I'll monitor the pressure daily for a week or so and weekly thereafter.
Benefit of this experience is I am now attuned to checking the tire pressure weekly or so, though I never concerned myself with it in my other cars.
Next project is to get to the wheel repair guy to have that small "curb rash" scrape removed. Gotta' keep my Z perfect!
Thanks everyone for your thoughts and your interest. Z Forum is great.
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