On one Mag? Temptation and decision

Terry wrote:

Option 1 - Leave the airplane for repairs and take taxi to home base to
pickup car. Very long wait for taxi and pain in the butt. Return trip by
car later for plane pick-up and unknown mechanic working on airplane.

Option 2 - Let my wife take taxi to home base and I fly airplane out on
one mag. I would never have considered her flying with me on one mag!
This gets the airplane to home base and my mechanic that knows the
airplane well.

Hmmm...

The first thing that popped into my head was the possibility of broken
metal pieces if the magneto gear broke or something. I think I would
want to inspect the mag before running the engine any amount of time
to prevent further damage. Even though it might run ok on one mag,
a stray bit of metal might cause a problem with the remaining mag.
I'm too cheap to take a taxi 50 miles. 8-) I might try to rent a car
locally if the repair could be done quickly. Might be cheaper and
simplify getting back to the plane. I think you did the right thing.

Tom Pappano, PP-ASEL-IA