My Day
How the wordsmobile looked this morning:
And this evening:
When I changed the "tire" ( Tire?! What tire?!? Lol...more like peeled the scrap of rubber off), my mood deflated further when I jacked the car back down and saw that the spare tire was almost flat. *sigh* I harzard-light drove to the next off-ramp and pumped some air in at the local gas station; then made the journey home from Long Beach to Santa Monica. I'm supposed to be back in Long Beach tomorrow morning, again!
I'm tired.
How was your day?
Labels: Personal
posted by The WordSmith from Nantucket at 11/03/2007 07:50:00 PM
11 Comments:
OUCH!
Is the rim okay?
My husband and I had a similar experience when we were on our way back from Indiana this past summer. We managed to get air into that donut before damage to it was done. Good thing! We have 18-inch chrome wheels (after-market) on our Mustang.
On the bright side...at least the Camero did not lose its luster.
Been there done that and I feel your pain......oh no does that sound like a Democrat ? LOL
Here you go, now to sound like a Republican.... remember there are still three tires that are fine and you will be able because of your freedoms from government to get the fourth fixed! How's that ?
Always seems to be the case that bad luck comes in waves. At least the car is running now =)
Word: hey, don't feel so bad, at least you don't drive a Subaru AWD car. When I encountered a similar situation, the manual DEMANDS that all the tires match in order to enable proper AWD. Well, good luck, depending on where one's blowout occurs (and when: in the winter, at the snow line)! One shredded tire for me = FOUR new tires instead of just one. Just a HAIR more expensive than anticipated, when I couldn't find a local dealer with similar tires!
BZ
P.S.
Another reason I don't drive a Subaru anymore, and went to a '07 Toyota RAV-4 4WD.
I'm glad you weren't injured and besides having to change your tyre out on the highway you're OK.
Looks like that tire had catastrophic tread separation. If that tire is a Bridgestone or Firestone get the manufacturer to replace it and check the other tires to make sure they are not recalled versions. Never, ever, ever, ever buy a Bridgestone or Firestone tyre. They do what you are looking at in your picture on a regular basis and have been recalled many times.
The Firestone tyres leave out an essential safety component called a "nylon overlay" during the manufacturing process. Ford told them to take their tyres and shove it, ending a nearly 3/4 of century partnership. Some companies deserve to go out of business.
Maryjane 1 had Firestone tyres on her and I found out very quickly about all of this through a friend that had a family member seriously injured in an accident caused by Firestone tyres catastrophic tread separation. I took MJ 1 back to the dealer and forced them to put Goodyear tyres on her under threat of lawsuit. MJ 1 was a 2003 GMC Sierra and MJ 2 is a 2005. MJ 1 had a boo boo when an unlicensed, uninsured and irresponsible driver ran a stop sign and wrecked MJ 1 in 2004. The insurance company paid to have her fixed and after they did I traded her in six months later.
amy,
I said more than just that when it happened. (^_^)
aow,
I'm pretty sure the rim's fine.
ken,
Thanks for the optimism.
curt,
I'm still smarting from the summer when it took over a month to get the engine replaced.
bz,
I'm thankful for arriving at a space off the freeway when the blowout occurred; as well as enough daylight.
I'm also thankful for not having lost the wheel lock, which is rare and expensive for my vehicle.
j_g,
I wish I could take you with me when I bring my car in tomorrow for a new tire (another one has a nail in it). Haven't even heard about the recall on those tires.
A hell of a lot better than yours.
LOL :-) On the bright side that is a pretty nice car :-).
I can relate. We got 2 flats on our van recently from road construction. The VERY NEXT DAY our transmission totally went out. The van is fixed but we are now much poorer, cars suck!!
You got a new car and you wrecked it already?
Neither new, nor wrecked.
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