Limp studs
This week doesn’t seem to be my week. On Monday, when I was Pukey Ace (which I might still be), I couldn’t get my car out of my driveway because of the snow. So yesterday, I shelled out $479 to get studded tires put on.
And, tree-huggers or road-lovers, don’t complain about how those tires tear up the roads. They also save lives. Especially with how I drive. Which is all safe, and stuff. Maybe.
I need them for when I drive through the mountain passes in Montana. As fun as those high-elevation, windy roads are in the winter, they are also a bit dicey sans-studded tires.
So I got those tires on, and I was feeling great driving through the icy streets of Pullman yesterday. I was muttering under my breath about people driving slowly because of the new-found freedom my studded tires gave me in speeding along over the blackest ice.
This morning I was so excited to drive straight out of my driveway with no problems. I stopped at the store to buy a paper and some coffee on my way to work when I noticed a problem: one of my nice new tires seemed a bit low. And by low, I mean it was
GODDAMN FLAT!!!
My new tire!
So I had to drop my car off yet again at the tire place, where I might have yelled at a worker (because it was going to cause me to be late and it is just ridiculous to have a flat the day after buying BRAND NEW GODDAMN TIRES!!!). I’m assuming I will be getting a least a partial refund.
On the bright side, yesterday was Laura’s birthday so I had ice cream and éclairs. That does actually put me back in the positive column, week-wise.
And, tree-huggers or road-lovers, don’t complain about how those tires tear up the roads. They also save lives. Especially with how I drive. Which is all safe, and stuff. Maybe.
I need them for when I drive through the mountain passes in Montana. As fun as those high-elevation, windy roads are in the winter, they are also a bit dicey sans-studded tires.
So I got those tires on, and I was feeling great driving through the icy streets of Pullman yesterday. I was muttering under my breath about people driving slowly because of the new-found freedom my studded tires gave me in speeding along over the blackest ice.
This morning I was so excited to drive straight out of my driveway with no problems. I stopped at the store to buy a paper and some coffee on my way to work when I noticed a problem: one of my nice new tires seemed a bit low. And by low, I mean it was
GODDAMN FLAT!!!
My new tire!
So I had to drop my car off yet again at the tire place, where I might have yelled at a worker (because it was going to cause me to be late and it is just ridiculous to have a flat the day after buying BRAND NEW GODDAMN TIRES!!!). I’m assuming I will be getting a least a partial refund.
On the bright side, yesterday was Laura’s birthday so I had ice cream and éclairs. That does actually put me back in the positive column, week-wise.
posted by Ace | 12:58 PM
1 Comments:
Limp studs are better than limp other things. Besides eclairs make any day great.
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