Never tickle a sleeping dragon.
Friday, July 06, 2007
Well that was dumb (and expensive)
Last night, Kaylin and I were behind Corrii, Alan and Sarah. We were stopped at a light at the light rail tracks at Campbell, and I noticed Corrii's hand flapping outside her window. Then she flipped me off.
After the light turned green, I retaliated by driving up along side her, and giving her the three-eared bunny (inside joke). I turned to see if she'd noticed, turned back to the road... and saw the car heading toward a curb.
The Campbell Ave. bypass next to the library has two lanes, and a parking lane. At each intersection, the curb juts out into the parking lane -- this is what I was heading toward.
I swerved to hit the wheelchair ramp, but didn't have enough time to get out of the way of the curb. Bam! Hisssssss! Tire blew out. Sigh.
I pulled into a parking lot to change the tire, drove home, and this morning took it to Wheel Works...
Only to learn that the flat is shot, and can't be repaired. Needs to be replaced. The slow leak in the rear left tire is a nail -- also can't be repaired. No problem, the tires are under warranty, as I had them all replaced last July.
Problem is... the manufacturer changed the tread pattern in the year since I replaced the tires! Since an all-wheel drive needs a consistent tire size and tread pattern all the way around, last night's stupidity requires me to get two new tires to replace the set. Double sigh. Add to that alignment, and last night's stupidity cost me about $340.
Lesson learned: Watching the road is far more important than a juvenile response to a juvenile action. :)
After the light turned green, I retaliated by driving up along side her, and giving her the three-eared bunny (inside joke). I turned to see if she'd noticed, turned back to the road... and saw the car heading toward a curb.
The Campbell Ave. bypass next to the library has two lanes, and a parking lane. At each intersection, the curb juts out into the parking lane -- this is what I was heading toward.
I swerved to hit the wheelchair ramp, but didn't have enough time to get out of the way of the curb. Bam! Hisssssss! Tire blew out. Sigh.
I pulled into a parking lot to change the tire, drove home, and this morning took it to Wheel Works...
Only to learn that the flat is shot, and can't be repaired. Needs to be replaced. The slow leak in the rear left tire is a nail -- also can't be repaired. No problem, the tires are under warranty, as I had them all replaced last July.
Problem is... the manufacturer changed the tread pattern in the year since I replaced the tires! Since an all-wheel drive needs a consistent tire size and tread pattern all the way around, last night's stupidity requires me to get two new tires to replace the set. Double sigh. Add to that alignment, and last night's stupidity cost me about $340.
Lesson learned: Watching the road is far more important than a juvenile response to a juvenile action. :)
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