November 21st, 2007
New tires! Yes, that’s right. TIRES. Only one had a irreparable screw hole, but all FOUR were replaced.
Once the service tech said that the wear on the tire was nearing the end of it’s short life, he would recommend two new tires, to balance it all out. I expected that, I know enough about tires that it’s not a complete lie to get more money out of customers.
Man Logic would dictate: Why buy just two when you can get all FOUR?
And female logic would say: Well, two is half the price of four. We can buy two more later when we have a little more free cash (Hahahaha!) and Christmas isn’t just around the corner.
Apparently I was once again HORMONAL! and BITCHY! because an argument ensued, in the MIDDLE of the store, with our small child in tow, about how I never listen and it makes more sense to just buy FOUR!
I gave in and am now the proud owner of FOUR brand new tires and we are slightly poorer then we were 12 hours ago. Now all I have to worry about is how we’re going to pay this months bills after splurging 600 bucks on new tires… when we only NEEDED two.
*sigh*
Oh, and that old bitty with a Baby Jesus on the dashboard? Yeah, she PASSED me on the way home last night when I was still driving with my donut.
So maybe I should be a little grateful for the new tires.
Oh! And! Last night…
I ate dinner and walked around the store and didn’t feel nauseous at all!! I had no urge to spew!
It was utter bliss!!
Congrats on the new tires. Don’t worry, I’ve fallen for that line before too.
Glad you finally had a break for the morning sickness!!
November 21st, 2007 at 10:02 am
I HATE buying new tires and it seems like every winter, right before Christmas, we end up needing them on one of our vehicles. HATE IT.
Congrats on not being nauseous, though!
November 21st, 2007 at 10:17 am
Paying for the tires sucks, but you’ll be happy soon, once the snow hits.
I’ve been trying to get the Husband off his ass and get the winter tires put on the Mustang. Yes, you heard me right - Mustang.
You know where I live.
Try driving that thing around here. OMG.
Meanwhile, the Husband takes off to Miss. with my reliable, front wheel drive, old as crap, Neon.
I’m gonna choke him soon.
And just an FYI, your page takes forever to load. What’s up with that? That’s why I haven’t been commenting that much, because I have things to do (like laundry and crap) y’know.
And feel free to email me that font in your header.
heheheee …
Okay, so this long-ass comment makes up for my lack of commenting lately.
Right?
Right???
Right.
November 21st, 2007 at 11:14 am
Oh yeah, anytime a tire goes out on my car, my baby daddy (ha! Did I really just say that?) always gets four new tires. I don’t mind, even when we were together he and I always had separate accounts, and now that we are not, I just ask him to keep up with our mode of transportation (in lieu of child support- it’s an older car). When he takes care of the car, he does it right. I know that it was much more money out of your pocket, but now you can feel even safer.
November 21st, 2007 at 11:37 am
I hate paying for car repairs - especially tires. But really, why 4? I don’t understand that logic either. They are freaking expensive.
November 21st, 2007 at 2:26 pm
I completely understand. We’ve had tire issues for about a month, and we went in to get the car winterized and trip ready. While there, we found that two our tires were about 4 days from being a disaster. Okay, totally replace those. I will not disagree. But why did we have to replace the other two perfectly good ones? Mom ended up spending about 800 on something should have been about 300. Yeah. But to be fair, it’s the same tires that came with the car in like 2002. So, that was a good run, I guess.
Still freaking expensive.
November 22nd, 2007 at 5:32 am
Dude, we spent a booku of $ this fall on tires for both our vehicles. How on Earth we needed to replace them at the same time is beyond me.
November 22nd, 2007 at 10:32 am