On Tuesday I noticed that the driver's side rear tire was flat on the car. Hoping for an easy fix I took the tire to a local garage only to be told that a belt was broken and air was leaking out through cracks around the bulge created by the broken belt.
I didn't think to ask the mechanic what causes such things but wouldn't be surprised to learn that driving over curbs or through pot holes could be responsible. The car is insanely long and it's easy to cut corners short and drive over curbs.
After reading advice about how important it is to have all 4 tires the same diameter on an all wheel drive car I asked myself, "How often do I have the car in AWD?" The answer is almost never. Maybe once every 5 years. So, I fell back to replacing 2 out of the 4.
My experience with buying tires is that I can do my research, pick the tire I want and then end up buying something the salesman says is as good or better. Probably because they don't have that exact tire in the size needed for my car.
This time I hope to get the tire I want. I started at consumerreports.org and chose a tire based on their ratings. Then I went to tirerack.com and ordered 2 of THOSE tires ($108 each). The shipping cost is $35 but, if that's what it takes to get a better, safer tire then I think it's money well spent.
About Me
- JohnO
- I am settling into a summer hiatus from work and live in the New York area. Kevie and I have a 14 year old son and have been married for 30 years. I used to want one of everything especially if it was wicked cool.
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Nothing is really work unless you would rather be doing something else.
J.M. Barrie
What's not possible is not to choose
Jean-Paul Sartre
Man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much . . . the wheel, New York, wars, and so on, whilst all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But conversely the dolphins believed themselves to be more intelligent than man for precisely the same reasons.
Douglas Adams (1952-2001), THE HITCHHIKER’S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY
I saw him even now going the way of all flesh, that is to say towards the kitchen.
John Webster (1580-1625)
When I play with my cat, who knows whether she is not amusing herself with me more than I with her?
Michel de Montaigne (1533-92)
"Business!" cried the Ghost, wringing its hands again. "Mankind was my business. The common welfare was my business; charity, mercy, forbearance, and benevolence, were, all, my business. The dealings of my trade were but a drop of water in the comprehensive ocean of my business!"
Charles Dickens (1812-1870)
Nothing is really work unless you would rather be doing something else.
J.M. Barrie
What's not possible is not to choose
Jean-Paul Sartre
Man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much . . . the wheel, New York, wars, and so on, whilst all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But conversely the dolphins believed themselves to be more intelligent than man for precisely the same reasons.
Douglas Adams (1952-2001), THE HITCHHIKER’S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY
I saw him even now going the way of all flesh, that is to say towards the kitchen.
John Webster (1580-1625)
When I play with my cat, who knows whether she is not amusing herself with me more than I with her?
Michel de Montaigne (1533-92)
"Business!" cried the Ghost, wringing its hands again. "Mankind was my business. The common welfare was my business; charity, mercy, forbearance, and benevolence, were, all, my business. The dealings of my trade were but a drop of water in the comprehensive ocean of my business!"
Charles Dickens (1812-1870)
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