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2x Flat...
So I went snowboarding today. I headed to the mountain at about 8:40 and got there around 9:15. Pretty good conditions and no lift lines. I love riding on weekdays. Anyway, on the way home I had to stop for gas (even though I hear you can pull 350 miles out of a tank, I always fill up at 300 miles or the E, whichever comes first..)
So I tank up and pull out of the gas station.. "Hmm.. should my car be puling to the right and making a flapping noise? Better get out and check.." sure enough, front-right was deflated completely. %*#$!!!!!!!! turned around, hobbled 100 feet back to the gas station (praying that my rim stayed true) and jacked up the car. My trunk was full of snowboard, so it took a lot of cursing and screaming before I finally managed to coerce the spare out of its hiding place along with my torque wrench and sockets.. Pulled the tire off.. the inside sidewall had a good 3-inch gash on it. I'm a ^%&@ing idiot for running them so bald for so long. Put the spare on, tightened the bolts, and set her down.. *hisssssssss* oh you've got to be mother$*&^ing joking. *hisssssssssssssssssss* you can't be #(@^ing serious. *hissssss* jacked it back up, went inside the gas station and bought a can of fix-a-flat. followed the directions. the tire did not inflate. called my roommate who was 30 minutes away and he came and picked me up. we took the spare to a service station where the nice man looked at me like i was (#*$ing insane after I told him what I'd done. apparently a can of fix-a-flat is only good for about 18 psi. a flat spare needs a good 60 pounds of pressure to properly inflate... well he re-inflated the spare and so far so good.. i have an appointment tomorrow to get 4 new snows mounted for about $280.. michelin winter something-or-others.. i don't care.. they're cheap and new. just venting.. -adam |
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