April 11, 2008

BOOM! -UPDATED

The best laid plans of mice and men....

I was on my way to work this morning, right near the freeway on-ramp, when I heard BOOM. Then rattlerattlerattle.

Yep, I blew out a tire. So I had to cancel my AM class and call AAA to come put on the donut for me. And, since the donut can't handle freeway speed, I had to get it taken care of right away. As we speak, I am waiting for 4 brand-spanking-new tires (it was high time to change them, anyway) and then I'll be on my not-so-merry way to work, I suppose.

Yippeee
/sarcasm.

UPDATE: 4 tires = $781. And I made it to work well in time for my 12 pm meeting.

Posted by caltechgirl at April 11, 2008 09:54 AM | TrackBack
Comments

I've tagged you, sorry.

Posted by: Stacy at April 11, 2008 10:11 AM

better the explosion off the freeway than on.

sucky start to a friday

Posted by: wRitErsbLock at April 11, 2008 11:18 AM

.... I had a flat on Sylvia a few days ago.... third one in six months.... same wheel each time...... weird....

Posted by: Eric at April 12, 2008 05:43 AM

gotta love those space saver tires ... not. I had one for years, had to use it a few times, it was a nice bright orange colour too!

ouch on the $781

Posted by: Fleat at April 13, 2008 11:57 PM