This event actually happened back in early January but I never posted about it because A: I'm lazy when it comes to taking photos off of my phone and B: It seemed like such an isolated event that no one would really care except for Mr. D's pocket book. WELL, I was WRONG!! A good friend of mine had a similar experience happen to her which she posted about on her blog so this post is really for her to show her I totally understood what she was going through! Cheers C!!
So one very chilly morning (chilly for TX, it was in the lower 30's), Baby R and I went out to run an errand as usual. Because the day before was in the upper 60's, it's not unusual for these rapid temp changes to make my low tire pressure light gauge to come on. I'm constantly putting air in my tires with these temps here. So when the gauge popped on at first I thought nothing of it but then my car started to have a funny sensation about it. I felt like it had a "pull/drag" to it. So, I was technically supposed to be turning left but since the straight lane light was green I decided to keep going straight and I am so glad I did! I quickly pulled into the outlets and found the first parking stall and when I jumped out I heard the most loud, intense, rushing air noise. I went around the back of my car and watched within less than 15 seconds, my tire go COMPLETELY flat! It was sitting on the rim!
Well isn't that spit on your neck, fantastic?!?!? Now what? Call Mr. D. He informed me that I was so lucky because he seriously contemplated renewing our AAA membership for 2012. AAA was so nice, they escalated my call because Baby R was with me and it was cold out.
This is what I ran over:(
A huge metal shard that in all my 30 something years of life, I have NEVER had this happen! It was HUGE! I have no idea where or when I ran over it but AAA was there within 20 minutes, changed my tire to the spare and called Discount Tire to let them know I was on my way.
The gash in my tire was unrepairable so I had no choice but to buy a new tire. Of course Discount tried to talk me into getting a warranty for my wheels but AAA was my saving grace so no need:) This pic is of me waiting at Discount Tire for my car. Baby R needed to stay occupied since it was going on 45 minutes passed her usual lunch time feast and I was all out of snacks so she got to play with my phone:). The event took up half my day but hooray for AAA and for Mr. D renewing our policy!!!
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That stinks you had Baby R with you. I kept thinking that whole time that I was very happy I didn't have Jordan with me. Glad you still had AAA.
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