saturday
Wow,that felt good....
Having some "extra" cash (no cash is ever really extra-just not earmarked for bills), I decided to get 2 new front tires. I had heard that all 4 tires should match to avoid problems...trouble was, only Sears carried the exact type of Michelins that are on the beast right now.
So this morning, I drive to Sears with high anticipation of no longer worrying about a blowout. I go into the Autocenter,tell them what I want,give them my cell phone number and head into the mall to kill some time. After 5 minutes, I get a call saying they can't replace just the fronts due to a difference in treadware and if I put it in 4-wheel drive, I could ruin my transaxle..
I am no mechanic, but I do know a wee bit about cars and I figured this was one of the biggest lines of crap I'd ever heard to try and sell me 4 tires instead of 2. The front tires are worn twice as much as the back already, and I used 4 wheeel earlier this week when it snowed, and lo and behold, nothing happened to my transaxle.
I went back to the Autocenter, thanked them for their time, and left.
Thirty years ago, my parents used to take the company trucks to a little independent tire place which was right around the corner from Sears,so I went there.
I explained what the folks at Sears had told me to the guy who waited on me and I could tell he was trying real hard not to laugh. He said as long as the tires were the same size, treadware didn't mean crap, unless I drove an Olds Bravada. I told him my family used to bring our company trucks there 30 years ago and he asked me the name of the company. I told him and he said he remember that name since he had been there 35 years. I said "now you're bullshitting me" whereupon, he rifled through some old files and found an invoice from 1972 for my mom's old Chevy. I knew then this place was honest,and told him to hook me up with 2 front tires.End result, 2 new tires for 181 bucks instead of the 300 Sears wanted. And the best part was I paid cash! I can't explain how good it feels to be able to pay cash outright for what I need, instead of being in debt. I am hoping next payday to be able to get a new computer.
Not looking forward to Monday/Tuesday as 5 more inches of snow is expected. Silly people were lined up at the carwashes today to get this week's salt off....that will last all of 72 hours folks. I'll save my quarters for a couple of weeks. Plus it's still below freezing and I don't like my door locks freezing up because of water in them. Hmmm.....think I need to read the "Why I like winter" post again.
Having some "extra" cash (no cash is ever really extra-just not earmarked for bills), I decided to get 2 new front tires. I had heard that all 4 tires should match to avoid problems...trouble was, only Sears carried the exact type of Michelins that are on the beast right now.
So this morning, I drive to Sears with high anticipation of no longer worrying about a blowout. I go into the Autocenter,tell them what I want,give them my cell phone number and head into the mall to kill some time. After 5 minutes, I get a call saying they can't replace just the fronts due to a difference in treadware and if I put it in 4-wheel drive, I could ruin my transaxle..
I am no mechanic, but I do know a wee bit about cars and I figured this was one of the biggest lines of crap I'd ever heard to try and sell me 4 tires instead of 2. The front tires are worn twice as much as the back already, and I used 4 wheeel earlier this week when it snowed, and lo and behold, nothing happened to my transaxle.
I went back to the Autocenter, thanked them for their time, and left.
Thirty years ago, my parents used to take the company trucks to a little independent tire place which was right around the corner from Sears,so I went there.
I explained what the folks at Sears had told me to the guy who waited on me and I could tell he was trying real hard not to laugh. He said as long as the tires were the same size, treadware didn't mean crap, unless I drove an Olds Bravada. I told him my family used to bring our company trucks there 30 years ago and he asked me the name of the company. I told him and he said he remember that name since he had been there 35 years. I said "now you're bullshitting me" whereupon, he rifled through some old files and found an invoice from 1972 for my mom's old Chevy. I knew then this place was honest,and told him to hook me up with 2 front tires.End result, 2 new tires for 181 bucks instead of the 300 Sears wanted. And the best part was I paid cash! I can't explain how good it feels to be able to pay cash outright for what I need, instead of being in debt. I am hoping next payday to be able to get a new computer.
Not looking forward to Monday/Tuesday as 5 more inches of snow is expected. Silly people were lined up at the carwashes today to get this week's salt off....that will last all of 72 hours folks. I'll save my quarters for a couple of weeks. Plus it's still below freezing and I don't like my door locks freezing up because of water in them. Hmmm.....think I need to read the "Why I like winter" post again.
posted by fraidy at
Saturday, February 10, 2007
1 Comments:
that's great news about your tires. Big businesses always try to sell us women things we don't need because they know that 95% of the time women fall for it out of sheer ignorance. Good thinking on your part.
good luck with the snow...(we still don't have any)
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