Today, I woke up to find out that the two front tires on our van were flat. Now we won't have a vehicle all week since the tire shop is booked solid. We just went through this with the rear tires two weeks ago. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I got a rental car because my car needed new tires and I had a long drive ahead of me. Today, the rental car got a flat tire. FML
Today, I got not one but two flat tires after hitting two separate potholes big enough to take chunks out if my original rim and to bend the shit out of my spare. This was in about a 3 mile radius and within minutes of each other. FML
Today, as I was talking to my hubs about replacing a tire on my car, said tire blew. I don't have a spare, and I don't get paid till tomorrow. FML
Today, I got a flat tire in the middle of nowhere. I called AAA, and they said it would take two hours to get there. They called two hours later saying they got a flat tire and would be there in another two hours. FML
Today, I found out I will be without a car for two weeks because my mother volunteered to let my grandparents use mine while theirs is being repaired. They've been in 4 accidents over the last year. FML
Today, my dad didn't mention he had just aired up the tire on my van and that it might have a hole in it. It wasn't flat when I left the house but it sure as hell was when it exploded, not even a mile down the road. FML
Today, I took my partner’s car to fill with gas because mine was in the shop. Out of habit, I put diesel into the tank. We discovered it three hours later; the tow bill ate my weekly budget, the mechanic sighed through the repair estimate, and I spent the evening on hold with roadside help. FML
Today, I was headed on vacation with my family. On the way, our trailer tire blew out. Because the trailer was tilted from the flat tire, the door would not open to get the spare. After breaking the window to get the spare and putting it on, the spare blew out. FML
Today, I left home to go to work, only to find that my car had a flat tyre. No problem, I thought, I'll just change it. That's when I discovered that I'd left my spare tyre at the mechanic's last time I had a flat. FML
Today, my tire was a little low on air. I decided to put in a can of Fix-A-Flat and drive home. Since it was 10 degrees outside and snowing, the can became frozen to the valve. When I finally got the can off, I had ruined the valve, so I had to put on the spare tire. It was flat too. FML
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thunderniron 22
I've never heard of every tire shop being booked up two weeks out.
Harri20n 9
Don't you usually replace all four tires at once?
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Comments (26)
Qandol 26
Is it out of air? Or someone did it on purpose? Either FYL and sorry that this happened on Christmas.
Tripartita 45
This was actually published on December 19th, so a loved one has had plenty of time to buy new tires, attempt to wrap them, fail, and roll them inconspicuously under the Christmas tree.
Welshite 40
Cut out the bottom of the van and channel your inner Flintstone. Simple.
Frabens 1
Sounds like a bad situation to be in, but do you think you could find somebody else to fix your tires?
Harri20n 9
Don't you usually replace all four tires at once?
Zehir_fml 10
one thing that all people should learn how to do is change tires on a car. My advice is to get a friend to give you a ride to the nearest car parts store, buy identical front tires, a jack if you need one, and watch a step by step video on how to replace tires.
GhostFox 34
That's nice, but not everyone physically CAN or SHOULD change tires. Example being me, in that I have a disorder that makes my shoulders dislocate and makes my joints very prone to damage- trying to change tires would probably irrevocably **** up my shoulders. Pregnant women shouldn't either- the strain can induce early labor, even miscarriage. Learning from a video can just as easily lead to stripped bolts or the car crashing down mid change. Also, while "everyone should learn" is nice in theory, it's not as easy in practice, especially going off the fact a video isn't the best instructor, especially for a first time changing one.
danm19 15
If it's just a nail can't you get a patching kit
KingSquisher 13
If they are changing tires they should be checking the life of the other two. It's potentially more money for them and a lot easier on you if they suggest replacing all 4 tires
TabooSushi 24
This is why, when we had to replace our rear tires, we just went ahead and replaced the front ones anyway. The tires were brand new when we bought the car, it had been a while and a lot of driving since then, so we figured they were about due. Probably just a general good rule of thumb when replacing tires, barring replacements made because you ran over something and it popped.
brasilez 8
is there only one tire shop in michigan? you can find one on every other corner in south florida. take your two flats off the car, call an uber, go to a different tire shop, have them replace tire, call another uber and install tires. then go back to tire shop in your van to tighten the bolts with the machine.
theblondeone 16
No, but you have to think about how busy the tire shops are up here due to the cold when winter comes around. The cold causes aluminum rims to leak, so the shops get slammed as soon as it gets cold. I had a bad leak last week and did an walk-in appointment and it took them 6 hours just to get to my car, as opposed to usually about half an hour.
tommo295 1
Go to the auto wreckers, ask for decent tyres and rims to fit your car. I paid $40ea (Australia) and it got me by for another 6 months before buying new tyres ($120ea). That way you only need a jack and wheel brace