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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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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xoxoblondee 31
I don't know much about cars, but aren't you supposed to replace all the tires if you replace some? I may be wrong, but this might be a good opportunity to consider this for next time.
handiquacked 0
This FML confuses me for several reasons: 1. Why wouldn't you change all four tires at the same time? It's usually cheaper and it's what you're supposed to do. Running old tires with new tires can affect your alignment and steering 2. If you did change them at the same time maybe you should check out where you're parking cause something might be on the ground causing that 3. Is there not more than 1 place to get your tires changed? 4. You have bigger problems than a couple flats at home if you don't know how to change a tire....
theblondeone 16
Tire shops get absolutely slammed in Michigan in the winter due to the cold causing aluminum rims to leak.
handiquacked 0
This FML confuses me for several reasons: 1. Why wouldn't you change all four tires at the same time? It's usually cheaper and it's what you're supposed to do. Running old tires with new tires can affect your alignment and steering 2. If you did change them at the same time maybe you should check out where you're parking cause something might be on the ground 3. Is there not more than 1 place to get your tires changed? 4. You have bigger problems than a couple flats at home if you don't know how to change a tire....
rialbybba 19
Maybe next time when you check one set of tires, check the other set also?
ZombieScoobyDoo 20
The reason they can't change their own tires is because they don't have the equipment or skill to take the rim off the current tire, put it on the new tire, and then fill the tire up. Rims can be expensive. Plus the tires need to be balanced afterwards. You don't have to change all four at the same time. I've gotten 4 new tires over the past two years but one is still old. They're all the same brand and size so it's not an issue. One had an egg (bump) so I replaced both front tires. Then I cut one of the front tires and paid for a new one. Then one back one got an egg so I replaced it. One back one is still at least two years old. Now I have a dummy tire and a whole spare tire without a rim. My mom is a mechanic and I know how to change my tire. Finding a safe place to jack it is the hard part. Changing both front tires is important but not all four. It's just cheaper most of the time.
RayniDae 12
why didn't u do all 4 tires at once?
phoebenut 4
Seems like someone's out to get you!
thunderniron 22
I've never heard of every tire shop being booked up two weeks out.
corky1992 33
How are there no other shops you can go to instead? Do you live in a small town?
Nikitasue92 7
Sounds like you need to be keeping better track of the life of your tires and when its time to replace them