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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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I got a flat tire. The spare was also flat, so I had no other choice but to walk home. I got to my house and realized I'd left the front door key and garage clicker in my car 5 miles away. 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 mom and I had to shovel our driveway after an epic snowstorm that left us with 22 inches of snow. We only needed to dig out my mom's car and not mine. After we did all that work and shoveled all the snow onto the side where my car was we found out my mom had a flat tire. FML
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, at 5:30 on a Sunday, I noticed my tire had a bubble in it. I found a tire shop 15 minutes away that would be closing at 6pm and made it there in time, but the shop had closed early. I left to try and make it to the next one and had a blow out. FML
Today, I was driving into work in my hubby’s truck. It’s his pride and joy. I managed to both get a flat tire and lock my keys inside the truck at a gas station, with my face mask also inside. Oh, and it’s 19 degrees. At least it’s sunny. 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 went in my car to a very important job interview. I was out of gas, so I had to get some on the way. When i was done pumping, I went to get back in and the door handle broke off on the driver's side. Then I blew a tire on a piece of metal. Needless to say, I lost my chance. 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 came back from a 700-mile round trip. I hit a massive pothole I couldn't avoid and blew out a tire and bent my rim. I was less than a mile from my house. FML
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powersmoke 0
1) Fix-a-flat is WORTHLESS. 2) Why use it to put in a tire that isn't flat in the first place? Idiot. 3) It leaves a nasty residue on your tire and rim. That wheel will never be able to achieve balance. And the person who will change your tire will kick your ass. 4) Always check your spare tire. There should be a flashing neon YDI for you, dumbass.
srhmldndo 0
A tire being 'low' on air is NOT A REASON to use Fix-A-Flat (for FLAT tires, as in a hole is poked through and it WON'T hold air). Fix-A-Flat does NOT air up your tire. It only pours in a thick goop to temporarily patch a hole so that you can then ADD air so it would HOLD air.....Weather changes cause your air pressure to fluctuate, even monthly, or every couple of weeks. Sorry, my husband began his career as a tire tech, so this just makes me want to call you retarded!! Oh yeah, and the guy that repairs your tire will seriously curse you for using that crap...
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Comments (58)
Mylife_is_so_fd 0
boo hoo ten degree's and snowing come up to canada and see if its cold been minus 30 celsius (-22 farehiet or however the f u spell it) for 4 or 5 days and we litterally have 30 cm ( aprox 1 ft) of snow on the ground were im from in alberta
LilaBear 2
she wasn't whinging about the cold, she was complaining about the flat tyre(s). Shut up.
blastvortex 4
You don't use FaF on a tire that isn't flat. You also need to keep a spare - which must be in usable condition - in your trunk, etc. This is what you might call sticking both feet in your mouth.
perdix 31
and someone knocked the hubcap out of your hands and the lugnuts scattered in the snow. You thought you said "Fudge," but you said the queen mother of dirty words. Then, your mom washed your mouth out with soap and you went blind from "thoap poithoning." Yeah, we get it, move along, bye.
HoudiniZucchini 0
I love you
Dr_Diaper 0
i don't know how much temperature effects the pressure in the tires but maybe the spare wasn't flat, buy just had low pressure due to the temperature
glorbnakcs 0
"When I finally got the can off, I had ruined the valve" bom chicka wah wah
Seventytimeseven 0
Tires are less inflated in the cold, the air molecules are simply closer together. The answer to a slightly flattened tire ESPECIALLY when it is cold is not fix-a-flat, it's rolling up to a gas station that has an air pump and putting in air cause that junk is disgusting. The crap freezes too which if hmmm i'm thinking is 32 degrees and therefore you are a raging moron for trying to se it in 10 degree weather you aren't even supposed to leave it in your tires when it dips below freezing let alone put it in YDI
RuralNinja 0
When your tire is low on air, put air in it. Fix a flat destroys your tire. Also, when you do routine tire pressure checks (I use the term you loosely, as in people in general, because its safe to assume you don't) you're supposed to check your spare tire too.
FMLFawly 0
Should've had a v8.. *Facepalm*
batosai33 0
low tires do NOT mean there is a puncture, especially in extremely cold weather. the cold decreases air pressure that is why your spare was flat too. if you fill your tire at 90 degrees it will be flat at 10. if you fill your tire at -10 degrees then drive it in 100 degree weather it could explode (probably not but it will be overfilled)
wannaberunner 0
So move to California!