Wednesday, October 05, 2005

new tires

I got new tires yesterday. I hadn't planned to but when I went to have them rotated the woman working pointed out that two of them needed replacing. I knew we were getting close, but had hoped to wait awhile longer. It's always expensive, but it was well worth it so far. The last set I had were weather tires, the same brand I had used on a previous car, and they didn't work very well. Everytime I would stop on wet pavement they would slide anyway. They really drove me crazy when they would squeal just making a minor turn or when I started to pull forward. For some reason they did not like to "catch" the road. I always made sure they were properly inflated so they shouldn't have been doing that. I used to own a cavalier and had put those same tires on it and never had any problems from them. I personally think they kept the name and downgraded the tire quality.

I got a different brand of weather tires put on this time. Higher quality too. So far so good. It's nice to stop or take off and not have my tires spin or slide. It's really great not to squeal in the local parking lot. It got very annoying to have people look at me like I was trying to show off or something. Can you see a mom of two pealing out in the parking lot. I know I can drive aggressively but I don't do it in parking lots.

4 comments:

Samantha Alice said...

Funny how we redefine "cool" new purchases as we age. I bet you're more excited about the new tires than you were about the most awesome pair of blue jeans that rocked your world 20 years ago!!! Congrats!

KellyKline said...

Yes, I can see a mom of two (or ... uh ... four!) peeling out in the parking lot! What's wrong with that?!
Anyway, it would help if the genius engineers in H'ville used a better formula for the road asphalt. Were you aware they actually put lye in the asphalt there? Dur!

thehipster said...

No I didn't know that.

It's one thing to peel out on purpose it's another to sound like your doing it when your not. :) Those tires drove me nuts. And yes as much as the darn things cost I was very excited to get them.

Just imagine what I'm going to be like when I get new siding on my house. My hubby has said we're going to do that when we get back from the beach.

kenjihara said...

I have two snow tires in my living room, stacked sideways with a piece of glass on top for a coffeetable.