Meagan (![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} dryad_song) wrote,@ 2007-12-17 12:14:00 |
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Just the right time for it
So I don’t generally write in this journal. I tend to keep things in my head and talk them over with myself, so I don’t feel like writing, but I just feel like whining about this one. So here goes.
Yesterday it was snowy. Very much so. No one was out because we were all basically snowed in. Nonetheless, I had things to do, so I ventured out. I was happy going 10km per hour. It was leisurely, people were all driving just as slowly as I was, so it actually wasn’t that dangerous. I got a fair amount of shopping done, and at about 5pm I was over in the Oakville area, about 25 minutes (on a regular day) from where I live. I pull into Canadian Tire and all of a sudden the car seems to be making more noise.
I checked the tires and one was totally flat. That tire had had a slow leak up till now, so I thought, "maybe it’s just gone very flat and I can fill it back up again" as the refillings had done the trick up until now. So I pulled out of the Canadian Tire lot (with a lot of effort -- the flat tire was a front one) and made my way across the road the the gas station. Almost. I attempted to pull into the station, but the snow on the slight slope into it proved to be too much for the car without a tire. It was about 5:00 when this happened. I tried to reverse, I tried to move at all -- no good. And I was stuck on Dundas, which is a very major road. I put my hazards on and called CAA, which said that it was very busy, so it may be 2-3 hours (even with putting me on priority because I’m in a major road!) before anyone could show up. So I waited, hoping no one would hit me. At about 7:30 a policeman showed up, and sympathised with my plight, but said that unfortunately, we can’t wait indefinitely for CAA as I’m a big hazard. So he got a tow truck which pulled me 5 feet forward into the gas station, and put the spare tire on. They also charged me $100 for the priveledge. And they only accepted cash. No credit cards, nothing but cash. Now, I didn’t have cash on me, and since I’d been doing hardcore christmas shopping for three days, and I’d diligently paid a bunch of bills on the friday, there was no money left in the account that I could draw from at an ATM. I eventually convinced them to take a cheque (which they insisted I make out to CASH) and I’ve tranferred money into that account now, so everything’s fine there, but I still find that very suspect.
So end of story, right?
Of course not. The spare tire is flat! Didn’t discover *that* until I got home. (this is yet another point on the long list of proofs that I bought a car not worthy even being called a car. The thing’s a death trap, seriously). So I took Jon’s car to work today, and he's trying to get my tires changed; he could only find one place with the right tires in stock (yes, I have to change all four tires. The guy sold me the car with bald tires), and they’re going to charge him over $450 just for those, and now it seems we have to buy a new spare tire. Also, he has to get towed to the place, as the spare tire is quite flat. Last night it was just badly underfilled, this morning it was flat. I don't even know what to say.
So I don’t generally write in this journal. I tend to keep things in my head and talk them over with myself, so I don’t feel like writing, but I just feel like whining about this one. So here goes.
Yesterday it was snowy. Very much so. No one was out because we were all basically snowed in. Nonetheless, I had things to do, so I ventured out. I was happy going 10km per hour. It was leisurely, people were all driving just as slowly as I was, so it actually wasn’t that dangerous. I got a fair amount of shopping done, and at about 5pm I was over in the Oakville area, about 25 minutes (on a regular day) from where I live. I pull into Canadian Tire and all of a sudden the car seems to be making more noise.
I checked the tires and one was totally flat. That tire had had a slow leak up till now, so I thought, "maybe it’s just gone very flat and I can fill it back up again" as the refillings had done the trick up until now. So I pulled out of the Canadian Tire lot (with a lot of effort -- the flat tire was a front one) and made my way across the road the the gas station. Almost. I attempted to pull into the station, but the snow on the slight slope into it proved to be too much for the car without a tire. It was about 5:00 when this happened. I tried to reverse, I tried to move at all -- no good. And I was stuck on Dundas, which is a very major road. I put my hazards on and called CAA, which said that it was very busy, so it may be 2-3 hours (even with putting me on priority because I’m in a major road!) before anyone could show up. So I waited, hoping no one would hit me. At about 7:30 a policeman showed up, and sympathised with my plight, but said that unfortunately, we can’t wait indefinitely for CAA as I’m a big hazard. So he got a tow truck which pulled me 5 feet forward into the gas station, and put the spare tire on. They also charged me $100 for the priveledge. And they only accepted cash. No credit cards, nothing but cash. Now, I didn’t have cash on me, and since I’d been doing hardcore christmas shopping for three days, and I’d diligently paid a bunch of bills on the friday, there was no money left in the account that I could draw from at an ATM. I eventually convinced them to take a cheque (which they insisted I make out to CASH) and I’ve tranferred money into that account now, so everything’s fine there, but I still find that very suspect.
So end of story, right?
Of course not. The spare tire is flat! Didn’t discover *that* until I got home. (this is yet another point on the long list of proofs that I bought a car not worthy even being called a car. The thing’s a death trap, seriously). So I took Jon’s car to work today, and he's trying to get my tires changed; he could only find one place with the right tires in stock (yes, I have to change all four tires. The guy sold me the car with bald tires), and they’re going to charge him over $450 just for those, and now it seems we have to buy a new spare tire. Also, he has to get towed to the place, as the spare tire is quite flat. Last night it was just badly underfilled, this morning it was flat. I don't even know what to say.
