knock another one off the list!
15 Jun 2007 02:05 amMaking progress with building pantry & pass-through for recyclables. Got a lot done today, and around 6pm, realized I was out of soda. Quick trip to corner for fountain soda as a treat... except that at the stop sign heading out of the neighborhood, I heard the oddest sound -- somewhat like when the muffler's going/gone, but deeper. Quite peculiar. I turn off the music, roll down the window, and I'm listening as I drive, trying to figure it out. Half-mile down the road, it's louder, WHAMWHAMWHAM with this odd WHOOOOSH underneath. But the car's driving fine -- mostly -- no pull, no float, though it did seem to be acting like the engine was running rich, could be muffler...
Another half-mile, cresting the hill and only a quarter-mile or so from the gas station I realize the sound's become the one no one ever wants to hear:
WHAP
WHAP
WHAP
WHAP
That's not a flat tire. ( That's a frickin' rubber pancake. )
$75 bucks, one replacement tire covered by warranty, second new tire to match replacement, balancing complete, two hours wasted, and I'm finally home... and reasonably satisifed that I have now checked off one more thing from my personal mission list of Things To Do Before I Can Die.
Go me.
Another half-mile, cresting the hill and only a quarter-mile or so from the gas station I realize the sound's become the one no one ever wants to hear:
WHAP
WHAP
WHAP
WHAP
That's not a flat tire. ( That's a frickin' rubber pancake. )
$75 bucks, one replacement tire covered by warranty, second new tire to match replacement, balancing complete, two hours wasted, and I'm finally home... and reasonably satisifed that I have now checked off one more thing from my personal mission list of Things To Do Before I Can Die.
Go me.