jeepinmatt
..l.
- Joined
- Mar 24, 2005
- Location
- Stanley, NC
Discount Tire comes through again. No freebie, but they knocked $45 off the $170 tire price, so I'm thankful for that.
Busted tire due to pothole
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RatLabGuy
You look like a monkey and smell like one too
- Joined
- May 18, 2005
- Location
- Churchville, MD
Coworker just got bit by this. We have a real doozy of a pothole down from our building when you just turn off the main road. The kind that knocks out a filling when you hit it. Subie Legacy w/ only like 15k miles on it. Low profile tire of course.
I got the entertainment of teaching a 30 y/o advanced-degree BME that is one of the smartest guys I know how to use a scissors jack and take a tire off, take it to the tire shop on post, get a replacement and put it back on.
"Why won't the new tire fit on?"
[me] "I'm pretty sure you have to jack it up a little more bc the old tire was flat."
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Side note - there's almost nothing non-work-related here on base... but there's a tire and exhaust shop. I'm sure they love the poorly maintained, oversalted roads here.
I got the entertainment of teaching a 30 y/o advanced-degree BME that is one of the smartest guys I know how to use a scissors jack and take a tire off, take it to the tire shop on post, get a replacement and put it back on.
"Why won't the new tire fit on?"
[me] "I'm pretty sure you have to jack it up a little more bc the old tire was flat."
.Side note - there's almost nothing non-work-related here on base... but there's a tire and exhaust shop. I'm sure they love the poorly maintained, oversalted roads here.