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Thursday, November 3, 2011

The damage a nail can do

Last Friday I walked to my car parked in the McCutcheon Garage for a night out with some people. But when we got there I saw that my tire was flat. The night ended up being a bust and I also had to fix this tire. I went out that following Sunday to change my tire but realized I didn’t have a jack. So I had to wait until Tuesday when I had time to call a place to change it for me. This cost me forty dollars to basically rent a jack for 10 minutes. After this I waited approximately 4 to 5 hours for them to fix my car. I figured that it was a large, laboring repair process which worried me. I even had to miss my recitation because I had no ride back. We had a quiz and I’m not allowed to make it up. So with that good news I took my receipt from the person at the desk and hesitated. It was 15 dollars. I had a small nail stuck in my tire that let out only half of the air. This flat tire was the biggest waste of my life.

2 comments:

  1. ghosh! You spent 60 bugs for such a mighty thing. And you also missed your recitation, which is even worst. I wish you could make it up anyhow.
    Next time do not forget to keep a jack with you lol.

    (Jayne)

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  2. Car problems are the worst:( I also had a flat recently. It was a saturday and I was picking up a few friends, when someone honked at me and told me my tire was flat. So, instead of going out, like we were planning, I had to drop them all back off and take my car home. I have AAA, so I didn't have to pay anything, but it still took ALL DAY to get it fixed. First I had to call a guy to come over and put on the spare. Then I had to take it to the shop to have the tire repaired. Unfortunately, when I got the car to the shop, the mechanic was not able to turn on my car. Apparently the battery died completely (which its never done before)... So I had to buy a new battery. I think this is fishy, but really had no choice.

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