I am my father's daughter, what can I say?
Today has been one heck of a day! Actually, it's been one heck of a week! So I'm pretty sure I blogged about going to the pier to pick up the Beetle, only to find it with 2 flat tires. Well, let's just say that was the beginning of an even bigger saga! The Camry has been having weird issues, the brake light (for the emergency brake) flashes on and off when you turn corners, etc...It has been staying on longer and longer, so I thought I'd google the issue and see what kind of troubleshooting answers I could find. Then on Sunday, a friend of mine (I won't mention names, but you know who you are haha) offered to take a look at my brakes because, well, he had changed brake pads before, etc...To do this you must first remove the tires.
Flash forward. The car has now been making this really crazy sound. I've been too scared to drive it too far, and I said I would just let Justin look at and listen to it when he got home and see what he thought we should do. So when I picked him up last night it was REALLY making a loud noise. He said it sounded like the tire was rubbing or something, but at a glance he couldn't see anything. When we got home there wasn't enough daylight to do anything about it, so I took it to Walmart this morning to let them check it out. On the way there, I lost the 2nd of my front hubcaps (since Sunday). When I got there, the lady informed me immediately that I needed an alignment because the tires on the front and back driver's side were bald on the outside...Mind you, this is the side Alana and I are both riding on. So safe! Then she tells me that it was hazardous and they shouldn't have even passed it for inspection last month...AND that they don't do alignments there. I needed an oil change so I decided to stay...but then I asked her about that noise coming from my front right tire. She looked at it (it had no hubcap on it by now) and she said "Maybe this is the reason your tire is making a funny sound" as she showed me that two of the lug nuts were literally hanging on by a thread. Yeah. I was two seconds away from my tire rolling off completely.
Deep breath in. Deep breath out.
So new tires, rotation, alignment (at another place), and hundreds of dollars later...I am home. I'm staying here for the rest of the night :)
Thank you Jesus, for not letting that tire fall off or it could've been much worse.
**Ok, and I kid you not...while I was typing this Angie just rang my doorbell and brought my hubcap by...the one that fell off on the way to Walmart (pictured above for proof). She saw it on the median and risked her life to jump out and get it. Now THAT is what I call friendship :) Angie, you're the greatest!
Peace, Love and 'Pun'ny Titles
3 comments:
ok girl...so if you loose one hubcap its a oops....if you loose 2 hubcaps your officially Ghetto...I cant be havin a ghetto friend..haha OHHHHH i am just kidding but it sure was funny to get out in traffic for your hubcap...you owe me big time!! haha just kidding again! I hope you have better days ahead with the "carS" TTYS!
You and cars lately! LOL Yea, that doesn't sound good.
I actually did have a tire fall off a long time ago in downtown Sacramento. The tire came off and was rolling down the "P" street exit. I went running after it. I'm sure if it had been videotaped it would have made America's Funniest videos. I was very fortunate also.
Anyway, glad it's fixed and that you got your hubcap back.
And Angie is "crazy" LOL Nice to have good friends. :)
whew! I'm glad yall are all safe!!
What a wonderful friend Mrs. Angie is. :) I fell like I know her just from reading your blog. haha... she's great ;)
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