thank goodness for the kindness of strangers

Sunflower22

Last Friday I had a flat tire. I took DH's car and when I pulled into work, his tire light came on. It was super cold that day, but the light never went off. I've been asking DH if he's checked the tire and he said it was fine. 

We drove up to V's school winter party tonight and the car sounded weird. When we got there, the tire was almost completely flat (which means no, he didn't check the tire). By the time we got to a gas station to put air in it, the tire had ripped open.

As we were getting out the spare and a jack, a man stopped and asked if we needed help. He had just bought his own jack and tire wrench and changed our tire for us. I'm sure he saved us a ton of time while we struggled with it. I can change tires, but we don't have a tire wrench. I'm just so grateful for him to stop and help us. Tons of good karma for him.

And there goes any Xmas gift I hoped for. Our tires run $150 a piece.  

asilsjf

If it makes you feel better, I got to spend my Christmas/Hanukkah money on tires last year.  All $700 of it.  I feel your pain.

swinsto3

I'm glad someone was nice and helped you - my car battery died in the Walmart parking lot two weeks ago, and no one would help me. One chick even laughed at me when I asked if she could give me a jump! I hope he gets the good karma he has coming.

And we're in the no Christmas gift boat too - two unemployed parents does not leave much left for gifts! 

silly.goose

Ugh!  I can sympathize, I have the worst luck with tires.  I'm glad there was someone there who offered to help!  Hugs!

Jeep Doll

So happy he helped!  What kind of tires are they?  Embarrassingly enough, I didn't rotate my tires often enough and two are crap and the other two are alright.  Still have them in my garage (bought 4 new tires this summer). 

The tires are one of these... too cold to go to the detached garage to check unless these match what you are looking for...

P255/70R18 Goodyear Wrangler all-terrain

 LT255/75R17 (32-inch) BFGoodrich all-terrain

I remember Jeep switched the tires in the middle of the production year, but I'm pretty sure I have the Goodyears, but in the BFGoodrich size.  

ETA: these are stock from my 2008 Wrangler Unlimited Rubicon.  20-22k miles on them.  Free if they work for you!

Sunflower22

I'm honestly not sure and the car is outside and I don't feel like going out - but it's a Scion xB so I am pretty sure the tires are smaller/different from what would be on a Jeep. Thank you so much for offering!

Pesky

sucks about the tire but glad you got some help on a cold night!

skidunks

I'm glad you guys got help but I'm sorry about the tires, that really sucks. We had to replace my tires a couple of years ago 3 days after Christmas. It was a painful start to the year.

Noah&ZachsMom

That blows (literally) about the tire, but I'm glad that you're all okay.

Jeep Doll

Sunflower22:

I'm honestly not sure and the car is outside and I don't feel like going out - but it's a Scion xB so I am pretty sure the tires are smaller/different from what would be on a Jeep. Thank you so much for offering!

No problem... thought I'd ask anyway  

 

jacqueblittle

I am so glad he helped you....  I must ask this..what is it about this time of year and tires? I too had to buy tires 2 weeks ago, oh and I had to get new brakes. So weird about the time of year, and yet the huge expense of tires.  I have a dually truck so I had 6 tires to buy.. Eeek!  Is there any tire places like discount tire that has a credit card that has interest free for like 12 months?  That would help if you could take advantage of something like that.  Just a thought...  Sorry this happened to you too at this time of year. 

todds_wife

Crap about the tire and the money - sucks!

But awesome about the helpful dude.

Can I change a tire?  Yep, dad made us each change a tire on our old Wagoneer before we could take our driver's test.

Do I want too?  Hell no.

Do I want to with Coop in the car, probably getting upset?  Double hell no with a flaming cherry on top.

Glad he was there and helped you guys!

Sunflower22

jacqueblittle:

I am so glad he helped you....  I must ask this..what is it about this time of year and tires? I too had to buy tires 2 weeks ago, oh and I had to get new brakes. So weird about the time of year, and yet the huge expense of tires.  I have a dually truck so I had 6 tires to buy.. Eeek!  Is there any tire places like discount tire that has a credit card that has interest free for like 12 months?  That would help if you could take advantage of something like that.  Just a thought...  Sorry this happened to you too at this time of year. 

Yeah, fortunately my flat last week was repairable. Otherwise it would be 2 tires for us in a week. I should just be thankful it's only one new tire! 

andrealynn0707

That is a hella expensive tire!

However, I do love it when strangers help a person out. It warms my heart.