Here's a story...
I brought my car to my regular mechanic last week to top off the tires, noticed that one was a little low, and asked them to check it. They found a nail in the passenger's front tire and patched it. I drove 215-or-so miles on Saturday (at speeds I will not mention for legal reasons), and when I got up in this morning, the supposedly patched tire was flat.
While it is wonderful that it didn't blow out at high speeds and kill me, I can only assume shoddy workmanship. This thought was backed up when I tried to remove the tire to put on the spare. Apparently, the guys at the shop stripped out the entirely unique, one-of-a-kind wheel lock key when putting the patched tire back on the car.
What does that mean? My car is sitting on a flat tire in a parking lot behind a hotel in Pennsyltuckey. At this point, I'm planning to get a hold of the wheel lock manufacturer tomorrow. If they don't have an immediate solution, I may be waiting for a key replacement to be mailed to me (if they even deal with me considering that I don't have the paperwork to prove that I own this lock set).
End of grumpy rant.
At least I have the interwebs .
I brought my car to my regular mechanic last week to top off the tires, noticed that one was a little low, and asked them to check it. They found a nail in the passenger's front tire and patched it. I drove 215-or-so miles on Saturday (at speeds I will not mention for legal reasons), and when I got up in this morning, the supposedly patched tire was flat.
While it is wonderful that it didn't blow out at high speeds and kill me, I can only assume shoddy workmanship. This thought was backed up when I tried to remove the tire to put on the spare. Apparently, the guys at the shop stripped out the entirely unique, one-of-a-kind wheel lock key when putting the patched tire back on the car.
What does that mean? My car is sitting on a flat tire in a parking lot behind a hotel in Pennsyltuckey. At this point, I'm planning to get a hold of the wheel lock manufacturer tomorrow. If they don't have an immediate solution, I may be waiting for a key replacement to be mailed to me (if they even deal with me considering that I don't have the paperwork to prove that I own this lock set).
End of grumpy rant.
At least I have the interwebs .