So I took my wife to get tires with me today....

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So I took my wife to get tires with me today....

March 26, 2011, 08:27:19 PM

No, this is not a joke. Funny, but true.

So we're sitting there and she asks me "what's taking so long? Don't they just have to take them off and put them on like at the racetrack?"

So I had to explain to here that tires and wheels are not the same thing.

So I took my wife to get tires with me today....

Reply #1 – March 26, 2011, 08:35:42 PM

That's great.

So I took my wife to get tires with me today....

Reply #2 – March 26, 2011, 08:38:16 PM

were you driving A "car of tomorrow"??

So I took my wife to get tires with me today....

Reply #3 – March 26, 2011, 08:44:16 PM

Just the Red Bird. 100% serious. She then proceeded to ask me "why don't they just make wheels with the tires attached?"

I then explained to her that there are about 875,000 different wheel and tire combinations.........

So I took my wife to get tires with me today....

Reply #4 – March 26, 2011, 10:43:39 PM

Oh boy...You caught a live one there! :D

So I took my wife to get tires with me today....

Reply #5 – March 26, 2011, 11:00:44 PM

I was hoping this story would end with you getting tires for your cougar....

Sup wid dat Frontier homie?

So I took my wife to get tires with me today....

Reply #6 – March 26, 2011, 11:32:12 PM

Just make sure they put the wheels on the correct way

So I took my wife to get tires with me today....

Reply #7 – March 27, 2011, 12:41:57 AM

Quote from: Scott D;356459

Just make sure they put the wheels on the correct way

They put the rears on backwards. I had to have them change it before I paid.

So I took my wife to get tires with me today....

Reply #8 – March 27, 2011, 12:48:14 AM

Quote from: RunninWild;356457

I was hoping this story would end with you getting tires for your cougar....

Sup wid dat Frontier homie?

Couldn't get the financing for the Frontier. I'm looking at another one right now that's newer and I hopefully can get a loan on. The other one was too old and the bank wouldn't use it to secure the loan but this one's an 04 and they should do it.

I don't know at this point if I'm going to get tires on the Cougar anytime soon. As much as I would really love to, I just don't think between making truck payments and not getting the o/t that I thought I was going to get, I don't know if it's going to happen. If my stupid headers that I ordered almost a month ago will ever show up then I should be able to get my exhaust completed then after that I can throw money at tires. But with a set of good tires on the stock R15's runs about $500 it could be awhile....

So I took my wife to get tires with me today....

Reply #9 – March 27, 2011, 10:40:56 AM

Quote from: sarjxxx;356462

They put the rears on backwards. I had to have them change it before I paid.

I don't understand how the "professionals" at tire shops can put the wheels on backwards. The things are marked, for crying out loud.

So I took my wife to get tires with me today....

Reply #10 – March 27, 2011, 01:39:47 PM

Quote from: Scott D;356473

I don't understand how the "professionals" at tire shops can put the wheels on backwards. The things are marked, for crying out loud.

Sometimes these people realy amaze me too...

No lie, one time I had to get two new tires on my Exploder, so I told them to just swap my regular spare on there. An hour later, they call me and go "Hey man, where is your spare tire?" I told them it was under the truck, and they said okay we'll swap it. An hour later, I get another call and they ask "Hey man where is your jack?"
IT'S A TIRE SHOP, WHY DO YOU NEED MY JACK?!?!

I'll never go there again....

So I took my wife to get tires with me today....

Reply #11 – March 27, 2011, 06:35:03 PM

Hey Sarj....now your wife knows a little bit more than she did about car stuff.

I have to get my new front tires installed soon, then one of my current front tires will go onto my new rim for a spare. i can trust the shop I go to. They also have the new equipment that doesn't touch the wheel and scratch the wheels up. Good stuff.

So I took my wife to get tires with me today....

Reply #12 – March 27, 2011, 07:01:25 PM

Quote from: RunninWild;356491

An hour later, I get another call and they ask "Hey man where is your jack?"
IT'S A TIRE SHOP, WHY DO YOU NEED MY JACK?!?!

Um... to get your spare tire down? You do know you need the jack handle to do it, right? And that most mechanics don't keep jack sets for every vehicle out there, not even tire shop mechanics?

So yeah, back on topic, sarjxxx: I had pretty much the exact conversation with an ex girlfriend nearly two decades ago...

So I took my wife to get tires with me today....

Reply #13 – March 27, 2011, 08:35:21 PM

Quote from: Thunder Chicken;356523

I had pretty much the exact conversation with an ex girlfriend nearly two decades ago...

Is that why she's an ex-girlfriend?

So I took my wife to get tires with me today....

Reply #14 – March 27, 2011, 09:17:10 PM

Quote from: Thunder Chicken;356523

Um... to get your spare tire down? You do know you need the jack handle to do it, right? And that most mechanics don't keep jack sets for every vehicle out there, not even tire shop mechanics?

So yeah, back on topic, sarjxxx: I had pretty much the exact conversation with an ex girlfriend nearly two decades ago...

:toilet: Well call me retarded, but I honestly figured the handles were pretty universal and they wouldn't need to use it. So go ahead and flame me some more...