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[helen99]

Wellp, this morning aekiy, who has been temporarily using Smurf in order to keep the car running and until he can get himself a better car, discovered that Smurf's left front tire, which had been fine the day before, was flat. We proceeded to put the donut on it whereupon he was able to drive off to his eye doctor appointment.

Already slightly delayed by the unexpected flat, I tried to go to work - but after driving a few feet, I realized that one of my tires was flat too. So for the second time this morning, I changed a tire. I drove to the corner gas station to see if the tire was ok - I hadn't driven on it, and didn't see any noticeable tears so I was hoping some jerk just let the air out of it. But No, when they looked at it at the gas station, they determined that the tire had been stabbed with a small knife.

Luckily rialian's car was parked in the driveway, so his tires were ok. This on top of the mushroom allergy event would have been a bit... much.

I'm thinking that next time they might be planning to stab multiple tires on each car instead of just one on each (unless they get caught and mangled first - I filed a police report so I can fantasize a bit). I'll be parking in the driveway from now on.

aekiy, the Getty station a block away from us will order a new tire for you if you leave the tire (not the car) with them. Then when the tire arrives and they're ready to put it on, it'll only take a few minutes.

Unbelievable.

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[helen99.livejournal.com]

btw, I realized I had two jacks in my trunk. The jack that originally came with my car was tucked away and attached by a wingnut to a little recessed area under the trunk's rug, and I'd never seen it - I thought my car didn't have a jack. So before you moved down here, I'd taken smurf's jack. The jack we used this morning is actually Smurf's jack. I'll make sure to give that to you tnight. Meanwhile we'll have to think of somewhere to park your car so it'll be safe(r). I'm afraid that whoever did this might be back.

[aekiy.livejournal.com]

Okay! Ya.. not sure what to do about parking, since there isn't enough room in the driveway for three.. I could try parking on the other street, though I don't know if that would actually help at all.

[helen99.livejournal.com]

Probably not, since it would be singled out for its unique beauty wherever it was parked...

[aekiy.livejournal.com]

hee.. (^*^); mya..