Beyond Flattish. Flattest.

[windelina]

In other news, my left front tire is flat.
Like "knifed by a saboteur" flat.

It's been depressed alot lately. I've had to give it regular therapy and cheering up sessions. It's been co-dependent and ever-more-demanding of my love.

Finally, it retreated into a deep sulk and apparently, now, suicide.

Mourn the tire.

So, now I need to:
1. decide whether to inflate it for the evening tonight (it doesn't go flat THAT fast) so I can get to rehearsal OR put on the toy tire. I'm leery of the toy tire because it's a long drive (out to White Bear).
2. decide whether to get one of those foaming tire fixers, or take it to the shop to repair. One is cheaper, the other seems better.
3. if I take it to the shop, do some investigation into cost/time and that jazz.

I really should get it taken care of tonight. I don't like the idea of leaving my car in sub-zero temperatures for a long weekend with it completely deflated. That can't be good for it.

Maybe I can bribe Monte into taking care of it for me. After all - he's a man! That's what they're for!

Comments

[jmanna.livejournal.com]

If you'd like an off street place to leave it there's a parking stop behind my house. Dunno if it's any safe ( don't leave anything valuable in your car. But then I had a car sit there for a year (so did jenni grant) with no problems.

[lexinatrix.livejournal.com]

1. Try inflating it until you can get a new one. The toy tires aren't designed to handle long-distance driving.
2. Foamy tire goo is frowned upon by service folk. Probably won't work well in this cold, either.
3. Always.

Letting the car sit on a slowly-deflating tire shouldn't be harmful to your car.

[windelina.livejournal.com]

Well, to give more details, assuming you care...

It deflates completely (rim on the pavement) within about 12 hours of being inflated. I'm mostly concerned about leaving a completely deflated tire out in this cold. I'm worried it's gonna crack or something. Possibly silly, but maybe not.

The answers to the above problems have been solved by my sweetie. He is lending me his car to get to rehearsal tonight. And he is going to call the auto shop across the street from my apartment and ask if they repair tires.

He's a nice boy.

[eldogo.livejournal.com]

Constantly reinflating slow leaks is an okay stop-gap procedure. But you will eventually need to replace the tire. I speak from experience.

There's also the added problem of very cold weather. Specifically, the thermal expansion and contraction of the air. If it's subzero, and you fill the tire up to the correct pressure, then it warms up...