Wednesday, August 20, 2008

You have an off-road Fusion?

So, I'm sitting at my desk today wrapping up the sixteenth spreadsheet of the afternoon when my phone rings. I look down at the caller ID and its the wife. So, I do what every other married man does. I let it go to voice-mail (actually, I was on the other line but I had to say that). Once she left a message, I checked to see what she had to say and I was greeted with a pissed off message about how horrible she thinks her car is because she just blew out her third (that's right, third) tire on it in a little over three years. At this point, I am just dumbfounded that anyone can blow out this many tires but doing the good husband thing, I give her a call to make sure she is ok and that she isn't driving on it another six miles like she did the first two times. Luckily, she only decided to drive four miles on the flat this time before pulling off the road to change it.

Once I get her on the phone, I assess the situation:

Me: What Happened
Wife: The tire blew
Me: How
Wife: You know that road where there's a drop off ditch
Me: Yeah
Wife: Well, there was this other car that was taking up the whole road so I had to move over or hit them and I went into the ditch and the tire blew (this was followed by how awful the car is, how terrible a purchase it was and how she wants to trade it in for something else)

After the tirade, I suggest she call my tire guy and see if he could get her a new one tonight (which he did - Creamery Tire is the best tire place on the planet). Anyway, suffice it to say that when driving a vehicle with low profile tire one should not attempt off-road maneuvers. Hence, why I drive an F150 and don't worry about such things. I'm thinking of looking into an M-1 Abrams for her next vehicle.