alrighty...

i've been trying to think of worthwhile blog topics, but i just keep coming up with those daily mundane happenings. so here goes...

recently went to Discount Tires to get rotated and rebalanced, just the tires though; i already had my own rotation/rebalance episode at Lakeside last weekend. my sister and i have been pretty loyal to Discount since we actually take advantage of the extras that you pay for initially. free flat repair? yep. free rotation and rebalance? check.

those guys were fast! i went to lunch at Kokoro's, expecting it to be about an hour...thinking i would have time to resume reading a book that i had neglected of late. well, for some odd reason, i could not concentrate on reading...so i finished my lunch and strolled back. about two or three minutes after i sat down in the waiting area, the kid drive my car out of the garage bay. wow! it wasn't more than twenty-five minutes! nothing like some good timing...

although i was thrilled with the timeliness of the whole thing, my car was not doing well after the rotation. it was pulling to the right side and making a tiny squeaking noise. it had me worried because i had stopped at a gas station later and noticed that the wheel part (behind the hubcap/rim) was really hot.

needless to say, i went back to Discount the next day and told them of the problems. turns out that one of the belts had broken on the tire and was the cause of the pulling. i was credited and received two new tires to replace the defective one(s). sure, i shelled out the extra $44 to cover the warranty stuff, but it saved me about $140 in tire cost alone...whew!