Bought $13 worth of gas and walked over to Advanced Auto and bought 4 quarts of oil for $7.48. At home I jacked up both sides of the car using my new hydraulic jack and placed the 4 jackstands under the jack points. I removed all four tires to rotate them front to back on the same side as the tread is directional. I pulled the drain plug and drained the oil straight into the recycling container. I used to have to drain into a shallower basin and then pour that into the recycler because the car was too low.
As I rolled the right rear forward to the front I noticed a bit of shiny metal imbedded in the tire. Damn. I had picked up a nail somewhere. Hustled the tire down to the local tire place and they confirmed my worse fears, the hole was too close to the side wall to patch and nobody plugs tires anymore. 2500 miles and I need a new tire.
He offered to sell me some Goodyear HP tire as that was all he had in stock in 195/50-15. I said no thanks, I’m not mixing and matching on my car. Came home and went to Onlinetires.com, the place I bought this set of four about seven weeks ago. They had them still on sale for $59, but with the 2nd day shipping charge of $47.55 it put the cost at over $100. Which is still cheaper than the other two places I checked online by about $30.
Purchased Today: $127.03
Money spent since 03/03/03: $1050.66
Started down, still down.
Top Transitions since 02/02/03: 175
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