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Subject:Re: New tires!
From:Annie
Date:Fri, 9 Dec 2011 16:27:52 -0800

Same question I was gonna ask! ;-)

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On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 4:04 PM, Chris S. <szpejankowski@gmail.com> wrote:

> Sooooo... What kind of tires are they?
>
> Chris.
>
> Wysłane z iPhone'a
>
> Dnia Dec 9, 2011 o godz. 18:21 Ellen in Oregon <elleninoregon@HOTMAIL.COM>
> napisał(a):
>
> > Today went well.  I aired up the flat tire this morning, checked it an
> hour later and it only lost a pound.  Went to a Doctor appointment, came
> back, checked it again, it only lost a half pound.  Decided to drive it to
> have both rear tires replaced.  It was a nervous trip.  But she made it.
>  Spent an hour there, but the technician, Aric, was very thorough and
> didn't hurry, making sure everything was done right.  I did write "bad" on
> the bad tire and "spare" on the other tire in chalk just to make sure it
> went smoothly : ) Have had many bad experiences at tire shops.  Like the
> Discount Tire in Salem, who I observed loading the removed tires in bags
> into my van, after I told the front desk I wanted the best one kept as a
> spare, and the other discarded.  Or the Ford Dealer in my home town of
> McMinnville who put the stock tires on instead of the special order tires
> I'd waited three weeks for.  I always inspect the work before I drive away.
>  So Lola drives like a dream now, new rubber underneath makes such a
> difference!  All ready for her trip to Lincoln City (Devil's Lake State
> Park) for New Years Eve weekend.
> >
> > Ellen
> > Lola, '85 Vanagon ASI
> > Those two camping cats!
> >
> > ‘Be Content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you
> > realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.’ ~Lao
> Tzu
>