Post by Jersey on Jan 18, 2008 11:56:46 GMT -5
This hasn't been the best of weeks. Most things went great personally, but most of the issues were with my truck.
The first problem that started it all was when I found a nail stuck in the back right tire. Ok, not a big deal. I'll just take it to Firestone and they'll plug or patch it up for me and I'll be on my way, right? No can do- the nail was too close to the outside edge of the tire for them to do anything. They sent me down the road to another guy, who has a different plugging method that could maybe make a difference.
The guy starts talking to me about it and how he can't do anything either. Then he asks me to back up the truck so he can look at it, when he motions for me to get out of the truck and come over. He points at my front tire and shows me that it's cracked along the raised letters near the rim. We check the other tires-they're all defective. Cracked. Now I found out I needed all four tires replaced, even though they had about 70% tread.
At this point I turn to more positive thinking; maybe now is the time to get that custom set of rims and tires I've been thinking about!
I go to the place where my dad got his done, and talk to the guy about it. I only find out that any set was going to cost me around $1200. 
That was out. I said forget it.
My dad told me then that maybe we should have Firestone take the tires and rims off my truck and install my dads old tires and rims, which he still had and were still in good shape. (He has the exact same model truck as I do.)
So I drag my butt out of bed this morning and drive to Firestone. I tell them what I want them to do and they go to work. I'm sitting there reading a magazine when Steve (the boss) comes in and motions for me to come into the shop.
Now, the shocks on my back hatch had been weak since I got the truck. I had never had the time to get them replaced. Well I paid for not getting it done sooner today.
He tells me "Did you know your rear hatch shocks needed replacement?" I said "Yeah I did but I never had the time or money to get them done. Tell me the hatch came down and hit someone in the head." He said it's worse than that.
The kid working on my truck had finished and was loading my old tires into the back so I could take them home with me. He was completely unsuspecting-must have forgotten my warning about the hatch, or didn't hear me at all. That it can and probably will try and come down on you, since the shocks are bad.
Well, it came down on him alright. His head went straight through the glass, completely destroying my back window. He winds up on the floor with a nice welt on his head and probably a good headache to go along with it, and I wind up leaving the truck there. Steve has ordered a new back window hatch, to replace my busted one. It's going to be done on Monday, which is fortunate because that's the day before I have to be back at school. I don't know yet about whether I will have to eat the cost of this one or not, but I'll find out soon enough.
I guess now I'm learning what the true meaning of "having a string of damn rotten luck" actually means.
The first problem that started it all was when I found a nail stuck in the back right tire. Ok, not a big deal. I'll just take it to Firestone and they'll plug or patch it up for me and I'll be on my way, right? No can do- the nail was too close to the outside edge of the tire for them to do anything. They sent me down the road to another guy, who has a different plugging method that could maybe make a difference.
The guy starts talking to me about it and how he can't do anything either. Then he asks me to back up the truck so he can look at it, when he motions for me to get out of the truck and come over. He points at my front tire and shows me that it's cracked along the raised letters near the rim. We check the other tires-they're all defective. Cracked. Now I found out I needed all four tires replaced, even though they had about 70% tread.
At this point I turn to more positive thinking; maybe now is the time to get that custom set of rims and tires I've been thinking about!
I go to the place where my dad got his done, and talk to the guy about it. I only find out that any set was going to cost me around $1200. That was out. I said forget it.My dad told me then that maybe we should have Firestone take the tires and rims off my truck and install my dads old tires and rims, which he still had and were still in good shape. (He has the exact same model truck as I do.)
So I drag my butt out of bed this morning and drive to Firestone. I tell them what I want them to do and they go to work. I'm sitting there reading a magazine when Steve (the boss) comes in and motions for me to come into the shop.
Now, the shocks on my back hatch had been weak since I got the truck. I had never had the time to get them replaced. Well I paid for not getting it done sooner today.
He tells me "Did you know your rear hatch shocks needed replacement?" I said "Yeah I did but I never had the time or money to get them done. Tell me the hatch came down and hit someone in the head." He said it's worse than that.
The kid working on my truck had finished and was loading my old tires into the back so I could take them home with me. He was completely unsuspecting-must have forgotten my warning about the hatch, or didn't hear me at all. That it can and probably will try and come down on you, since the shocks are bad.
Well, it came down on him alright. His head went straight through the glass, completely destroying my back window. He winds up on the floor with a nice welt on his head and probably a good headache to go along with it, and I wind up leaving the truck there. Steve has ordered a new back window hatch, to replace my busted one. It's going to be done on Monday, which is fortunate because that's the day before I have to be back at school. I don't know yet about whether I will have to eat the cost of this one or not, but I'll find out soon enough.
I guess now I'm learning what the true meaning of "having a string of damn rotten luck" actually means.
He was back the next day with the right part. I was already at school at that time though, so I brought up one of our other vehicles and waited two days until my dad could bring me my truck and we exchanged. It looks good again, though so no complaints.