One less tire

[fbhjr]

It was a rainy day with bad traffic. So, I took one of my back roads around a bad intersection.

I didn’t see the big pothole as it was full of rainwater.
But, I knew when I hit it.
And, soon after when my "low pressure" warning came on for a tire I knew I was in trouble.

I made a U turn to get to a wider place to pull over and stopped to look.

My front right tire was certainly flat.


My back road way around traffic is pretty, but not busy.


I’ve changed lots of tires in my life. I went to the trunk and got my spare tire.
The problem came when I looked for the jack.

No jack, only this:


I know the theory of using these to lift a wheel hub enough to remove a tire. But, not on the side of a hill on a dirt wide section for folks to pass.

So I called AAA. They took a while to get there. But, once they did, a man named Sean showed up with a real car jack. He took about 2 minutes with his real jack and power tools to get my spare on.

I’ll go in late tomorrow and buy a new tire first.
Sad.

Comments

[ravena_kade]

Bummer on the tire.

I would not have guess that the tool in your hand was meant to change a tire. Looks like it could open a bottle.

[brickhousewench]

I do not know the theory of using a bottle opener to raise a car.