My plans were foiled today as I got a flat tire just as I was getting onto the highway. At first I thought maybe my car was shaking a bit from that chunk of snow that builds up between the tire and mud guard but then I thought, "It's too warm today for snow on my car!!" so I decided to exit the highway at the first opportunity I could. Not long after I exited, my car was vibrating like crazy at this point, I tried to find a safe place to park and found a school at the corner of Eglington Ave W and Martin Grove. As I was just about to turn into the school I heard a POP.
"Uh oh... that can't be good."
It even scared the two doggies in the back.
Sure enough I had a flat. Once we got it off and looked at the inside wall we realized it wasn't just flat, it was destroyed!
The whole inner wall of the tire was totally gone -- sliced out most likely from the friction. So we popped on my mini-spare tire and I was on my way ... well, sort of. Obviously I can't drive full speed with the spare tire so it basically took me 2 hours to drive from west Etobicoke to east Markham taking local roads. By that time, it was 6pm so I fed the dogs quickly and was on my way to Wilson's sister's house where I promised them I'd dropped off a cheesecake. I quickly did that, then made my way back to Toronto for a family dinner, again taking local roads and driving no faster than 60km/h.
Augh, how annoying. Well I shouldn't complain because I still have a functioning vehicle. Some people don't even own one so who am I to complain?
I've got a shoot tomorrow and Monday as well... hmmm, I wonder if I'll have to drive Wilson's car? Good time to brush up on my manual driving... ahh!!
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