Last week I experienced some crazy ass car trouble, all from a tire rotation. You see, I finally decided to rotate the tires on the beater Hyundai. Now this is my cheap to purchase, cheap to maintain, look dead sexy while driving car. Unfortunately, rather than rotating the tires every 5,000 miles or so, like the manual recommends, I let it go almost 15,000 miles. Yeah, I know. Let the flaming begin!
This past weekend I finally decided to get off my butt, go out into the sweltering summer heat of my garage, and do the dang rotation. Yes…because I’m too cheap to pay the $20 a local shop will charge. Well, that and I wanted to time myself and see if I could knock it out in under 30 minutes – mission accomplished by the way. BOOYAAA!
Anyways, after 30 minutes of summer sweating glory, I completed the rotation and patted myself on the back, thinking “You just saved $20 Shaun… good damn job”. Meanwhile, the Mrs. decided to take the Hyundai to pick up my son. Upon returning she made a passing comment to me that the car didn’t feel or sound right while driving. I decided to take it for a spin.
Holy hell! She wasn’t kidding, something definitely wasn’t right. Every bump felt like a sledgehammer right in the culo. There was absolutely no give in the suspension. I’m pretty sure my spine compressed and I’m probably an inch shorter after that drive.
This past weekend I finally decided to get off my butt, go out into the sweltering summer heat of my garage, and do the dang rotation. Yes…because I’m too cheap to pay the $20 a local shop will charge. Well, that and I wanted to time myself and see if I could knock it out in under 30 minutes – mission accomplished by the way. BOOYAAA!
Anyways, after 30 minutes of summer sweating glory, I completed the rotation and patted myself on the back, thinking “You just saved $20 Shaun… good damn job”. Meanwhile, the Mrs. decided to take the Hyundai to pick up my son. Upon returning she made a passing comment to me that the car didn’t feel or sound right while driving. I decided to take it for a spin.
Holy hell! She wasn’t kidding, something definitely wasn’t right. Every bump felt like a sledgehammer right in the culo. There was absolutely no give in the suspension. I’m pretty sure my spine compressed and I’m probably an inch shorter after that drive.
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