Ok, how should I handle this slight logistical pickle? (UPDATED)

"Textured Soy Protein" (texturedsoyprotein) 12/20/2016 at 18:33 • Filed to: None

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Greetings from the Panera next to Discount Tire! I’m waiting for them to install !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! on my wife’s Impreza. She’s at work. I left my car at her office and took her car to Discount Tire. Because everyone decides to get new tires when it snows in Wisconsin, my car was #22 in line when I dropped it off.

The earliest appointments Discount Tire had available were next week. Which would normally be no big deal even though it’s supposed to snow or sleet or something over the time we’ll be visiting her family for Christmas ~80 miles away, because we’d just take my 335xi with its snow tires and be fine. But there’s some old bench at her mom’s house she wants, and it won’t fit in my car, so I wanted/needed to get the BFG g-Force Comp-2 A/S tires I ordered on her car before we left. Because these are the OE tires that Subaru kindly included on her car, even though one of the main selling points of this car is that it’s supposed to be good in winter.

My wife works 11:30 am to 9:30 pm, and my hours are much more flexible at the moment since I !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . Things I want to do today include continuing work on my business plan, hitting the gym, and making tacos for dinner to sync up with my wife’s 4:30 pm “lunch” break from work.

Before I knew I was going to be car number goddamn friggin 22 in line at Discount Tire, the plan was I would do my business plan stuff at Panera while waiting for the tires, then drop her car at her job and take mine home to make tacos. Except now it’s maybe not going to be ready until after her break.

I thought maybe I’d uber it back to her office and pick up my car, but then to pick up her car I’d need to either leave my car at home and uber it back to Discount Tire, or go get her and bring her to Discount Tire to pick up her car, and it’s still likely that the timing of her car being ready will disrupt the all-important tacos for dinner.

Oh, and my car’s a stick, and she doesn’t drive stick, so she can’t just drive it home.

Therefore, I’m requesting the collective minds of Oppo figure me out some kind of logistical solution that avoids both me sitting at Panera until 5 pm, and allows me to make tacos for my wife. This might be like asking the proverbial room full of monkeys with typewriters to come up with Shakespeare, but I have faith in you!

UPDATE: Here’s how I de-pickled. I ubered it from Panera to my wife’s office, picked up my car and went home. I did business plan stuff, and Discount Tire called around 3:30 to say the car was ready (thanks for sandbagging that time, guys). I texted the wife that her car was ready, started making the tacos, got the meat simmering and garnishes chopped/minced, drove to her office to pick her up and bring her to Discount Tire, we both drove home, I assembled tacos for her, then unloaded the shitty OE tires from her car that I’m now going to put on craigslist, and returned her back seats to their upright and locked position. She’s about to head to work and I’m going to head to the gym. So...not much of a pickle.

It’s not exactly snowing right now but there’s still some leftover snow and slush, and her very initial impression is that the car feels more grippy. So that’s something. Also nice about the new tires is they run a bit wide for their size and have a rim protector bead. Her wheels are gunmetal and wheels that are any color other than silver really show curb rash bad. We haven’t curbed a wheel on her car yet (knock on wood) but nice to know there’s a bit meatier of a tire on there now.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Textured Soy Protein 12/20/2016 at 13:35

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Sit at Panera until five, order plain flatbread and other ingredients, make flatbread taco-like devices at your table while sipping coffee. #winning.

bob and john > Textured Soy Protein 12/20/2016 at 13:36

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can she drive your car?

just uber home, do your thing, and then go and pick up the car when she gets home?

Rust and Dust - Oppositelock Forever > Textured Soy Protein 12/20/2016 at 13:38

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Uber home from Panera. Mrs. Atlas drives the BMW home at 4:30, enjoy tacos together, then she drops you back off at Discount on her way back to work after tacos. Suby should be close-ish to having tires all set by then.

jimz > Textured Soy Protein 12/20/2016 at 13:50

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I had a bunch of Richard Scarry books when I was a kid. I used to wonder “why are they always looking at me while driving? Shouldn’t they be watching the road?”

Textured Soy Protein > Rust and Dust - Oppositelock Forever 12/20/2016 at 13:50

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Forgot to mention: she doesn’t drive stick. Updated the post.

Textured Soy Protein > bob and john 12/20/2016 at 13:50

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She doesn’t drive stick, I forgot to mention that part. Updated the post.

diplodicus > Textured Soy Protein 12/20/2016 at 13:59

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I’m in a similar pickle. Had my tires shipped from tire rack to one of there recommended installers. Turns out its a buy here pay here place, didn’t like the vibes. So I told them I’d just take my tires and go. Had to pay them 10$ to get my fucking tires. Now I need to figure out when I’ll be able to either drop my car off somewhere and get a ride or have the time to just wait for them to be installed. I hate tire places.

TysMagic > Textured Soy Protein 12/20/2016 at 14:10

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Uber home, make tacos, uber to wife work for break, uber to tire shop, wife’s car back to work, drive your car home. If tires are done while break or whatever it can wait.

arl > Textured Soy Protein 12/20/2016 at 14:17

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Can you call an Uber XL and have it sent to the bench location? Have a kind soul load it up and send it to your house.

Mondial goes to 11 > Textured Soy Protein 12/20/2016 at 14:20

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It will take multiple trips but just make sure the fox doesn’t eat your chicken and everything will work out.

Frenchlicker > diplodicus 12/20/2016 at 16:59

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That’s why small local shops are nice to have.

jvirgs drives a Subaru > Textured Soy Protein 12/20/2016 at 20:56

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I saw a Mazda 3 in the parking garage at work today with those BFGs and they looked quite meaty for what they are

diplodicus > Frenchlicker 12/21/2016 at 08:08

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Ya unfortunately my indie doesn’t do tires. And belle tire fucked my shit up, and didn’t even say anything. Used improper lift points and pulled my right front fender out from the frame at the bottom. Fucking assholes.

Frenchlicker > diplodicus 12/21/2016 at 09:27

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You sound like one unlucky fellow. I’m surprised an indie place doesn’t do tires since the equipment can be had so cheaply. Even the tiniest shops in my area will do it for like $10-$12.

diplodicus > Frenchlicker 12/21/2016 at 13:13

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Ya, I’ve had quite a few bad experiences with various places in my area. I mean the car is 27yrs old and has some rust so its expected that things will break, but to not even mention it to me is just disrespectful. I’ll either find somewhere independent for tires next time or just take my rims off and go.