This is What I Get (Afternoon Repost)

"Long_Voyager94" (yourenotavalidusername)
03/10/2020 at 16:54 • Filed to: karma, tires

For trying to help people.

Watched a guy lose his front wheel last night, so naturally, I turned around to make sure he was ok and see if he needed help.

He was fine, we got his wheel from the ditch, and he called his buddy to bring a jack/lugnuts. Turns out he just had new tires put on and the shop failed to torque the lugnuts.

Knowing he had someone on the way I pulled back onto the road to continue my way home. Made it all of 1/4 mile before I knew something was wrong.

Pulled over and wouldn’t you know..............Passenger rear tire is on the rim.

Called my wife to come pick me up, went home and grabbed my jack, iron, and a wheel.

Turns out there must have been a chunk of metal on the side of the road where I pulled off. It cut a 1/2" slit through the tread on my tire.

Sooooo, now I get to order a new tire.

DISCUSSION (41)

pip bip - choose Corrour > Long_Voyager94
03/10/2020 at 07:15

that sucks!

Long_Voyager94 > pip bip - choose Corrour
03/10/2020 at 07:16

And of course the tires have to be ordered online, no one locally can get them...

pip bip - choose Corrour > Long_Voyager94
03/10/2020 at 07:18

keeps getting worse.

vondon302 > Long_Voyager94
03/10/2020 at 07:19

No good deed goes unpunished.

shop-teacher > Long_Voyager94
03/10/2020 at 07:20

Balls!

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > Long_Voyager94
03/10/2020 at 07:29

That roof rack looks like the perfect place to carry a spare and a jack though. Maybe next time?

SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media > Long_Voyager94
03/10/2020 at 07:53

There was a time in my life when I had holes like that one...patched. Local rule of thumb was that four patches was the maximum. If it needed a fifth...it didn’t get one. I recall a two week period that resulted in four patches and two new tyres (their predecessors didn’t survive long enough to be patched ) ...glad I wasn’t paying the bills!!

Stapleface-Now Hyphenated! > Long_Voyager94
03/10/2020 at 07:54

You need to go bigger, obviously. Wouldn’t have happened if you had 30" Super Swampers. ;)

jimz > Long_Voyager94
03/10/2020 at 07:58

no good deed goes unpunished.

Long_Voyager94 > SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media
03/10/2020 at 08:07

I’ll patch/plug small holes like nails and such, but this, not a chance.

Long_Voyager94 > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available
03/10/2020 at 08:08

I need to get a spare wheel and matching tire. I want to get a jack to keep up there as well.
Maybe I will have this patched as SilentButNotReallyDeadly...stuck at 40psi mentioned and use it as a spare!

Long_Voyager94 > shop-teacher
03/10/2020 at 08:09

Kinja'd!!!

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > Long_Voyager94
03/10/2020 at 09:05

Nothing that four cans of fix a flat can’t handle.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Long_Voyager94
03/10/2020 at 09:08

That’s not the Rusto paint job, is it?

Good on you for being a good Samaritan. Random acts of kindness generally go unpunished.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Long_Voyager94
03/10/2020 at 09:09

Did you ask a tire shop about patching it from the inside?

Long_Voyager94 > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
03/10/2020 at 09:57

It is not. That van hasn’t been with us for 5+ years.

Regardless of the “dangers”, I’ll always try to help others.

Long_Voyager94 > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
03/10/2020 at 09:58

I haven’t yet. I’m assuming it can be, if so it’ll become my spare.

PartyPooper2012 > Long_Voyager94
03/10/2020 at 10:08

No good deed goes unpunished?

MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s > Long_Voyager94
03/10/2020 at 10:25

What in the hell did you do? D id you punch a baby recently or something? Have you still not made an offering to the tire gods?

https://oppositelock.kinja.com/1841689067

The amount of tire issues you’ve been having is going to become legend.

someassemblyrequired > Long_Voyager94
03/10/2020 at 10:26

That sucks, but I’m sure the guy very much appreciated the help.

Hopefull y sometime in the future the universe will present to you a clean, low mileage Mopar at a reasonable price for your trouble.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Long_Voyager94
03/10/2020 at 11:17

I’ll always try to help others.

Being excellent.

You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available
03/10/2020 at 11:36

Roof racks are bad places for storing spare tires. The UV exposure is hell on rubber. L ots of weight up high is awful for safety and vehicle handling too.

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much
03/10/2020 at 11:45

But the jack would fit well up there? And the tire could be covered as well. Just a thought.

Long_Voyager94 > You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much
03/10/2020 at 11:58

It’s already lifted and rolling on oversized ATs. Weight up high and vehicle handling went out the window a long time ago........

Long_Voyager94 > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
03/10/2020 at 11:59

I always love when 100+ people will drive past someone broken down, some even laying on their horn on the way past, then I stop and suddenly 5 other people have the time of day to help as well.

benn454 > Long_Voyager94
03/10/2020 at 12:01

Yeah, that's a slice. Probably broke a belt.

Long_Voyager94 > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s
03/10/2020 at 12:01

At this point the tire gods owe me!

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Long_Voyager94
03/10/2020 at 12:15

It’s because they wouldn’t have thought of it if they hadn’t seen you doing it. I stopped and changed a tire for a guy once who was wearing a suit and on his way to a meeting. Dude gave me $20.

Long_Voyager94 > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
03/10/2020 at 12:41

We stopped and picked up a couple who were walking on the side of a local highway.

Turns out they had run out of gas and were walking to a gas station. We gave them a ride back to the nearest town. On the way there we were discussing their situation, turns out they had been walking on the side of this highway for over 2 hrs trying to get to the nearest town. They’d been passed by numerous drivers, even numerous county Sheriffs, none of whom even stopped to inquire.

We got them gas and took them back to their car, at which it had started downpouring, turns out they had walked over 7 miles trying to get to a town. They were a super nice couple who had got in a bind.

They were so happy the guy kept offering me money, offered to take us to dinner, anything he could think of to say thanks.

I told him thanks was enough and to try to enjoy the rest of their day.

atfsgeoff > Long_Voyager94
03/10/2020 at 16:07

Called my wife to come pick me up, went home and grabbed my jack, iron, and a wheel.

C’mon now, you didn’t have that stuff in the car already?

Long_Voyager94 > atfsgeoff
03/10/2020 at 16:20

I don’t break down enough to carry tools with me.......

Mataroo > Long_Voyager94
03/10/2020 at 17:02

I was on my way into Virginia from MD once and witnessed a head on collision of anguy who swerved into oncoming traffic on a bridge over the Potomac. The guy had been driving over 100mph earlier when he passed us (me, wife, kids) on 15. It seemed as if he had a stroke or something after that.

Anyway, we were the first responders and helped everyone. The guy was pretty messed up and was incoherent. The van he hit had elderly in it with some broken bones. I ensured they didn’t move and everything was okay while my family sat nearby on the side of the road.

After it was all said and done, my wife had apparently turned the car off and left the AC running on accessory. The battery was dead. We asked one of the 5 flatbeds that were there if they could jump us, but they all bailed. Traffic that was backed up for 2 hours wouldn’t help us in either direction and my kids were over it and hungry.

We ended up calling a tow truck and he showed up with a flatbed after sitting in the backed up traffic. 4 hours after the wreck... He got there. I asked if he could try to jump it and he said his jump pack was dead. All of us got in the cab of this truck and he flat bedded it to Leesburg.

W e get there and the guy literally steps up on the rollback and jumps the car with the pack he said that was dead, and drove the car off the lot.

My wife was about to murder him... I just wanted to let it go.

Anyway, I feel you when it comes to "no good deed goes unpunished".

Just Jeepin' > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
03/10/2020 at 17:03

I saw two young ladies trying to change a tire once alongside the interstate, leaning over, thong panties visible. Shockingly enough someone in a Beamer was about a quarter mile past them, driving quickly in reverse down the shoulder to help them out.

I’m sure he frequently assisted stranded motorists. Good guy.

Long_Voyager94 > Stapleface-Now Hyphenated!
03/10/2020 at 17:10

Not bigger, but I almost got these the last time I ordered tires.

Kinja'd!!!

After reading reviews I changed my mind and stuck with my Grabbers.

Jbird > Long_Voyager94
03/10/2020 at 19:49

I carry a 5 ton floor jack, 1/2 in drive electric impact gun, small 12v air compressor, 2 4 way tire irons in car and truck sizes, tire plugs, a can of fix a flat, fire extinguisher as well as a few ratchet straps in all of my vehicles. I can change a flat and be back on the road in less than 6 minuets usually. It’s a great bit of kit to carry when out in the urban wilderness.

Jbird > Long_Voyager94
03/10/2020 at 19:53

Pssh I've made it home with no less than 8 tire plugs and some glue holding a 3 inch gash in my sidewall closed.

AdverseMartyr > You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much
03/10/2020 at 22:26

Who needs logic? It looks cool, and that’s what really matters! ;)

Long_Voyager94 > Jbird
03/11/2020 at 07:14

Making it home =/= driving daily.

Long_Voyager94 > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available
03/11/2020 at 07:16

Actually thinking on building a swing out rear mount carrier for the spare. I need use of my basket for cooler/tent/etc when we go camping.

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > Long_Voyager94
03/11/2020 at 07:27

That would be ideal, but the clamshell style rear hatch might make the idea difficult to implement.

Long_Voyager94 > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available
03/11/2020 at 08:01

Swing arm mounted on the body. Swing the spare out, open hatch, not really difficult at all......