7.20.2005 |  Flats, Spares, and Dead Raccoons

posted by Jon
12:46 | SAY SOMETHING |



Within 4 days of buying the Jetta, a driver-side front tire with not enough air pressure blew itself up somewhere between DeFuniak Springs and Tallahassee, taking most of the driver-side bumper cover with it. It will be a true $650 job, not including the hour or so that we spent replacing the tire with a (surprisingly) full-size spare that was found in the trunk. John and David were troopers, though, and John did a bang-up job of finding wire to tie the bulky plastic bumper pieces to the rest of the car. I was bummed about the damage, but didn't spend too much time thinking about it, as we were having a lot of fun otherwise trying to get to Jacksonville Beach. The bumper also took out a raccoon that night, which at the time seemed uproariously funny, but now is only kind of amusing. I love the new car, but man, I hope it doesn't attract as much misfortune on my next roadtrip.