RATS!

After a very productive weekend, we woke up to two flat tires (again) on the CR-V. Let me back up a little. On Saturday morning, I was going about my morning routine and Mike came into the bathroom to tell me that I would not be following him to Perfection Honda when he took the Accord to get the oil changed because we had two flat tires on the CR-V.

Frustrated, I tried to think of why we would have not one but TWO flat tires. I finished up my “routine” and headed outside to check out the damage.

There is was, plain as day, the two passenger side tires of my less than six month old car, were both flat. Like totally flat, no chance of driving this bad boy, rims almost touching cement on the driveway. GRRR…talk about a heck of a way to start a Saturday!

Of course, in true Mike fashion – he asked me what I drove over – and I looked at him smiled and kindly reminded him that he drove the CR-V on Friday. After a little laugh – and some pointing out that I was glad he took the CR-V on Friday because I know this would be blamed on me (especially when I wasn’t around) we started to figure out what to do.

I have had AAA for years – I am covered under my mom’s plan – which trust me, has come in handy more times than I want to admit. But when I went to look for my card, the only one I had expired January 31 of this year. I called Sharon to find out if she had sent me the new card – but either way, we needed to figure something out.

When we bought the cars back in October, because we bought two of them, they gave us complementary service and such – which we now know also, includes towing up to $50. Thank goodness we only needed to go 3.5 miles – which (quote the driver) should be covered by the $50. Wow…I would hate to think what it would cost to go 10 miles.

We called the service number, they set up the tow truck and said they would be out in about 45 minutes. After the tow truck arrived and loaded up the CR-V, Mike and I jumped in the Accord and headed over to Perfection Honda (mind you I was just here last Saturday to get the oil changed in my car and the wiper blades replaced…pretty much my favorite place to be on a Saturday) When we got there, we set up Mike’s oil change and explained to Greg (the very nice man working the service desk that day) what we found this morning.

We settled in to wait – enjoying the Perfection Honda Customer Service Lounge – complete with Krispy Kream doughnuts (which Mike partook in) and a TV (no need to miss the NBA Playoffs) to find out what the damage would be on two new tires.

After about 20 minutes, Greg came over to tell us that they had run the tests on the tires and that they didn’t find anything wrong with them. I guess they over-inflate them and then put a soapy solution on them to see where it bubbles to determine where the problem is to patch. He said that it appears that someone just let the air out of both tires.

At this point in time – we were both a little annoyed – who would do that – and relieved because it means we did not have to replace the tires. While they finished up on Mike’s car, we sat and laughed as my (now reformed) husband told me about some of his youthful escapades. In the back of my head, I thought – well this would be why some stupid kid (Wow I am getting old) thought it would be a riot to let the air out of my tires last night…stupid @ss! Karma is a…well you know the word!

After Mike’s oil change was finished, we decided to head to Best Buy (Mike needed to stock up on his country music selections…HA!) and Chick Fila for lunch. We had to run to Lowes after, but in an effort to “Shop Local” we decided to head home, drop off one of the cars and head over to the Lowes in Rio Rancho. **Ok ok, this is only partly true…we made the decision to shop local only after I realized that I had left the Lowes gift cards at home**

On our quick stop home, Mike finished the other side of Delainey’s room with the carpet cleaner – I told you he was super productive this weekend – and then we got into the CR-V to head to Lowes. After our successful (maybe too successful) trip to Lowes, we got back in the car, and noticed there was a little orange exclamation point on the dashboard that has since lit up. Being that I have no idea what most of the indicators in this car mean, I got out the handy little guide book and looked it up…well all be a monkey’s uncle (not sure where that came from) it means that our tire pressure is low.

WTF…we just spent an hour at Perfection Honda and they said there was nothing wrong – but now…now…the tire pressure light is going to come on!

Mike had to go to work at 6:30 and I was heading over to my friend Moira’s house for dinner and Mad Men, so we said that we would watch it and if need be, we could take it back tomorrow.

Talk about a slow leak…when we woke up the next morning and most of yesterday – the tire looked like it was losing air – but not at any great rate. Knowing that it was Sunday and that Mike had today off, we opted to let it go for the day.

Well – when I went out to go to work this morning – there was my little CR-V at a slant because both the front and back passenger side tires were almost completely deflated.

So…my wonderful and amazing husband is busy dealing with this “issue” today – and trying to get it resolved before our 2:30 appointment with our Midwife.

I have had one flat tire in my life – it was in Iowa as I was running to Wal-Mart one day during work – thank God for AAA!

However, in the last 72 hours – I have had FOUR flat tires…and no real reason (yet) as to why.

We will let you know how this whole thing turns out…until then…keep your fingers crossed that is just needs to be patched and that we don’t have to replace the two tires all together.