I Hate This Part
Aug. 28th, 2009 05:13 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
furrbear...of auto maintenance. Buying tires. Ever try to find tires for a 34-year-old British import?
The '74 MGB tires did me the favor or rotting while in storage. So now I need to replace them before I can do any more work. I just need to be able to move it back-and-forth on the concrete. I think, "Maybe I can find four used tires cheap?" Nope. Damn hard to find 14" tires these days. (This is after the old size has been converted mind you.)
So, it's off to the on-line searches:
The '74 MGB tires did me the favor or rotting while in storage. So now I need to replace them before I can do any more work. I just need to be able to move it back-and-forth on the concrete. I think, "Maybe I can find four used tires cheap?" Nope. Damn hard to find 14" tires these days. (This is after the old size has been converted mind you.)
So, it's off to the on-line searches:
- Discount Tire. All three local stores couldn't help me out on used, but at least I can specify 185/70/14 and see what's available. I can get out for ~50/wheel.
- Pepboys. Their web site will show me all the tire brands they carry, but nowhere may a size be specified or price found. Grumble.
- CostCo. Complete and utter fail on this one. In order to find a tire size, one must first specify year, make and model. Year stops at 1984. See car year above. Nevermind I already know what size I need, the web site is of no help. None. Winner of Worst UI Design.
