squirrel

[blankdrift]

Driving down the hill towards the freeway, I spot a squirrel standing in the center of the road, just hanging out, his front feet/hands/paws at chest level.

I slow down, make eye contact with the little guy, and he stares back as if to say bring it onSmart ass fucker bolts in front of me

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[ccatsunfl0wer]

Have you actually ever run over an animal? I hit something once, a big groundhog, and I cried for an hour. I was certain that it was mama hog, bringing food home to her babies and now I was the sole reason her family was being wiped out. Eeek, I still feel bad about it to this day. Let's not talk about that.

Can't you get a set of 4 tires for $99 from Pep Boys or something?

[blankdrift]

Nope, though I have come close, having almost hit a dog, a coyote, many rabbits, squirrels, and possums. I swerve for fuzzy creatures, maybe because I am a person who feels guilt over even the smallest things.

Ugh, my tires are 225/45ZR 17, which is a low profile sports tire, and economy special low profile sports tires do not exist.

Even if they did make economy tires in my size, I would never buy them, since it is not worth chancing a blowout, because that would mean I would need to fork out four hundred dollars to replace the rim.

So really, I should not whine at all about this, because hey, performance is a choice that comes with a price.

[ccatsunfl0wer]

My dad buys those special tires for his Mustang, and I got pulled over recently and given a warning. But the officer told me that I needed new tires, the ones I had looked like slicks. I had no idea what he meant. A week later I was driving the Mustang again, on a road in the middle of nowhere at midnight, and boom! Tire blowout, I'm rimming it a couple blocks before I could pull over in a safe spot.

So a police officer pulls over to help me, because it's -10 out, and he tries to put the donut on, but that is flat too. Oh it was good times let me tell you!

Want to know the weirdest part? When I originally left that evening, I was at a stop sign when I looked to my right and saw a doe standing 10 ft. away staring at me. She had a huge bloody hole in her side the size of my fist, and I knew instantly it was a bad omen.

[blankdrift]

Alright, the doe on the side of the road is too creepy.

And a blowout in the middle of nowhere at midnight must have sucked beyond all measure of suckiness.

Today on the 110, a hellish freeway with no shoulder and no on or off ramps, I heard a sound like I had run over something, but I had not seen anything in the road and the car was not riding any differently, so I just kept going.

When I got to the tire shop tonight to have the tires I ordered put on, the guy said to me today your name is lucky and he turned my old tire towards me, revealing the lack of any tread whatsoever on the inside edge, only the frayed remnants of the steel belting.

I wished I had the digital camera with me, it was a miracle they held together.