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Well, the crappy roads did partially. And Dad says I put 36k miles on the car in my 2.5 years of having him but I think its more like 20k.

So yeah, now I'm sitting in the BnN so I can work on Nano to try and cheer myself up by torturing my Main Character. She's meeting her first truly insane patient next sentence. And she thought she was going to get off only seeing nice ghosts, hah!

I'm still sad since I had to cancel the Hot Rod plush I was getting from *Plush-Bots (that's like half the cost of tires right there) and I am now glad I didn't get a ticket for SDCC. Looks like my chances of being there next year are very slim now. :/ I'm still on target to finish Nano this year which is nice and I am setting up a Kingdom Hearts rp like World Refugees with a fellow Wrimo since we both missed WR and have a few ideas to make it more enjoyable for us. That'll make January really fun.

Still bummed about Hot Rod though, he was my Christmas present to myself this year. But I have to put Nero's needs before my wants. Sometimes being an adult bites.

If you really care about what exactly happened with Nero, I think the email I wrote to my mom while in the Big O waiting room details things best, a few edits made of course:

So I goes into the Big O and I says to Rob, I says, "I think my alignment is off and there's a slight vibration at about 35 mph." So we chat as he gets all of Nero's info and writes up the work order. Rob apparently loves North Carolina and has visited and was thinking of moving there [anyone who knows my car will understand this]. So he puts Nero on the lift and inspects everything and then comes over and says, "Yeah, you've got two tires I cannot on a good conscience let you drive off on. Maybe not by CA law either."

"Can I see?"

"Of course, follow me."

So he brings me to the right front and points out how the tread part isn't flat, its like / (not that bad but its the closest symbol). I go and look at the right rear (the newest of the tires afterall) and it is most certainly like _ and not / and Rob tells me that it means the tire is sepearting from the metal band (and remembering that spazzy experience with Illo, I rather not go through it as the driver). "Okay, what's the other tire's problem then?"

Over to the left rear, he proceeds to stick his thumb into a band of wear. Not poke it and it makes a little dimple, I mean seriously can make a dent. Ah. I've seen that before. "See, here in CA we would be in serious trouble if we repaired a flat like this." And really I kind of noticed that half of the words were completely worn off about a month ago. I knew it was coming. One of my aunt and uncle's car fixing friends even mentioned it (as well as the front tire). The odd thing is of course that I had that repair done like in January so its survived like four trips to Dallas, moving from Texas to here and a couple of runs to San Diego and when I mention it Rob's jaw literally drops and he mentions I must be very, very lucky. Maybe that's why last round of finals didn't go as well as normal, all my good luck from Luxord was being used on the tire. Then he proceeds to tell me that the left front is okay, its probably got another year or two (damn CA roads) and that my right rear is in immaculate shape. I chuckle and mention that I had the same problem as the other rear and that one is rather new.

So, did anyone realize that apparently an '05 Neon's tires are kind of rare? I was talking to him about my tire replacement options and he gets this look, the look of I have bad news. I of course immediately think that they don't even have any usable tires in stock, I remember I lucked out in Texas that they had one, just one, afterall. No, I actually have two options, they just aren't cheap options. I must interject here that the nicest tires they have to offer, five year warrantied (that's flat repairs, rotations, anything aside from them being stabbed by a vengeful exboyfriend) exactly as the manufacturer lists as Nero needs are actually cheaper than the one I bought in Texas. Really. Though the stupid new tire fee that CA levies brings them near even. Needless to say I am dismayed and he says I can get a slightly wider tire for cheaper but apparently they last only about 70% as long.

Can I say I got a bad vibe from the idea? Cause like, something in my brain said that if Nero was meant to have a wider tire then it would be listed. And considering the miles I put on the car, I rather not risk anything, he's not a sportscar that is supposed to have wide tires after all. Now I have this mental image of Nero with like some Porsches and Corvettes trying to look all badass like them from the high of having wide sport tires. Snerk. Then of course he would decide to live up to his middle name of adorableness, Bluestreak, and go "Vrooooom!" but say it, not actually rev.

So then the guy looks at me and asks if I want four tires, which I'm like "Only two are bad aren't they?" He then explains you get a tire free if you buy 3 and while I only desperately need two I wouldn't have to worry about the left front then and I'd have a full size spare. Of course my brain goes to craigslisting the fourth. So I look at the two estimate sheets, one of which has a 2 and the other which has a 3. Hm.

Then I remember that the left front has gone flat twice while in my drivership alone and its been losing air faster than the others recently. I know as a poor student I should only get the two but... I am freaking tired of getting that one specific tire fixed. I decide to get the four, again, I plan on putting that fourth sucker on craigslist so I think I can recoup like 70% of said third tire which, added to the cost of getting another flat fixed means I am paying ten bucks for the convience. Which really, that is completely worth it for me.

So here I am in the waiting room of the Big O, waiting for Nero to get his tires did and his oil done (I was getting reaaal close to 5k miles lol) and they said they would make sure my alignment was good since that was the original reason I came in but they would take my word I have an alignment warranty since my paperwork went AWOL. Its fun looking through the window and seeing how Nero's being used as a teaching aide though, apparently that right rear is so bad everyone is being called over for an example of what not to fix. I don't think they see me peeking over the lincoln watching their example making. Then again the roads are utter crap here so you do kind of need good tires.

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