TecumsehCityBlog: Car Troubles

Wow, Saturday was turning out magnificently. I've seen weather forecasts that suggested that it would be heavy rain for most of this day. Fortunately, I hardly saw any rain other than a few drops late in the morning. Oh sure, it was a bit windy but that changed along with the weather to a very nice spring day.

Today, which is Mother's Day, may turn out nice as well so that I was thinking where should I take my wife, Marsha, so that we could have a very fun day this year. As you know, I was not feeling well last year so I wanted to make it up to Marsha and make sure that she had a good time.

I was doing a lot of thinking about what we should do but my brain kept being bothered by a clicking sound that I heard as my wife was driving the car over several days. I really wasn't worried very much because I heard these sounds before as some stones were locked into the tires until they eventually were blown away. Accordingly, I wanted to "unplug" that tire by removing the stone.

Therefore, when we came back home Saturday morning after doing some grocery shopping, I started examining the tire so that I could remove the stone finally. My wife moved the car several times and I did not see anything stuck in the tire. This was not until the last possible movement when the tire would have been completely revolved.

Ah there it was! There was something that was plugged into the tire exactly as I expected. However, it was not a stone or a rock. Rather, it was a NAIL!

That really shocked me. In all of the years, and I have driven a vehicle for over 50 years just so you know, that has never happened to me before. I have to admit I wasn't sure what I should do or how serious the matter was. What concerned me was that the nail, since it could not be easily removed when I tried to pull it out, must be stuck deeply into the tire and could cause the tire to collapse as the air eventually left it.

I am not familiar on how to fix a tire and was really not sure at all how serious the problem was. All I know is that the tire had to be fixed and I was quite concerned about driving on it since I had no idea if it would completely fall apart. It was a Saturday so that meant we would not be driving the car. So much for going anywhere great on Mother's Day! [Sigh]

Accordingly, we called the Ford repair service and arranged to have one of their service people come out and tow the vehicle into the Ford dealership to have repairs done. We had a terrific towing guy come out within an hour after I called Ford. He suggested either that I should drive the vehicle where I wanted to go to have tire replaced or he would carry it on his truck and taken to my dealership. I chose the latter approach because I figure that my Ford Dealer would do the best job.

Anyway, that's where my day ended. My options for what we can do on Sunday for Mother's Day have been reduced so that all it means is that we will have to do something a lot closer to our home than we expected and celebrate at a later time.

I'm certain that everything will be fine after we hear back from our Dealer on Monday.We are learning something new again and will be able to share our new-found knowledge with others who may run into a similar problem and feel overwhelmed by the situation.

Here are some photographs of the wonderful fellow from Abrams Towing who came to our Townhouse Condominium to provide us with alternatives and ultimately to move our vehicle for its repairs. Thank you Sir for helping us out!

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