A Helpful Nail

My son had a nail in his tire, but said he wasn't going to take it out.

(Can you see it?)

This seemed counterproductive to me. Nails don't belong in tires. Nails punch holes in tires. Holes in tires let air out.

But my son said that his tire pressure was steady. The nail was actually plugging its own hole, successfully trapping the air inside the tire.

In spite of his assurances that all was well in Inflated Tire Land, I had the urge to grab that nail and pull it out because it just doesn't belong there!

His plan is to keep close track of his tire pressure, and then have the problem taken care of the next time he takes his vehicle in for routine service.

What would you do? Leave the nail in for awhile? Or pull it out now and get the tire fixed?

I Can Park a Car!

I had to park my car overnight by the car repair shop. I tucked it into a corner, because I don't like parking in between cars. I've had my doors dinged by careless car-getter-inners before.

I actually backed up and went forward a couple of times to make sure my car was straight and settled in for the night.

It wasn't until I went back to retrieve my car the next morning that I saw my poor tire had been barely balanced on the curb all night long!

It's a good thing I'd bought my tires, with a guarantee, at that very establishment.

I didn't need to make a replace-a-tire claim, however, because I managed to drive away just fine.

Are you good at parking? Turning? Backing up? Parallel parking? What's your best driving ability?