Clueless again
I always have difficulty filling up my car tires with air. A few days ago, as I was driving to the store, my car started making some strange sounds and funny jerks, so my roommate and I decided that one of the tires must need more air. A rather frightening conclusion, seeing how the last time I'd filled up my tires with air (on my way out of town from Iowa to Canada), I put in too much air (50 kPa instead of the 28-41 recommended) and then couldn't figure out how to let it back out--I had to drive home after I had already said my farewells to my family and get my brother to fix it. Anyway, this time I thought that since my roommate was with me, things might go a bit better, except that I forgot she doesn't even know how to drive. After five minutes of us crouching by my front tire watching the tire deflate instead of inflate and trying to determine if we were supposed to squeeze the lever attached to the hose, a man pulled up behind us and offered to help. I told him that I wasn't accustomed to this kind of pump--although I'm not good with the other kind, either, as demonstrated earlier. He showed us that first we had to press the "start" button. Then he filled up the tires for us. The only problem was, I'm not sure what he did (besides pressing the button), so I'm pretty sure that the next time I need some air, I'll be relying on the goodness of another man to help with my car tires.
posted by Steph @ 8:04 AM
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