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Good news: according to the guy at the tire place my friend recommended, I can get away with just replacing two tires, not all four. The tires on the right side are much more worn down than the ones on the left. So they will move the left front tire to the back, and replace the front two. Which is good, this being a front wheel drive car and all ( Read more... )

OK, so I called my pal Dr. M and asked him to recommend a good local tire place. He suggested first pricing the tires on TireRack.com, and then going to one of their preferred installers, who just happen to be down the road from my office! Dr. M says he orders tires for his wife's foreign car from TireRack and has them shipped to the installer, but ( Read more... )

O crap. Just found out we need all 4 tires replaced. I'll have to do research & find out what a reasonable price is. Have you rotated lately?

I'm waiting @ the Pontiac service center, for an alignment & fuel injector clean. I'm prob here till 10:30. Yaaawwwwn.

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Agh.

I was headed out to the store to buy a few last odds and ends to make Hubby's birthday carrot cake (from the Best Light Recipe from Cook's Illustrated), and I found I had a flat. I tried to drive around someone's trash can lid and went up over the curb, and I must have cut or damaged the tire. Poots.

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