What Is It With Me and Tires?

I seem to have an issue with tires on our vehicles...When we lived in Jax, I lost count of the number of tires that needed plug because of all the nails I ran over while they were building houses in our development - that was a result of sloppy sub contractors who NEVER cleaned up after themselves, not of my poor driving.

Right before Andy drove the truck to Utah from Florida, I took it in for an oil change, etc. and came to find out we needed to replace the front two tires because there were nails in the outer portion of the tire - not where they could plug it!  Tires for the Tundra are EXPENSIVE!

Well, many of you know, I just got a new car a little over a month ago.  They are building our new home and I drive over there almost daily.  I've been trying to be careful to not drive where they could have dropped nails, etc.  Well, Friday night, on my way out with some women from my MOMS Club, I noticed the tire pressure in one of my back tires was about half of where it should be...and not because I'm terribly observant to my tires, but because the sensor came on and told me that was the problem!  So I just kept an eye on it while I drove to my MNO and the next day I had Andy look at it.  It had dropped from 16 to 8 overnight!  YIKES!  It's supposed to be around 32!

I had Andy take it back to Acura yesterday afternoon and they discovered that there was a tiny piece of metal that had pierced through the tire.  NOT something I could have run over while checking on progress of the new house!  Whew!

The Acura dealer where we bought our MDX is awesome!  The whole sales gang came out to greet Andy and they took it back immediately without any appt.  If anyone is looking for a new car, I highly recommend checking out Mike Hale Acura in the Salt Lake City area.  We were blessed with great service for our Toyotas at Arlington Toyota in Jax, but that's because Andy worked with the girlfriend of the service manager.  We never paid full price for any service so we were bracing for the worst with dealer service.  Not so with Acura.  I get free oil changes for life, free loaner car if necessary, and couldn't ask for nicer people to do business with.

So, my tire got plugged and we're ready to head out for our next adventure!  I can't believe how many miles we've put on that car already!