Any songwriter’s out there?
So a couple of months ago I got the brakes replaced in my Camry. To get to the brakes, the mechanic obviously had to take the wheels off. This meant removing the wheel covers first. After the brakes were replaced, the mechanic told me that one of the wheel covers was missing a couple of tabs and wouldn’t stay on the wheel long, so I just tossed it in the trunk. I didn’t want to be driving down the road and have it come loose and start rolling towards any oncoming traffic. That = bad.
That means I have a car with wheel covers on 3 wheels and 1 with none. It looks ugly. I can spend $35 and replace the one, but then it’d be totally pristine while the others are 13 years old. That wouldn’t be a good look either, methinks.
So, I step outside my apartment to go to work and the bare wheel is just depressing to look at. I stopped for a couple of seconds to stare and thought, “I’m one step from redneck.”
Then I thought, “Hey, that’d make a good title to a country song.”
Posted by: Vonski | 10-11-2007 | 11:10 AM
Posted in: Daily Life
Got my brother’s wife pregnant
She’s due any day
He says he’s goin’
To blow me away
So I went for some advice
From my uncle Dad
He drank his Jack Daniels and said
“Son you been bad”
So I packed up my gitar
My dog and my truck
Went to Las Vegas
To change my luck
Now I’m drunk and broke
My life is a wreck
Got nothin’ but heartache… I’m
ONE STEP FROM REDNECK!
LOL! Very funny Gully
I don’t know though, it sounds like that guy is a couple of steps beyond redneck to me. Or maybe just his uncle Dad. Heh good stuff.
Options:
1) Leave as is (probably too depressing)
2) Buy one new ($35 and mismatched)
3) Remove other 3 (full redneck - but maybe ghetto)
4) Find less expensive covers and buy 4
5) Move to redneck area and blend in
Option 4 is the way things are looking. I just need to find a set that I like.
My wifes toyota is the same way only newer and the new wheel cover is $75!
What a rip! I suggest if the car looks reasonable that you purchase new wheels. Then you will never lose another cover. I will be doing the same soon enough. Beware aftermarket covers, they have been known to fly off easily. If I lived in a better neighborhood, I would have had to replace the cover. But as it sits, I fit right in. Damn it!