January 28, 2008
January 23, 2008
Night and Day
After an agonizing experience at the local America’s Tire trying to get them to accept that 2 of my Yokohamas were defective and warranty ’em, I rolled out on a new set of rubber. :nono:
Good thing I discovered my tires were gone to shit, but it’s annoying to have to pay for new tires prematurely even though I got 2 of them partially covered. Being the pickyass that I am I did my research the night before and so far I love my new Goodyear Eagle F1 All Season tires! Going from the high performance to the ultra high performance class is like night and day compared to my previous set, which were already much improved over the OEM tires. Even on my stock wheels, I think they look hot.
I’m hoping someone will pick up my winter wheels/tires so I can finally be rid of them. It’s such a bitch changing out my wheels when I don’t have a garage. Maybe I’ll change my tune if we can score a place with a garage next year. In the meantime, I’ve ordered a set of low clearance snow cables off Amazon.
(images courtesy of Amazon.com)
January 16, 2008
Addendum
Thanks everyone for the great dinner and company! And for those that wanted to come but couldn’t, thank you too. This is my last birthday in LA for a while and it was a great one. :clap:
Wah hoo!
First, I get a kiss on the cheek while I’m half awake.
A couple hours later, I jump out of bed to check my Step 3 score and find a super birthday card on my laptop for someone named “Husband,” that’s me. And once my laptop is finished chugging, I find out I passed Step 3, the last of 40 hours of licensing exams!
After all the cheer, Angeline makes sure I read the back of the card where all the writing was. Who writes on the back anyways?
And finally, planned for dinner is some really good meat!
Happy birthday to me. :king:
January 12, 2008
~100% assimilated
Yesterday, I came closer yet to being back to a full Californian by registering my car here. I was sad when I took off my vanity plate from Michigan and put it under my glass desktop for display. But I’m still going to hang onto my Michigan driver license!